<p>I read the previous posts about MCAT bu I can't understand it that well.
When do you take the MCAT??
How much is it???
Does the high schools provide the test??? If not, how do we take the test???
What are the skill and classes you need to take this test??? I know you need to take biology and chemistry??? or am I wrong?????
How do people study for it???? I never heard about this test before I read this page...
I am just a freshman so I don't know much about this stuffs :(...
thanks for anyone who answers it... I appretiate it??
p.s did I spell appretiate wright???</p>
<p>Its a college exam. No need to worry for at least 6 years.</p>
<p>you take the mcat in the spring of your jr year of college. it currently costs $210 to take each time you take it. you register online through aamc.org when the time comes. there’s a biological sciences section (biology and organic chemistry), a physical sciences section (physics and general chemistry), a verbal section, and a writing section (essays). u can take courses to prepare for it which also cost a lot of money, and people normally study between 3-6 months for it. the total score is 45, 15 points for each section (meaning the max score is a 45), and for the writing section you get a score of J-T with T being the best score, so the best possible score overall is 45T. as the post above said, u don’t need to worry about it until your jr year of college.</p>
<p>p.s. it’s appreciate, not appretiate</p>
<p>I saw people taking the test in the spring of junior year. However, wouldn’t it be better to take at the beginning of junior year or end of sophomore year so students have better memory (I thought students should finished all the courses by end of sophomore year)?</p>
<p>what scores are considered low and high? where would u get in with those types of scores?</p>
<p>for instance, if you get an 1800 or higher on the SATs, u have a good shot at NYU or USC. but if u get a 1500, ur lookin more at university of miami or university of marymount.</p>
<p>Low- Under 28, Osteopathic schools, maybea shot at your state medical schools, maybe some other shots as well depending on your application.
Higher- 35+, shot at anywhere if your application as a whole is good.</p>
<p>an 1800 probably doesnt give you a good shot at NYU or USC</p>
<p>Look at the averages for the mcats of every school by checking AAMC’s website. Schools typically have averages of 32-36, with some lower and some higher.</p>
<p>^VERY few schools are “averaging” 32-36 (if you’re talking about UG institutions…seeing as the OP is still in HS). Actually, I’d guess NO school averages a 32+. If they claim to, it is most likely they are “lying” in some way (underreporting of scores by students, poor research methods, extreme weeding of premeds, outright lying, etc.). I say this because a 32 is the 90th percentile (~24.5 is average). Yes, a 31.5 is the national average to get into at least one school but no UG produces the majority of its students at that level. Some may have a good number in the 30+ range (the Ivies would come to mind) but that has more to do w/ individual aptitude and the fact that these students were getting screened w/ 1400+ SAT (1600 scale)/30+ ACT scores to get into college in the first place.</p>
<p>apumic, I think rainbow meant that medical schools have averages of 32-36 in a lot of cases. Harvard has a 36, NYU has ~32, etc.</p>
<p>lol apumic i see you on SDN.</p>