****Official Summer 2007 MCAT Score Thread*****

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For all of you who took the exam in May:

This is the official score release thread for the May 2007 MCAT dates. Feel free to post serious information and announcements about the impending score release. You can post your scores in here when the time comes as well.

This post also serves as a warning to remind you guys that fake threads stating "SCORES ARE UP" will give you an automatic post hold for one week.


Best of luck to everyone waiting!

 

[mango677]

Total: 37O

PS:13 (only got below a 14 once on all the AAMC's)
VR:12 (only got as high as a 12 once on all the AAMC's)
BS:12 (my AAMC average)
Average of Practice Tests:37

After reading many times about people saying you usually end up at your practice score average I finally believe it. I took all the Kaplan and AAMC tests and scored exactly at my average. Kind of an odd score distribution for me since I felt like I aced the PS and bombed the BS, but I am not complaining.

http://mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?myid=8573

 

[quiksilver87]

Total: 37O

PS:13 (only got below a 14 once on all the AAMC's)
VR:12 (only got as high as a 12 once on all the AAMC's)
BS:12 (my AAMC average)
Average of Practice Tests:37

After reading many times about people saying you usually end up at your practice score average I finally believe it. I took all the Kaplan and AAMC tests and scored exactly at my average. Kind of an odd score distribution for me since I felt like I aced the PS and bombed the BS, but I am not complaining.

wow thats crazy that you only got below a 14 once on all the aamc's!

 

[gujuDoc]

I am an Ohio resident. I would be perfectly fine with OSU. I heard Cinci places more emphasis on MCAT and less on GPA.

Really thinking about retaking next Winter/Spring, taking a year off after undergrad to work somewhere and save some money for med school. I guess more EC's would help, too.

I think the year off would help for your lack of strong ECs but I don't know if I'd retake the MCAT unless you are getting like 5 pt increase improvement on practice tests.

 

[kobedoc101]

I am a Washington Resident.

PS: 10
VR: 9
BS: 10
WR: O
Overall GPA: 3.8
Science GPA: 3.6
Moderate EC's: strongest EC-research for 3 years with pub

I can't get over the fact that I was one point away from a 30.

Any thoughts?

 

[mango677]

wow thats crazy that you only got below a 14 once on all the aamc's!

Hah, yeah....I am mechanical engineering major so the PS was usually a lot easier for me, I got 52/52 on 3 or 4 of the AAMC practice's but I guess the real one was different....oh well, my verbal made up for it so I am happy

http://mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?myid=8573

 

[koopa_troopa]

I still have not got my scores from the May 31st test. By tomorrow it will be two weeks late. I have repeatedly contacted the AAMC and whenever I ask for details, they still give me the same "we are working on it". I have talked to an MCAT supervisor, getting the same generic response as before. Its been two weeks, they should at least have an idea of when I will be able to get my scores... I don't know what to do. Anyone have any advice?

 

[CBG23]

talk to your pre-med advisor/comittee at your school and see if they can pull some strings for you. Also, be forceful on the phone, don't settle for the same damn answer, ask to speak with the supervisor (which they will prob deny at first) but keep saying it until they do it; I doubt they are allowed to hang up on you...

 

[axp107]

I still have not got my scores from the May 31st test. By tomorrow it will be two weeks late. I have repeatedly contacted the AAMC and whenever I ask for details, they still give me the same "we are working on it". I have talked to an MCAT supervisor, getting the same generic response as before. Its been two weeks, they should at least have an idea of when I will be able to get my scores... I don't know what to do. Anyone have any advice?

Sue them.. seriously

 

[pre0eightmed84]

34M 9 PS, 15 VR, 10 BS

I'm happy with my overall score, but is it bad to have this big of a distribution? Does anyone know of medical schools that care more about VR than the sciences? Did anyone else do well on verbal and terrible on the writing sample? I have no idea what that's all about.😕

 

[axp107]

34M 9 PS, 15 VR, 10 BS

I'm happy with my overall score, but is it bad to have this big of a distribution? Does anyone know of medical schools that care more about VR than the sciences? Did anyone else do well on verbal and terrible on the writing sample? I have no idea what that's all about.😕

Enlighten us.. how'd you do it?!

