PCAT SCORE what does this mean

[myoukhana]

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Ok so I took my pcat today and I have no idea what Scaled Score means and Percent Rank besides it. Here they are below:
SS PR
374 10 Verbal Ability
425 84 Biology
346 1 Reading Comprehension
390 27 Quantitative ability
426 85 Chemistry
392 27 Composite


I mean, are these scores ok, good, or bad

 

[pharmadiazehhpine]

27 composite means 27th percentile if im not mistaken. thats pretty low

 

[myoukhana]

Doesn't 84 for biology and Chemistry 85 mean its pretty high? How did I even get a 27 is what I don't understand.

 

[pharmadiazehhpine]

Doesn't 84 for biology and Chemistry 85 mean its pretty high? How did I even get a 27 is what I don't understand.

you did horribly on quant, reading, and verbal. dropped your composite significantly

 

[mustlovedogs24]

I'm literally in the exact same boat as you, except I got a 31. How much did you study for it? Are you going to re-take it?

 

[pharmadiazehhpine]

I'm literally in the exact same boat as you, except I got a 31. How much did you study for it? Are you going to re-take it?

I take it in ~4 hrs.. now I am stressing hardcore knowing that a few of you did that bad.. Did you just not study at all for it??

 

[mustlovedogs24]

I take it in ~4 hrs.. now I am stressing hardcore knowing that a few of you did that bad.. Did you just not study at all for it??

I got in the 70s on all of my practice tests, but my real exam had a LOT of organic chem which I haven't taken and a lot of calculus which I haven't taken. Not to mention, the guy next to me was talking the entire time and being a distraction. Good luck to you

 

[YF786]

Ok so I took my pcat today and I have no idea what Scaled Score means and Percent Rank besides it. Here they are below:
SS PR
374 10 Verbal Ability
425 84 Biology
346 1 Reading Comprehension
390 27 Quantitative ability
426 85 Chemistry
392 27 Composite


I mean, are these scores ok, good, or bad

Your composite score is basically the percent you got out of 100. The score is compared to all the other students who have taken it in the past # of years (I am guessing it's either 10 yrs or less). It means 73% of people have done better than you.

If I were you, I wouldn't stress because I have seen people with a score of 25 and a 3.1 overall GPA get accepted the past year.

You can retake it, it won't hurt since they always pick the higher score. Goodluck to u.