like fudd said more people are applying now and taking the mcat--the test may have been easier back then but the curve was a lot harder too. now i think they try and make the test harder with a bigger curve so it's easier to differentiate from everybody (rather than have clumps of people with perfect scores)
I was wondering if they were going to try and do something like this with the SATs--is it just me or does it seems like it's no big deal these days to get in the 1500's in your SATs--seems like it's almost expected! Looking at the SAT scores at Harvard, they have their 75th percentile mark as a 1590! 25% of their class has a 1590 or above?? that's crazy to me. anyway, that's just a slightly related thought.