 

[pre0eightmed84]

I read a lot. Usually old stuff. I think reading books from several different genres and time periods helps you adapt to the MCAT passages but i don't know. I don't think anyone can ever expect to make a 15... the difference between 12 and 15 is usually like 4 questions.

I would be so angry if I were you. How could they delay your score that long and not give you a good explanation? That's ridiculous. If there is a physical office you can go to, you should go yell at someone. Also, demand a refund. At the very least they shouldn't make $200 off you.

 

[Nikki2002]

PS- 8
VR- 10
BS- 9
Total: 27Q

Not great, but with two in-state public schools that don't have high MCAT averages, I don't feel too bad. Plus my GPA and other credentials should be pretty solid. It's just too bad I couldn't break 30, I would have felt much better.

that is a nice, solid breakdown!!


it's all good in the hood....congrats!!👍

 

[Nikki2002]

34M 9 PS, 15 VR, 10 BS

I'm happy with my overall score, but is it bad to have this big of a distribution? Does anyone know of medical schools that care more about VR than the sciences? Did anyone else do well on verbal and terrible on the writing sample? I have no idea what that's all about.😕

i think the perfect verbal score will take some attention away from the WS...lol! CONGRATS!

I don't think there are schools that give more attention to the verbal score--but you can bet when they see someone who scored perfectly--it will definitely get them interested.


As for me--I got a 12 in verbal and....um....scored in the same area as you in the WS😉 I don't think it will hurt you.

 

[artaxerxes]

40N
PS 14, VR 11, BS 15

not the most well balanced 40, but I'm not reataking it.

 

[quiksilver87]

40N
PS 14, VR 11, BS 15

not the most well balanced 40, but I'm not reataking it.

no you should definitely retake...That is unacceptable 👎

 

[cac08]

I still have not got my scores from the May 31st test. By tomorrow it will be two weeks late. I have repeatedly contacted the AAMC and whenever I ask for details, they still give me the same "we are working on it". I have talked to an MCAT supervisor, getting the same generic response as before. Its been two weeks, they should at least have an idea of when I will be able to get my scores... I don't know what to do. Anyone have any advice?

Still no word?

 

[acurax]

Congrats to everyone on their scores!

June 15th - AM section
PS: 11
VR: 11
WS: P
BS: 13
Total: 35P

Super excited about my scores. I averaged a 31 on the AAMC practice tests with the highest being a 33. Couldn't believe the 13 in Bio--it seemed sooo difficult. I still check the MCAT THx site now and then to make sure my score is correct! Overall, very pleased--I could not have asked for more. Well okay, I would have liked a 12 in PS since I am a chem major, but I'll take my scores and run. I have finally slain the MCAT beast

 

[ACD]

Going to a state school I was always worried about the MCAT. I just wanted to post my score to give my fellow state schoolers confidence that preparation can pay off even for those whose parents don't have the spare 40 grand a year for the Ivies.
40S (13PS, 12VR, 15BS). Good luck to everyone waiting on their scores.

 

[bodonid]

34M 9 PS, 15 VR, 10 BS

I'm happy with my overall score, but is it bad to have this big of a distribution? Does anyone know of medical schools that care more about VR than the sciences? Did anyone else do well on verbal and terrible on the writing sample? I have no idea what that's all about.😕

hah! I think almost ALL medical schools weigh VR higher than BS or PS, if only slightly. But one thing about this cycle seems odd- a lot of people (including me, 12 M 13 13) who ended up with high VR got low WS. What's up with that? Is that common, b/c it seems counterintuitive to me.

