Weird Correlation Between MCAT's and SAT's

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That reminds me...did you guys take the old SAT for TIP (at least that's what it's called on the East Coast) in 7th grade. That old one was much harder IMHO, but then again I was 13 at the time...
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My advisor said people that do well on the SATs usually do well on the MCAT. It didn't happen to me...

SAT 1320
MCAT 28
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by kutastha:
•Did most of the people here take the old or new SAT?•••••Both. My Mom insisted I take the SAT every year for practice! I thought it was a pretty dumb idea at first, but she was right, it worked! My score went up at least 50 points, and a couple of times 100 points, every time I took it. No SAT prep or studying for it, either.
 
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I remember TIP! I didn't take the SAT tho. Took the ACT as my 7th grade math skillz werent quite as fantastic. :wink:

Don't know my score, my mom just told me I scored better than she did when she took it. <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />
 
I took the SATs in 7th grade for that TIP program. What a joke that was...

So has anyone gotten around to doing a regression yet?

SATs: 1540
MCAT: 35S
 
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Just to rock the boat and get the conspiracy theorists all riled up, here's another spooky correlation:

MCAT 27
ACT 27

Hmm- I also have a birthmark on my ass in the shape of the number 27... coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!! :D
 
SAT 1510
ACT 33
MCAT 36

I went to small town public high and had never heard of a prep course for the SAT/ACT. I agree there is a stong correlation among these test, but studying will have a much greater effect on the MCAT than on the SAT. Don't you agree? BTW, I did take a Kaplan course, which I wouldn't recommend, and did some moderate studying for the MCAT.
 
These tests are just too different for there to be a very direct correlation. Granted, I'll agree that those who score high on the SAT will, on average, score higher on the MCAT and other standardized tests. But if you look at the SAT, what is it other than a glorified vocabulary exam? The MCAT requires 100 times more preparation than the SAT ever did, and therein lies the problem. The amount of preparation varies greatly from one person to the next. IMO, two tests that that would have a much better correlation would be the SAT and the GRE. I dunno how many of you have taken the GRE, but I took it last December, just in case I don't get in this year, and my scores were eerily similar to my SAT scores.

SAT: 760V/740M
GRE: 770V/740M/770A

They're pretty much the exact same test, except that the GRE is computerized, and you have to go straight through on all the sections, which kinda sucks. No coming back to the tough questions you don't know. Oh yeah, the GRE also has an analytical section to mess with your head and make you solve stupid little puzzles.
 
I feel stupid now seeing all these great scores, I only scored a 27 on the ACT:( Of course that is after my sophmore year, zero studying, and almost flunking out of all my high school classes (I was a big time slacker). Haven't taken ther MCAT yet so let's hope there is NO correlation!!!
 
Hmmm, I was talking about this with a friend of mine the other day. I think that there is some correlation between the two since they are both standardized but since the science sections are so specifically geared towards us "science-people" that you can't really read too much into them. Although I did notice that most people over 1400 on SAT's really smacked the MCAT around...just an observation though.

Oh yeah, here's my stuff:
SAT: 1250
MCAT: 31
 
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I think there is a correlation between the math portion of the SAT and physical sciences on the MCAT. I think there is less of a correlation between the verbal portion of the SAT and the verbal portion of the MCAT.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by LizardKing:
•i know someone who busted a 45 MCAT, but it sure wasn't me!•••••That must have been a while ago; they haven't been able to hand out a 15 on the verbals over the last few years.

SAT: 1490
MCAT: 38-40
 
1500 SAT, 38R MCAT. You also have to take into consideration that most people study their asses off for the MCAT but don't take the SAT too seriously...
 
Not much of a correlation here, but I have been eating my broccoli since I finished high school...

1270 SAT
39 MCAT
 
Works for me:
SAT: 1280
MCAT: 28
 
SAT: 700 math, 720 verbal,total, 1420
MCaT: 7 V, 11 P, 10B, S writing.

I do not think there is a correlation. On my PSAT I scored a 800 on the math and a 700 on the verbal. I should have done well on the stupid mcat, except I cannot do the verbal.
 
This is the tabulated table of the first 24 sat-mcat scores sorted by ascending order.
A clear fact is sat cores over 1300 correspond to mcat scores over 30. Using robust linear fit, I came up with a formula to predict mcat scores from sat scores.

MCAT = 9.39 + .017255*SAT

As more data collected, the model will be more accurate.However, will is a real big factor.

TRUE PREDICT
SAT MCAT MCAT DIFF
960. 30. 26.0 4.0
1060. 29. 27.7 1.3
1220. 30. 30.4 -0.4
1220. 37. 30.4 6.6
1240. 33. 30.8 2.2
1250. 35. 31.0 4.0
1270. 27. 31.3 -4.3
1270. 29. 31.3 -2.3
1270. 31. 31.3 -0.3
1280. 29. 31.5 -2.5
1290. 37. 31.7 5.3
1310. 30. 32.0 -2.0
1320. 34. 32.2 1.8
1330. 33. 32.3 0.7
1340. 32. 32.5 -0.5
1370. 38. 33.0 5.0
1370. 38. 33.0 5.0
1410. 31. 33.7 -2.7
1440. 31. 34.2 -3.2
1480. 37. 34.9 2.1
1500. 32. 35.3 -3.3
1510. 30. 35.4 -5.4
1530. 39. 35.8 3.2
1600. 36. 37.0 -1.0
1600. 37. 37.0 0.0
1600. 37. 37.0 0.0
 
I hate to deviate from the MCAT/SAT correlation, but as long as we're talking about standardized tests...
My friend scored in the same percentile on the SAT (1440) and the LSAT (162). Both 96th percentile!
 
