MCAT Exam Scoring
MCAT Exam Scoring
You will receive a separate score for each of the four sections of the MCAT exam, as well as a total score.
- Your raw score on each of the four multiple-choice sections is based on the numbers of questions you answer correctly in each section. There is no penalty for guessing.
- The raw score for each section is then converted to a scaled score ranging from 118 (lowest) to 132 (highest).
- Your total scaled score is the sum of the four individual section scores and will range from 472 to 528.
- Every test form of the MCAT exam measures the same basic concepts and skills. However, each form is different in the specific questions it uses. While care is taken to make sure that the forms are equivalent in difficulty, one form may be slightly more or less difficult than another. The conversion of raw scores to scaled scores, through a process called equating, compensates for small variations in difficulty between sets of questions and ensures that scores have the same meaning, no matter when you test or who tests at the same time you did.
- A percentile rank is reported along with each section and total score. The percentile ranks of scores are the percentages of test-takers who received the same score as or lower scores than you did. Updates to the percentile ranks will be made on May 1 each year. The percentile ranks will be updated with all examinees’ scores from the most recent three years.
For additional information on exam scoring, please visit our MCAT scores webpage.
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Receiving and Sending Scores
Receiving and Sending ScoresYour test scores will be available for viewing no later than 5 p.m. ET on the day of the score release for your exam.
You can view your scores by signing into the MCAT Score Reporting System. You will not see your recent exam date(s) in the history section of the MCAT Score Reporting System until scores are released. Refer to 2025 Calendars, Scheduling Deadlines, and Score Release Dates for release dates.
AAMC staff will not provide scores over the phone or via email. The AAMC is not responsible for any claims for damages resulting from delayed transmission of test scores for any reason.
There are two systematic ways to share your MCAT scores; via the AMCAS application and/or the MCAT Score Reporting System.
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Score Reporting Through Your AMCAS® Application
Score Reporting Through Your AMCAS® ApplicationIf you are applying to medical school through the American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®), your scores are automatically pulled into your application as soon as they are released, regardless of application status. No action is necessary on your part.
Since April 2003, the AAMC has followed a full disclosure policy. Under the full disclosure policy, all tests taken from April 2003 onward will be included in score reports or be made available through your AMCAS application. Scores from exams taken before 2003 will also be included in your AMCAS application if they were previously released to the AMCAS program.
To contact the AMCAS program, email amcas@aamc.org or call 202-828-0600.
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Score Reporting Through the MCAT Score Reporting System
Score Reporting Through the MCAT Score Reporting SystemThe MCAT Score Reporting System (SRS) can be used to send your scores electronically to participating programs or application services other than the AMCAS program. Alternately, you can print official score reports to send to whomever you wish. Printed official score reports can be verified online using a unique verification URL found on the resulting PDF. Both features are accessible under the “My Reports” menu within SRS and are available to you at no additional charge.
Official score reports that are printed and provided to a third party must be accompanied by a verification URL on the PDF. Screenshots, PNG or JPG files, or other representations of an MCAT score report that do not contain a verification URL are not considered legitimate and should not be considered official by recipients. Any attempt to present such artifacts as an official MCAT score report will be considered a false claim and will be subject to investigation procedures.
Consistent with our full disclosure policy, all tests for which you received a score from April 2003 and beyond will be included in electronic score reports. If you elected for an exam to be scored, you cannot exclude that score from the score report, or send an individual score to a program, through the Score Reporting Service.
Once you request that your scores be sent to institutions through the Score Reporting System, all scores in your score report will be released to the authorized institutions as they become available. Additionally, in the following one year (365 days) after you requested your scores to be sent, any new scores released will be automatically transmitted to the authorized institution as they become available. If you receive new MCAT scores more than a year after your previous request, you will need to submit a new request to have your new scores sent to the authorized institutions other than those in the AMCAS program.
It is ultimately an examinee’s responsibility to make sure MCAT scores are received by authorized third-party programs or application services. False or inaccurate claims made to the AAMC, any institution, or any other entity related to scores or their submission to various entities is a violation of AAMC policy that is subject to investigation procedures.
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Rescoring
RescoringThe process to compute and report MCAT scores is rigorous, and the AAMC conducts a variety of quality control procedures to verify score accuracy. The possibility of error in the scoring process is extremely low. If you believe there may be an error in the scoring of your MCAT exam, you must submit a “Rescore Request” in the MCAT Registration System within 30 days of your score release date. The AAMC will rescore your exam within 30 days of receipt of your payment.
To request a rescore, you may submit an MCAT Rescore Request through the MCAT Registration System. Rescore Requests can be submitted no later than 30 calendar days after the score release date. After submitting a Rescore Request, you will receive an invoice for payment via email. A Rescore Request is not complete until full payment is received. The price for a Rescore Request is $80 USD for the 2025 testing year.
The AAMC will respond to your request within three weeks of payment. The response letter will either confirm your original scores as reported or inform you of the corrected scaled scores for each test section. We will not disclose your raw scores or provide any additional feedback on your exam performance or experience.
We will not provide information about responses you did or did not select or information about other content related to the exam. The AAMC will not accept appeals to this process.
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