Taking the MCAT multiple times

[SaulTigh]

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I was wondering how med schools calculate your MCAT scores if you took the test multiple times. Do they take the highest subscores from the different tests...or do they just look at one set of scores exclusively? Do they weigh the best one the most (do they care about the low scoring one?) Do they take an average of the scores? Or is it different depending on the school? Thanks!

 

[sehnsucht]

I was wondering how med schools calculate your MCAT scores if you took the test multiple times. Do they take the highest subscores from the different tests...or do they just look at one set of scores exclusively? Do they weigh the best one the most (do they care about the low scoring one?) Do they take an average of the scores? Or is it different depending on the school? Thanks!

most schools take the latest attempt, i think.

 

[FlowLimited]

Most schools will look at all scores, some will look at the most recent or the best test, and very few will pick your best section scores from all your tests and only look at those.

 

[RoadRunner17]

I believe Tufts is fairly notorious for their policy of picking the best scores from each section.. but they are a minority as far as med school policy regarding MCAT retakes go.