Question about Grading Scale

[Insulinshock]

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I took my first full length today, and I did fairly well considering I have more areas I need to review, but I had a question regarding the conversion scale.

Now I had always assumed that verbal reasoning was the toughest section of the MCAT, conceptually, both from what I've heard and personal experience. On the FL I took today I did fairly well, and got quite a bit more right % wise on the VR than on both my BS and PS (I scored 10+ of the latter two) yet my verbal was way below that after conversion. When I checked the scale, I discovered that if you missed 3 quesions that dropped you down to a 12!?

Is this typical? I was under the assumption that getting only 3 wrong would be a 14, or at the worst a high 13.

 

[PiBond]

I took my first full length today, and I did fairly well considering I have more areas I need to review, but I had a question regarding the conversion scale.

Now I had always assumed that verbal reasoning was the toughest section of the MCAT, conceptually, both from what I've heard and personal experience. On the FL I took today I did fairly well, and got quite a bit more right % wise on the VR than on both my BS and PS (I scored 10+ of the latter two) yet my verbal was way below that after conversion. When I checked the scale, I discovered that if you missed 3 quesions that dropped you down to a 12!?

Is this typical? I was under the assumption that getting only 3 wrong would be a 14, or at the worst a high 13.

In my experience, verbal usually has had the toughest scale. When you miss one (unlike in the sciences) you can go ahead and assume that a 15 is out of the question. The scale starts to level out around 9-10 but it's definitely more strict on the upside.