two mcat scores.. which one do they look at?

[nellia]

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I took my MCAT twice, and I was wondering if schools look at your composite scores, average your scores, or look at each individual score on each section? I know loyola averages the two scores.. but I wasn't sure about other schools? Anybody know ? thanks !

 

[FlowLimited]

All schools do it differently. I would venture to say that the majority of schools will look at the scores as separate entities and simply take into account your improvements. A few schools will consider the highest score of each section and combine them to form a new composite score. The rest of the schools will fall somewhere in between.

 

[nellia]

ok sweet, thanks for that ! hooray for one point improvements.. haha

 

[scubamoose]

I saw a thread from 2004 where somebody was actually able to list out what specific schools did with different MCAT scores (ie. took the best overall mcat or took the best of each section). Anybody know where I could find an updated version of this?

 

[nontrdgsbuiucmd]

All schools do it differently. I would venture to say that the majority of schools will look at the scores as separate entities and simply take into account your improvements. A few schools will consider the highest score of each section and combine them to form a new composite score. The rest of the schools will fall somewhere in between.

Yes, an adcomm director told me that schools generally:

1) take the most recent score

2) take the average of all scores, or

3) take the highest section scores from all mcat exams taken & create a "synthetic" score.

George Washington & I recall one of the WI schools go route #3, Loyola as mentioned does #2, I'd suspect #1 is the most common..given a school would expect that an applicant's score does not go DOWN as they gain more MCAT taking experience..

 

[ESzczesniak]

I would add that not all schools always have set rules for this. Instead, they will consider the whole picture. If you have a 28 and 33 on MCATS and a 3.2 GPA, they will probably consider the 28 more accurate. If you have a 3.7, they'll probably consider teh 33 more accurate.