 

[Phoenix.]

hah! I think almost ALL medical schools weigh VR higher than BS or PS, if only slightly. But one thing about this cycle seems odd- a lot of people (including me, 12 M 13 13) who ended up with high VR got low WS. What's up with that? Is that common, b/c it seems counterintuitive to me.

I dunno. I got a 12 in VR and an S on the writing sample. I didn't practice for the writing sample, and only worked on the essays for 12 minutes each. I think that the important thing to remember is that med schools don't really care about the writing sample. If you get a high VR score and a low writing score I don't think it'll have any impact at all. If you have a low VR score but a high writing score it could probably help a little bit. In either case, just make sure that your personal statement and all secondary essays are well-written so that they see that you can write despite the weird WS grading.

 

[drizzt3117]

I heard from a few adcoms that a S/T is a slight plus, J/K is a slight minus, and all other scores are a wash in WS, but generally they don't pay any attention to it unless you do very well or very poorly.

I know a lot of people will disagree with this comment, but I think the issue with MCAT verbal is that it's too easy. This causes curves that are insanely steep. I took the last paper/pencil MCAT and we were alotted 75 minutes for verbal and I was done in 45, which means I was sitting around for 20 min after checking my answers over. I was sure my answers were correct for all but 2-3 questions that I eliminated to two answer choices, and got a 13 on VR. I didn't hear of anyone getting a score higher than 14 on VR on the 8/06 test, meaning that more than 1% of the people who took the test got a perfect score on VR, and those ppl got 14s while people who got any questions wrong got 13s. That's at least my understanding of how that works with AAMC. If I'm wrong, please correct me. With the curve that steep, people who did reasonably well in terms of questions answered correctly, at least compared to the science sections, got very low scores.

From what I've been told, this has continued to be the case, and has been for a number of years, but it is less common that people got perfect scores on the science sections, leading to the curve being a bit more generous. I think they should make the sections similar in level of difficulity, which would make people have to study for the verbal (I didn't at all) but be able to get a good score even with a number of errors.

BTW, please don't interpret my comments as being complaints about what I scored on the test. I was thrilled with my scores. I just think the process could be more fair for everyone taking it.

Anyways, my $0.02

 

[ACD]

I know a lot of people will disagree with this comment, but I think the issue with MCAT verbal is that it's too easy. This causes curves that are insanely steep. ...That's at least my understanding of how that works with AAMC. If I'm wrong, please correct me. With the curve that steep, people who did reasonably well in terms of questions answered correctly, at least compared to the science sections, got very low scores.

From what I've been told, this has continued to be the case, and has been for a number of years, but it is less common that people got perfect scores on the science sections, leading to the curve being a bit more generous. I think they should make the sections similar in level of difficulity, which would make people have to study for the verbal (I didn't at all) but be able to get a good score even with a number of errors.

I would agree with what you are saying if the MCAT was supposed to be fair, but that's not what the AAMC is looking for. The MCAT is designed to display raw information processing skill. They don't want people able to study for it. Anyways, the verbal reasoning has been shown to correlate with USMLEs and that's all the ADCOMs care about. Why that is could be due to planetary alignments for all they care. As long as the correlation persists, the AAMC will not change a thing about the verbal reasoning tests. They're operating under the don't mess with a good thing premise.

Also, it would be next to impossible to make the VR similar in difficulty because the PS and BS both test knowledge bases as well as comprehension skills. Lengthening the verbal would also be a mistake because it would start favoring reading rate and mental persistence, instead of the reasoning part.

 

[estairella]

I know a lot of people will disagree with this comment, but I think the issue with MCAT verbal is that it's too easy. This causes curves that are insanely steep.

Have you looked at the scaled score charts? PS tends to be steep, VR tends not to be. The reason it's so rare to see a 15 in VR because UNLIKE PS, where you can just cram enough physics and chem in your head to score 15s (see the high % of 15s based on AAMC's own distributions), VR tests reasoning and it's something nobody is perfect at.

