I also hate that Pearson did the rescaling. They DO NOT notify us of these changes when they should. I know for a fact that my composites (from the two times I took the PCAT) went down about 5 percent points based on what Shenandoah told me they received from PharmCAS versus the score reports I have at home.
For example, what if someone had a 64 and applied to a school where the minimum to apply is a 60, but their score had been changed to a 59 without them knowing, thus, not even eligible to apply?? This did not happen to me, thankfully, but I would not be surprised at all if I heard of people getting denied from schools they applied to because they thought they had a shot when in reality their application was not even considered because their scores were changed without them knowing and causing them to miss the minimum.
From Pearson's Website:
All percentile ranks are based on the 2007 norms (see Appendix A, "Sample
Personal Score Report"). Percentile ranks earned before June 2008 (when the
2007 percentile ranks were introduced) have been converted to equivalent 2007
percentile ranks.
http://pearsonassess.com/hai/images...IB_Sections/PCAT08_CIB_Final-After.pdf#page=1 SEE PG. 19
PharmCAS will not tell you what they have on file for you even if you can give them your social, Bday, Blood type, read your essay to them word for word to them, name your fav color to prove that it is you.... and I doubt Pearson would help because they do not post scores online or over the phone. If you are worried I suggest contacting the schools you applied to with an explanation of what is going on and ask them to tell you what scores they have on file. Some schools might let you photocopy your score report to them and use those scores instead of the unfairly changed scores.
Ultimately, I understand the rescaling and that is OK, but I think it is wrong not to send updated reports to all affected. Are we supposed to magically know or assume our scores will change.