What Is the MCAT Out of?

<p>How many points is the MCAT out of? What are the sections? Is each section weighted equally? What's a good score for one of the top 10 med schools? Thanks.</p>

<p>its out of 45. ive heard getting above a 35 is a decent score. ive never met anyone with a 45 though.</p>

<p>if it's out of 45, then how come USNews says the average MCAT score for 04 is an 11.7 for Harvard med school which is ranked #1? Y so low?</p>

<p>One kid at harvard college had about 42 or 43 out of 45...35+ is excellent for top medical schools.</p>

<p>11.7 must be the average for a particular section of the mcat...</p>

<p>studentdoctor.net</p>

<p>the 11.7, is the average per section....so the average score would be something like a 35, which is an excellent score. So, you need to score pretty high if you want to get in.</p>

<p>its 15biological 15something 13verbal</p>

<p>why would it be 13 verbal?</p>

<p>Since VR scoring only goes up to 13, the highest score possible is 15 + 15 + 13 = 43</p>

<p>Uh, the verbal is out of 15 like the other sections. Writing is graded on a letter scale though (J-T).</p>