I was sure my answers were correct for all but 2-3 questions that I eliminated to two answer choices, and got a 13 on VR. I didn't hear of anyone getting a score higher than 14 on VR on the 8/06 test, meaning that more than 1% of the people who took the test got a perfect score on VR, and those ppl got 14s while people who got any questions wrong got 13s.

First of all, realize that 3 wrong on the VR is equivalent to 4 wrong on the other sections. It's perfectly reasonable that 40 (or 60) = 15, 39 (or 59) = 14 and 38 (or 58) = 13.

How fair do you think the test is if nobody can get a 15? If you score a perfect percentage) you must get a 15. By the way, just how many scores do you know of people who took the 8/06 MCAT? You do realize that, if the probability of scoring a 15 was, say, 0.1%, you would only be 63% confident nobody got a 15 if you knew the scores from 1000 test takers. To be statistically confident (p < 0.05), you would need to know the scores from 3000 8/06 test takers. (Binomial probability) I'm... I'm recalling something from my early years in undergrad...

Oh yeah! 1) Correlation is not causation. 2) Anecdote is not evidence.

 

[moejoe16]

I am a Chemistry major with a business minor.
BS - 10
PS - 08
VR - 15
writing - L

I was very surprised with the 15 in VR and hope that this will balance out the L i got in the writing secion. I really didn't think my essays were that bad :-(...
I took the June 15th AM test

 

[drizzt3117]

Have you looked at the scaled score charts? PS tends to be steep, VR tends not to be. The reason it's so rare to see a 15 in VR because UNLIKE PS, where you can just cram enough physics and chem in your head to score 15s (see the high % of 15s based on AAMC's own distributions), VR tests reasoning and it's something nobody is perfect at.



First of all, realize that 3 wrong on the VR is equivalent to 4 wrong on the other sections. It's perfectly reasonable that 40 (or 60) = 15, 39 (or 59) = 14 and 38 (or 58) = 13.

How fair do you think the test is if nobody can get a 15? If you score a perfect percentage) you must get a 15. By the way, just how many scores do you know of people who took the 8/06 MCAT? You do realize that, if the probability of scoring a 15 was, say, 0.1%, you would only be 63% confident nobody got a 15 if you knew the scores from 1000 test takers. To be statistically confident (p < 0.05), you would need to know the scores from 3000 8/06 test takers. (Binomial probability) I'm... I'm recalling something from my early years in undergrad...

Oh yeah! 1) Correlation is not causation. 2) Anecdote is not evidence.

You're right of course. My calculations, though, were based on the explanation of scores from AMCAS for 8/06 (which is on their site).

A verbal score of 14 according to the 8/06 score report was 99.9-99.9%, while a verbal score of 15 was the same. With n=30560, that means that the maximum amount of people that could have gotten a 14 was 30, meaning the maximum amount of people that could have gotten a 15 was less than 30.

Looking at the overall, a score of 40 was 99.3-99.7 percentile, meaning that the maximum amount of ppl that scored a 40 or above is ~200. Anecdotally it seems like the majority of those 200 people post here, but no one has reported a 15 VR on that test administration IIRC. As I said before, it's certainly not conclusive evidence, but certainly very few people got that score regardless of my empirical observations.

 

[estairella]

Looking at the overall, a score of 40 was 99.3-99.7 percentile, meaning that the maximum amount of ppl that scored a 40 or above is ~200. Anecdotally it seems like the majority of those 200 people post here, but no one has reported a 15 VR on that test administration IIRC. As I said before, it's certainly not conclusive evidence, but certainly very few people got that score regardless of my empirical observations.

You bring up an excellent point, in fact. In a sample size of 200 people, what's the probability of 1 of them scoring 15 (given that the probability is 0.1%)? 18%. So you actually are perfectly reasonable in saying "there is a good chance nobody scored 15 on the VR". What does not logically follow is "therefore everyone who got everything correct scored a 14". It just means nobody got a perfect raw score.

