So I'm gonna retake the september pcat because my july one wasn't good and i got a bad score. so if i get fifty more points on the september pcat then my score will get voided? they say on the website i got to submit an appeal. but if i really tried hard to study and took the exam and passed with fifty more points legitimately there's no reason why they should void the score right? i dont wanna take it again if they are not going to let me have the score and im scared about this...
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A 50 point increase is a HUGE jump so I wouldn't worry too much and they do have a right to be suspicious if someone scores that much higher. Study hard take the exam and they will accept your score if the can identify everything is correct and nothing aberrant is going on.
I'm confident that I will and I don't want my score to be nullified after hard work. Better to be safe than sorry, which is why I'm asking. And if It's a big jump that's a good thing.
Its scoring 50 extra points NOT 50% higher thats a big difference
Oh, wow, you're right - I read percentile the first time through.
However, 50 extra scaled points is also a huge difference. It appears that just a few points (maybe 10?) separate 90th percentile from 80th percentile. (I could be wrong on the exact number.)
What kind of proof would they accept? I might be on the same boat. I am worried too because I have been studying very hard for the next PCAT and my score might improve alot.
People ... Worry first about getting a much improved score instead of worrying about what will happen IF it happens. Worrying about something which is merely a hypothetical is foolish and absolutely fabulous ... erm, absolutely pointless.
