<p>How hard is it to get a 30 on the MCATs?</p>
<p>I hear the national average is 29/30. I thought that was pretty high.</p>
<p>The national average is a 25. A 30 is roughly 80th percentile. A 35 is 95th percentile. More people score less than 15 on the MCAT than 35+.</p>
<p>are you sure?</p>
<p>"The national average MCAT score of 2000 was a 29.7"</p>
<p>There's no need to speculate when the data is freely available.</p>
<p>In 2000, the averages for the 3 sections were:
Physical Sciences- 8.2
Biological Sciences- 8.3
Verbal Reasoning- 7.8
The composite mean was 24.3.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/examineedata/combined07.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/examineedata/combined07.pdf</a>
In the most recent year, the mean was 25.1.</p>
<p>9% of test takers scored a 16 or below.
50% of test takers scored a 26 or below.
25% of test takers scored a 30 or above.
6% of test takers scored a 35 or above.
0.1% of test takers scored a 41 or above.</p>
<p>Average among all takers is about 25; among all applicants is about 27; among all students who eventually go to medical school, about 30.</p>