In my test administration it was the same thing, 13 was 98-99.8% (so 600 people) and 14 was 99.9% (30 people) and so was 15. You can see that just going by division (factor of 20), you would expect a statistical 1-2 persons from 30,000 people. Those are not very good odds to bank on - the entire population of SDN is only 35,000 people (not all of which have taken the MCAT or even are in pre-med). From here, I've heard of 3 people getting 15s... seems about right (given that SDN over-represents high scorers...).

 

[drizzt3117]

You bring up an excellent point, in fact. In a sample size of 200 people, what's the probability of 1 of them scoring 15 (given that the probability is 0.1%)? 18%. So you actually are perfectly reasonable in saying "there is a good chance nobody scored 15 on the VR". What does not logically follow is "therefore everyone who got everything correct scored a 14". It just means nobody got a perfect raw score.

That makes sense. I was speculating on the perfect score part, but your explanation seems more likely to be correct. That said, I believe the curve is still very steep compared to the science sections because your score will drop precipitously if you start getting questions wrong. As the other poster mentioned, clearly the fact that the test has less questions contribute to that as well, but I still think that a lot of people have to be getting a lot of questions right for the curve to be that steep.

 

[brianoflee]

One more day until the July 13th scores... see everyone here tomorrow!

 

[Dulcina]

getting nervous!! scores come out tomorrow!

 

[Dakayus]

If you think about it how it seems like the average score reported is around a 34 ish (seemingly!) then that means only the top 10% of pre-meds apparently visit this forum or perhaps are just too embarrassed to post their scores. Well heres one to lower it!
V-8
PS-10
B-8
W-Q
*score as of January without studying pretty much*
An idiotic experience I must admit

New score to come out on August 23rd!

 

[PreMedHead84]

I'm so nervous!! Scores come out in like 20 minutes but I'm too nervous to check early (they've prob already come out)....I'm waiting til I get off work @ 5. 🙂

Any other July 13thers biting their fingernails too right now? 😕

 

[veaselhaufen]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the score release has been delayed until who knows when 🙁

 

[PreMedHead84]

I know, I'm so friggin annoyed. Did this happen with other test dates as well, or just ours? 😡

 

[emc7171]

July 13th

PS - 14
VR - 10 (wtf? scored 12 on almost every practice exam)
BS - 12
WS - S

Total: 36S

AAMC PRACTICE (in order taken):

(PS/VR/BS)

3R: 37

4R: 35

5R: 38 (13/12/13)

9: 37 (12/11/14)

7: 40 (15/12/13)

Pretty happy, except hating my verbal score. Don't neglect VR! Might have to retake because of it.

 

[axp107]

Hey guys, CAN YOU PLEASE POST YOUR PRACTICE TEST SCORES if possible.. thanks mucho

I think the rest of us who have the test looming over us would appreciate it a ton! 👍

 

[brianoflee]

July 13th:

PS: 11
VR: 11
BS: 13
WS: S
=====
Total: 35S


CBT 10: 36
CBT 7: 35
CBT 6: 34
CBT 5: 32 (didn't finish PS)
CBT 4: 37
CBT 3: 35


Very happy with my result, as it falls within my practice test scores range. Also exceptionally pleased at my 'S' in the writing sample!!

Good luck to everyone else!

 

[4s4]

Which practice scores do you want? The ones I did this time, or the ones I did last time? I don't even know if I can remember..but if people really wanna know, I can dig it outta my "MCAT box".

Anyway, last time I got 26S: 8/8/10 S
This time I got 32 S: 10/10/12 S

What's the difference? To be honest, not much at all...I got lucky with the physics, almost no optics/electricity, and my physics practice scores were the same as I did it last summer. For the verbal, I didn't get serious stomach cramps like last time, so I'm pretty sure that helped. Writing, I did the same, so not much about that. Bio, I was pleasantly surprised--I thought I did crappy, or at most 10, because I never got really high on BIO.

But oh I remember my AAMC 10, which was new: It was 32 as well, so I guess it is accurate? But it was 12/9/11, but yeah, around that area.

