question about the PCAT grading system

[170]

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Ok im confused on the whole scoring system. Do you ever actually get to see your score? B/c most people put 70 percentile. I know that means you scored better than 70 percent of the people you took it with, but do you ever get to see your score? Like what percentage of the question you got right....

More importantly, do pharmacy schools focus on your percentile or your actual score?

 

[ugadawg74]

Ok im confused on the whole scoring system. Do you ever actually get to see your score? B/c most people put 70 percentile. I know that means you scored better than 70 percent of the people you took it with, but do you ever get to see your score? Like what percentage of the question you got right....

More importantly, do pharmacy schools focus on your percentile or your actual score?

You get to see the composite or raw score for each section and percentile score for each section. They don't break down what you got right or wrong.

I heard pharm school only look at the percentile score, since it tells them how competitive you are. So if on one PCAT I got a high composite score but a 70 percentile, then it's not impressive. However, if I got an average composite score, but a 90 percentile, then that is a good score.

 

[enabler]

You get to see the composite or raw score for each section and percentile score for each section. They don't break down what you got right or wrong.

I heard pharm school only look at the percentile score, since it tells them how competitive you are. So if on one PCAT I got a high composite score but a 70 percentile, then it's not impressive. However, if I got an average composite score, but a 90 percentile, then that is a good score.

They only care about your percentile.

 

[170]

You get to see the composite or raw score for each section and percentile score for each section. They don't break down what you got right or wrong.

I heard pharm school only look at the percentile score, since it tells them how competitive you are. So if on one PCAT I got a high composite score but a 70 percentile, then it's not impressive. However, if I got an average composite score, but a 90 percentile, then that is a good score.

Kind of ironic, but I see where they are coming from... It would suck pretty bad if you did better than someone, but they scored 90 percent within their batch, and you score 75 percent among your batch... And then they get accepted instead of you.