Talk:Medical College Admission Test

message: I would also like to mention here that there should be some changes made to this article to account for the newly released information pertaining to the MCAT 2015 from the MR5 Committee. They have finalized the changes to the MCAT 2015 and this section must be updated. (This is a complete overhaul of the MCAT that adds topics from behavioral science, sociology, psychology, biochemistry, and other sciences. This is an important change that college freshmen will be facing, and is one of the greatest changes in the 80 year history of the MCAT as a standardized test for medical school admissions.) Please see http://www.aamc.org/ for more information. I would definitely be willing to author the new information, especially since I've recently released a publication with this information in it.
--IsaacD (talk) 22:38, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have the knowledge and sources, then certainly feel free to edit the article appropriately. I would tread quite carefully on linking to any publication you are a part of, just because of the inherent WP:COI implications. Cheers! Transmissionelement (talk) 02:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: MCAT 2015 Changes

message: There has never been 45 perfect score. Is this true?
:There have been perfect scores.  But i'm not sure of 45T, but I know my old prep-teacher got a 45.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.70.211.64 (talk) 17:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: There

message: There are occasionally perfect scores of 45 on the MCAT; a 45T is quite uncommon.  The percentile-rank tables show 0.0% for scores of 45, but only because the number rounds to 0%.  --Ellen 23:21, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perfect scores 

message: RuveneCo/MCAT-prep.com was just created today, less than an hour after linking from MCAT. These are the sole contributions from 70.80.55.223 and Poplowski. I've left a note on user's talk page with a reference to WP:CORP, WP:NOT, and here. --Christopherlin 19:00, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On a related note, I find it extremely difficult to believe that about half of the people who take the MCAT spend an average of 1500 - 2000 dollars through companies other than universities to prepare.  That seems completely false, and some weird advertising spin gone horribly wrong.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.163.175.99 (talk) 01:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I've removed the unsourced information. -- Bubbachuck (talk) 02:02, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  RuveneCo/MCAT-prep.com 

message: Essays are actually read by two graders, so the score scale is 4-24, not 2-12; more importantly, the AAMC has said that a score of 4 represents "competency," for lack of a better word, but nowhere do they state what percentage of essays receive scores of 4 or higher. Stismail 02:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm rather sure I also read that in a Kaplan review book once upon a time. Unfortunately, I don't have the text around me to cite. Exigence 04:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: How about some info on how a computer (the second grader) can grade an essay??  Couldn't this information be exploited? -- Bubbachuck (talk) 02:04, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Essay scores 

message: As someone not from the U.S., this might seem like a trivial question, but who takes the MCAT? High-school students? Undergrads? Maybe someone who knows should add this to the article! — Manticore 07:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Test Takers 

message: This is an encyclopedia entry, right?  Currently it's basically a basic "what do you need to know about the MCAT if you're applying to medical school" page.  Shouldn't we add at least a history section?  I'd be happy to take a crack at that, but only if there is some support for the idea.  Comments?  XKL 13:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section? 

message: An anonymous contributor whose IP address is associated with Vantage added this: "The first reader is Intellimetric, a proprietary computer program developed by Vantage Learning, which analyses creative writing and syntax. The second and third readers are humans, who generally look at the overall impact rather than spelling and grammar."  Should this be included without attribution?  The comments include this link:  but 1) that isn't available as part of the article and 2) doesn't include the specifics mentioned (about 2 human readers and what they'll be judging).  Should it be removed until supporting information is available (from MCAT, Prometric or Vantage, presumably)? XKL 02:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vantage addition 

message: It'd be nice if the current and even past prices for the exam are included.--205.133.240.254 20:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Price 

message: The Standard Deviation is listed. I was thinking it'd make sense to have the mean also. ````  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Higgyrun3 (talk • contribs) 06:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mean Score? 

message: There appears to be a number of IP editors consistently changing the mean score to very wrong values. The official data is here: http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2008/2008mcatgpa.htm. Eb.eric (talk) 01:15, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit war on average score