What do you need to get a 14?

[Rafael Cavalcan]

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Hi,
This might be a stupid question for most of you but so far I haven't seen anyone mentioning this, so I have to ask. How many question on each section can you miss and still get like a 14? and how about a 13? and a 12? I know it depends on everybody else's result, but I'm just looking for rough numbers.

Thank you

 

[DrMom]

It varies notably by section. In verbal you need a perfect score, basically. I don't have numbers for the others, but you don't need a perfect score on them.

 

[CaNEM]

Originally posted by DrMom
It varies notably by section. In verbal you need a perfect score, basically. I don't have numbers for the others, but you don't need a perfect score on them.

No, a perfect score in any section (including verbal as of April 03) would be a 15, so you don't need that. =)

 

[DrMom]

Forgot they fixed that. I took the MCAT when the highest you could get was 13-15 rather than a single score for verbal. Really sucked!

 

[efex101]

I think what the OP is trying to find out is how many actual questions can you possibly miss in verbal, and due to the curve still get a perfect score of 15..please do not tell me you actually need to get them ALL correct to achieve this. Aghhhh! Of course with the new verbal with five less questions I think the curve will not be as generous, oh well, just keep chugging away.

 

[Ramoray]

Originally posted by DrMom
Forgot they fixed that. I took the MCAT when the highest you could get was 13-15 rather than a single score for verbal. Really sucked!

how coudl that really suck? u woulnt have been happy or u were not happy with a 13-15, the top score is the top score.. good grief

 

[drake.ramoray]

It's all relative to how the fellow test population performs. Generally, from the statistics, it appears as if you need to be >99%ile to snag a 14.

 

[nero]

For the Physical you can miss about 2 and get a 14 on the bio you can only miss 1 and still get a 14.............

nero

 

[efex101]

That does not sound right, at least not what TPR is stating. I thought it was more than that...anyone know for sure? Maybe I am deluding myself but I thought that you could miss like 10 and still get a good score.

 

[BobbyDylanFan]

Originally posted by efex101
That does not sound right, at least not what TPR is stating. I thought it was more than that...anyone know for sure? Maybe I am deluding myself but I thought that you could miss like 10 and still get a good score.

Missing Ten is a good score but definately not a 14...missing ten would proabably put you in th 12 range

 

[Bostonienses]

Alright guys, I got this from some official MCAT Korean webpage that had the results from last year's April and August tests:

Verbal Reasoning
Raw ScoreScaled Score
0-7 1
8-14 2
15-20 3
21-26 4
27-31 5
32-36 6
37-41 7
42-46 8
47-50 9
51-53 10
54-57 11
58-60 12
61-62 13
63-64 14
65 15

Physical Sciences
Raw ScoreScaled Score
0-8 1
9-16 2
17-28 3
29-33 4
34-39 5
40-44 6
45-49 7
50-55 8
56-60 9
61-64 10
65-67 11
68-70 12
71-73 13
74-75 14
76-77 15

Biological Sciences
Raw ScoreScaled Score
0-8 1
9-16 2
17-28 3
29-33 4
34-39 5
40-44 6
45-49 7
50-55 8
56-60 9
61-64 10
65-67 11
68-70 12
71-73 13
74-75 14
76-77 15


I don't know the validity of these, but so far all we have are speculations, so it might be more useful
Cheers!