Is 483 a good MCAT score?

Is 483 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 483 on the MCAT means you performed in the 7% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Can I get into medical school with a 488 MCAT?

The answer depends on several factors including what type of medical school (MD vs DO vs Canadian) you're interested in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 488 on the MCAT means you performed in the 16% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 486 a good diagnostic score?

Your score falls within the range of scores, from 300 to 579, considered Very Poor. A 486 FICO® Score is significantly below the average credit score.
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Can I get into med school with a 480 MCAT?

Generally, getting into a DO program is possible as long as you have a score of at least 500 on your MCAT. Obviously, aiming for the highest score possible is always best regardless of whether your goals are to get accepted into a DO or MD program.
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How hard is it to get a 495 on the MCAT?

Attaining a score of 495 on the MCAT means you performed in the 35% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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What's the lowest MCAT score accepted?

Your correct answers in each section are converted to a scaled score ranging from 118 (lowest possible score) to 132 (highest possible score). The scores for all four sections are added together. This means that the lowest possible MCAT score you can get is 472 and the highest is 528.
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Do they curve the MCAT?

The MCAT exam is not graded on a curve. Instead, the MCAT exam is scaled and equated so that scores have the same meaning, no matter when you test or who tests at the same time you did.
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Can I get into medical school with a 494?

The answer depends on several factors including what type of medical school (MD vs DO vs Canadian) you're interested in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 494 on the MCAT means you performed in the 32% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 484 a good MCAT score?

Is 484 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 484 on the MCAT means you performed in the 8% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Can I get into medical school with a 486?

Given a low enough MCAT score, no GPA can make up for it in gaining admission to medical school. That is, looking at the bottom red line, where MCAT is between 486 and 489, a GPA of 2.5 vs 3.9 gives the same admit rate of around 3%.
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What does a 480 MCAT score mean?

Attaining a score of 480 on the MCAT means you performed in the 3% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 487 a good MCAT score?

Is 487 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 487 on the MCAT means you performed in the 13% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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What percentile is a 486 on MCAT?

Attaining a score of 486 on the MCAT means you performed in the 12% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 480 a good MCAT score?

Is 480 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 480 on the MCAT means you performed in the 3% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 488 a good score for a diagnostic test?

Attaining a score of 488 on the MCAT means you performed in the 16% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 491 a good MCAT score?

Attaining a score of 491 on the MCAT means you performed in the 23% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Can I get into med school with a 484?

The answer depends on several factors including what type of medical school (MD vs DO vs Canadian) you're interested in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 484 on the MCAT means you performed in the 8% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is 482 a good MCAT score?

Is 482 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 482 on the MCAT means you performed in the 5% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Is a 500 MCAT score good?

The highest MCAT score possible is a 528. The MCAT scale is centered so that a 500 represents the mean score. AAMC recommends that med school admission committees consider applicants near the center of the range, rather than placing the most emphasis on the higher end of the scale.
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Should I retake a 509 MCAT?

Retaking a 509 for a 515 or higher would be worth it. Retaking it and scoring the same or lower would be very bad.
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Is 493 a good MCAT score?

Is 493 a bad MCAT score? in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 493 on the MCAT means you performed in the 29% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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Can I get into med school with a 498?

The answer depends on several factors including what type of medical school (MD vs DO vs Canadian) you're interested in, and most importantly, your individual section scores. Attaining a score of 498 on the MCAT means you performed in the 45% percentile. An even distribution for the section scores is preferred.
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What is a 50% on the MCAT?

Your MCAT total score will range between 472 and 528, with 501.5 marking the mean, or 50th percentile. Each of the four MCAT sections is scored between 118 and 132, with the 50th percentile coming in around 125 for each section, though it does vary slightly from section to section.
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How many questions can you miss on the MCAT to get a 528?

In other words, you can miss a question on a section of the MCAT and still achieve a perfect section score of 132. Many students who achieve perfect section scores and perfect overall MCAT scores likely do miss a question or two. That being said, it is still very difficult to achieve the perfect 528 on the MCAT.
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Do MCAT scores ever get released early?

The MCAT scores are released 30 to 35 days after the test day. The AAMC can sometimes release the MCAT scores one or two days earlier, but don't count on it, as it rarely happens.
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