Percentile Ranks for MCAT Total and Section Scores

for Tests Administered in 2012

N = 89,452

Percent

Total Score

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Total Score

Total
Score
45
44
43
42
41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3

Percent
Achieving Score
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.7
1.1
1.6
2.1
2.8
3.5
4.1
4.7
5.4
5.8
6.0
6.1
6.1
6.0
5.7
5.5
4.9
4.6
4.0
3.4
2.8
2.5
2.1
1.8
1.5
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0

Percentile
Rank
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.8
99.6
99.1
98.4
97.4
95.8
93.7
91.0
87.5
83.4
78.7
73.3
67.6
61.5
55.4
49.3
43.3
37.6
32.1
27.2
22.7
18.7
15.3
12.5
10.0
7.9
6.1
4.6
3.4
2.4
1.6
1.1
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0

Total Score
Mean
= 25.2
Std Deviation = 6.4

Notes.
Thesetablesincludetestresultsforallexaminees
notjustthosewhohaveapplied(orareplanningto
apply)tomedicalschool.Theyalsoincludemultiple
testresultsforexamineeswhotooktheMCATexam
morethanonceduringthetestingyear,butexclude
testresultsforadministrationsinwhichexaminees
optedtovoidtheirtestscores.
Thecolumnslabeled"PercentAchievingScore"
provide,fortestsadministeredin2012,the
percentageoftestresultsthatwereequalto each
possiblescorepoint.
Thecolumnslabeled"PercentileRank"provide,for
tests administered in 2012, the percentage
of test
testsadministeredin2012,the
percentageoftest
resultsthatwereequaltoorlessthaneachscore
1
point.
Forexample,atotalof5.4percentoftotaltest
scoreswereequalto30inthe2012testingyear,
and78.7percentoftestscoreswereequaltoless
thanthisvalue.

1Priorversionsofthesetables(pre2012),aswellas
currentscorereportingsystemsmaintainedbythe
AAMC,suchasTHx,SRS,andAMCAS,reportthe
"PercentileRankRange"inthesecolumnsrather
thanasinglepercentilerank.Thepercentilerank
columnsinthecurrenttablescorrespondtothe
upperboundofthepercentilerankrangesprovided
intheseotherversions.Thelowerboundsinthese
otherversionsessentiallyservetoprovide
continuityacrossscorepoints.

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Physical Sciences (PS)

24
22
20

Percent

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

PS Section Score

PS Section
Score
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Percent
Achieving Score
0.1
2.5
2.2
6.5
9.9
12.6
11.9
14.7
16.3
11.9
6.6
2.4
1.9
0.3
0.1

Percentile
Rank
99.9
99.9
97.4
95.2
88.7
78.8
66.2
54.3
39.6
23.2
11.3
4.8
2.4
0.4
0.1

PS Section Score
Mean
= 8.4
Std Deviation = 2.5

VR Section
Score
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Percent
Achieving Score
0.0
0.3
1.6
3.1
12.0
15.5
14.6
15.2
9.4
12.9
5.3
5.4
2.2
1.7
0.8

Percentile
Rank
99.9
99.9
99.7
98.1
95.0
82.9
67.5
52.8
37.6
28.2
15.3
10.0
4.6
2.5
0.8

VR Section Score
Mean
= 8.1
Std Deviation = 2.5

WS Section
Score
T
S
R
Q
P
O
N
M
L
K
J

Percent
g Score
Achieving
0.4
3.9
10.1
22.3
10.0
12.9
8.7
21.2
6.4
2.9
0.8

Percentile
Rank
99.9
99.6
95.6
85.5
63.1
53.1
40.1
31.4
10.1
3.7
0.8

WS Section Score
75th Percentile = Q
50th Percentile = O
25th Percentile = M

BS Section
Score
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Percent
Achieving Score
0.4
1.5
2.1
7.3
11.4
20.4
15.3
16.8
6.8
8.3
3.2
3.5
1.6
0.5
0.8

Percentile
Rank
99.9
99.6
98.1
96.0
88.7
77.3
56.8
41.5
24.7
18.0
9.6
6.4
2.9
1.3
0.8

BS Section Score
Mean
= 8.8
Std Deviation = 2.5

Verbal Reasoning (VR)

24
22
20

Percent

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

VR Section Score

Writing Sample (WS)

24
22
20

Percent

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
J

L M N O P Q R

WS Section Score

Biological Sciences (BS)

24
22
20

Percent

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

BS Section Score

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