Using panicking's formula my predicted MCAT score came out to be 30.95875.
My actual score: 31.

Wow.
 
The table was messed up in my previous post.
SAT MCAT PREDICT DIFF
0960. 30. 26.0 4.0
1060. 29. 27.7 1.3
1220. 30. 30.4 -0.4
1220. 37. 30.4 6.6
1240. 33. 30.8 2.2
1250. 35. 31.0 4.0
1270. 27. 31.3 -4.3
1270. 29. 31.3 -2.3
1270. 31. 31.3 -0.3
1280. 29. 31.5 -2.5
1290. 37. 31.7 5.3
1310. 30. 32.0 -2.0
1320. 34. 32.2 1.8
1330. 33. 32.3 0.7
1340. 32. 32.5 -0.5
1370. 38. 33.0 5.0
1370. 38. 33.0 5.0
1410. 31. 33.7 -2.7
1440. 31. 34.2 -3.2
1480. 37. 34.9 2.1
1500. 32. 35.3 -3.3
1510. 30. 35.4 -5.4
1530. 39. 35.8 3.2
1600. 36. 37.0 -1.0
1600. 37. 37.0 0.0
1600. 37. 37.0 0.0
 
SAT 1320: 590V and 730M
ACT 30
MCAT 33Q

I have to agree that there is a correlation, although I really can't explain the huge spread between some scores--i.e. less than 1300 SAT's with greater than 35 MCAT's!
 
The HUGH spread in the low-SAT-high-MCAT score is due to the WILL factor which is extremely HUGH. SAT measures mostly IQ while MCAT measures both IQ and dedication.
 
Hey, the regression worked for me, but it didn't take into account some confounding factors:

MCAT: 3

SAT: 1360 (headache from my Jack Daniels suare. Is that how you spell it?)

ASVAB: 93 cool, eh?
 
SAT 1600

MCAT: 39-41, S
 
go neuronix and booza! using a maximum likelihood model with priors i would have never have guessed that posterior (little stats joke to go along with the linear regression stuff)

sat: 1390 (670verbal/720math)
mcat: 35

who studies for the sat, though? i think mcat can really change with copious studyin as far as the sciences go -- i got my highest score in bio although i'm not a bio major and i crammed for it in a month. go figure. but verbal was another sat nightmare...

but a 39 woulda kicked some major ars!
 
I'd love to play this little game, but sadly, I didn't write either the SAT or the ACT. :(

I did do pretty well on the MCATs, though, and I always do really well on standardized tests.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Doctora Foxy:
•OK so far no one has the correlation that I was looking for. I didn't mean to ask if people with high SAT scores had high MCATs, just wondering if the 2 middle numbers of your SATs were your MCAT score. I thought it was funny. Guess for now I'm the only one. :p •••••SAT = 1370
MCAT = 36

I came pretty close Foxy! If only I could've gotten one more question right in the verbal section... :wink:
 
w00t! Well as the biggest deviator from the norm I guess I should explain why. :cool:

I dropped out of HS when I was 15. I got a GED right after I turned 16. Udel (my undergraduate school) promised to take me after I proved myself by taking part-time classes here (since I'm a resident). But, after a year of part-time classes they told me they would only accept me after I took the SAT and scored at least 1000.

So I didn't even study for the SAT. I just popped in and did what I did and got on with my life. I've been working my ass off ever since :)
 
I took the old SAT as a sophmore in 1993. I got an 1100 without studying a bit. I probably should have studied and taken it again, but 1100 was high enough to get my scholarship. They have changed the way they score the SAT twice since then. I believe an 1100 then equates to 1180+ now. Anyways, I got a 29 on the MCAT. I was robbed too, it should have been 31!!!
 
ACT 24
MCAT 35-37
 
Hey, my score was messed up on the table. I got the 1410 SAT and you listed my MCAT as 31. It was a 33-35, which would be right on target for your regression equation.

I'd say my will to get a good score was about equal on the two tests, so that's about right. THIS time, however...
 
So no one will post SAT scores less than 1000, eh? OK, here goes:

SAT-980ish (Didn't study, didn't care and fell asleep)
MCAT-29R
 
Geez...my MCAT correlates pretty closely with that equation...

SAT: 1440 (720V,720M)
MCAT: 34T

'Predicted MCAT:' 34.2372

Hmmmm... :)
 
SAT 1390
MCAT 37

They're pretty close...I do think there might be something here. I knew I should have gotten a 39!!! :rolleyes: <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />
 
I took both tests cold, with no prep whatsoever. I always thought that taking a prep course runs counter to the point of the tests in the first place. I dunno, call me a purist...

SAT 1520
MCAT 36
 
ACT 1st Try 27
2nd try 29

MCAT 1st try 27
2nd try 29

Hmmm...
 
Welcome to SDN, gobluefrog!! :) Nice first post!! <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />
 
Well, I certainly would have preferred the 35 from the regression, but--
SAT: 1460 (730 on both verbal and math)
MCAT: 29R (11V, 10B, 8P)
 
I think the ACT and MCAT correlation may be more accurate, mine were pretty close:
ACT 35
MCAT 36

That equation is pretty cool though. It seems to be pretty accurate.
 
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