Writing Sample - conversion from raw score to letter

[golfer_123]

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Hey, does anyone know how the conversion works? Like what raw score corresponds to each letter?

is it like a 4 = O or P approximately?

I can't seem to find a conversion table anywhere, except for the one on the AAMC website which doesn't really answer this question.

 

[davie85]

Your letter score corresponds to the sum of the raw scores for your essays. Two readers mark one essay and another two mark the second essay. Each marker assigns a score (from 1 to 6) and the higher of the two values is used. So if your first essay receives a 4 and 5, and your second gets 3 and 4, then the 5 from the first and the 4 from the second are used in converting to letter score. 5 + 4 = 9 which is your raw score.

Raw Score..............Scaled Score
2..................................J
3..................................K
4..................................L
5..................................M
6..................................N
7..................................O
8..................................P
9..................................Q
10.................................R
11.................................S
12.................................T

Hope that answers your question.

 

[golfer_123]

Your letter score corresponds to the sum of the raw scores for your essays. Two readers mark one essay and another two mark the second essay. Each marker assigns a score (from 1 to 6) and the higher of the two values is used. So if your first essay receives a 4 and 5, and your second gets 3 and 4, then the 5 from the first and the 4 from the second are used in converting to letter score. 5 + 4 = 9 which is your raw score.

Raw Score Scaled Score
2..................................J
3..................................K
4..................................L
5..................................M
6..................................N
7..................................O
8..................................P
9..................................Q
10.................................R
11.................................S
12.................................T

Hope that answers your question.

I don't think they just take the top two scores for each essay. I thought they summed up all four scores from the four markers.

Is there an actual link where I can view this chart?

Thanks.

 

[davie85]

Perhaps they do combine the scores. I did read somewhere that the upper score was taken, but maybe that's not true. I don't remember where I found that chart either. Maybe you can find your answer here http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/studentmanual/writingsample/scoring.pdf

 

[~CDN Pre-med~]

They take an average of all the scores.