Good luck to everyone else who is writing the exam. Don't be discouraged if you have to write twice like me. And don't believe it when people say you won't improve much. I did a prep course the first time, studied on my own this time, working both times, and I saw a 6 point score increase. So DON'T GIVE UP!

 

[scotties123]

Yea u got a terrible score. retake it for sure.

July 13th

PS - 14
VR - 10 (wtf? scored 12 on almost every practice exam)
BS - 12
WS - S

Total: 36S

Pretty happy, except hating my verbal score. Don't neglect VR! Might have to retake because of it.

 

[Skwid]

36Q

Verbal:11
BS:13
PS:12

 

[lil'trooper]

31R, from California

Physical: 9
Verbal: 11
Biological: 11

I will not be retaking. Ever ever ever.

Highest I scored on a practice test was 33. I feel mildly disappointed!

 

[emc7171]

Yea u got a terrible score. retake it for sure.

Haha. If only you knew my uGPA. It's difficult to compensate for.

 

[Team Zissou]

32N!!! extremely happy, I walked out of the test feeling like I got raped.

 

[pandulce321]

Wow, wow wow

Aug 2006 PS 8/ VR 6/ BS 10 - 24O
July 2007 PS 11/ VR 10/ BS 11 - 32R

My AAMC score range was 30-37, but my average was a 32. I am sooo happy!!

 

[olemissbabydoc]

July 13th:

PS: 11
VR: 11
BS: 13
WS: S
=====
Total: 35S


CBT 10: 36
CBT 7: 35
CBT 6: 34
CBT 5: 32 (didn't finish PS)
CBT 4: 37
CBT 3: 35


Very happy with my result, as it falls within my practice test scores range. Also exceptionally pleased at my 'S' in the writing sample!!

Good luck to everyone else!

Congrats!

 

[olemissbabydoc]

Wow, wow wow

Aug 2006 PS 8/ VR 6/ BS 10 - 24O
July 2007 PS 11/ VR 10/ BS 11 - 32R

My AAMC score range was 30-37, but my average was a 32. I am sooo happy!!

awesome! 🙂

 

[PreMedHead84]

August 2006 MCAT:
VR 9
PS 11
BS 9
WS Q

July 13th MCAT:
VR 10
PS 11
BS 9
WS R

Up from a 29Q to a 30R. Improvement is always good!

 

[olemissbabydoc]

August 2006 MCAT:
VR 9
PS 11
BS 9
WS Q

July 13th MCAT:
VR 10
PS 11
BS 9
WS R

Up from a 29Q to a 30R. Improvement is always good!

Congrats!

 

[Dulcina]

july 13th exam: 39R
PS 14
VS 11
BS 14

Pleasantly surprised with PS and writing, disappointed in verbal. I thought i got a 15 in verbal! lol

practice exams from kaplan:
diag 9/10/9--28
FL1 10/9/11--30
FL2 13/11/12--36
FL3 13/10/15--38
FL4 14/12/14--40
FL5 14/11/13--38
FL6 14/13/15--42
FL7 14/11/14--39
FL8 13/14/13--40

 

[Pmy8811]

Hi, I took for the first time on July 13, and am not happy with my results. I didn't take AAMC practice tests, but on my last 3 kaplan tests i got in the 33-36 range, including 13-14 in BS each time. While my PS and VR scores were consistent with my practices, BS went from 13-14 on practice to 8 on the actual test. I am totally at a loss for what happened. I didn't feel like it was any harder than the practices, I actually felt good about that section coming out. Has anyone experienced anything like this, or can anyone give me possible explanations for why this would occur? I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[drizzt3117]

Haha. If only you knew my uGPA. It's difficult to compensate for.

I'm sorry, but if I were an adcom and saw someone retake the test with a 36 with at least 10 in each section, I'd reject them just for being an idiot. If they had like 15-15-6 or something, ok maybe retake, but wtf...