IamBMETammy's Journal: Baseline MCAT scores

Our first Kaplan class was last Saturday and all we did was take a Diagnostic test to establish where we stood. I scored a 24 (6 in Physical Science, 10 in Verbal Reasoning, and 8 in Biologicaly Science) out of 45.

Now the good news is that the average scores for the diagnostic are generally 15-20 and that many people who apply to medical school do so with a score of 29-30; although, a score of 34 is considered competetive.

So while I still have a lot of work to do and lots of room for improvement, I'm not starting off in a bad place.

At the moment I have a very high level of fixation about preparing for medical school, especially this test. I think to counter my less than stellar inherited GPA I need to try to score as close to 40 as possible (I was going to say 45 but I didn't want to come off egotistical) and I will consider anything less than 38 as failure.

Best of Luck

[Shadow Wrought]

A very good friend of mine went through MCAT prep- twice. I have no idea what her score was (she's been practicing medicine for a bit now) but it was enough to get in. All I have to say is that you are way too cool to not make it into med school. I realize that that's likely not a metric- but it should be.

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[IamBMETammy]

Maybe if you could just call the places I'm applying and tell them I'm super that would help? :)

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[Shadow Wrought]

Consider it done! And, just in case, I'll let it drop that I have pictures of their indiscresions, too;-)