AAMC has released scoring data from the first administrations of the new MCAT (from April and May, 2015).
The mean overall score was 500, with mean scores for each section around 125.
This graph shows the score distribution for the first administrations of the new exam, with the curve centered around 500:
Here are the scores with percentile ranks:
Have you taken the new MCAT? How did it go for you?
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• The New MCAT: What’s Hype, What’s Real, and What You Can Do Today [free webinar]
• MCAT Scores, MCAT Prep, and #MCAT2015
• What You Need To Know About The New MCAT
What do those statistics mean? Are they what was anticipated? Better? Worse?
To my knowledge they are what AAMC was hoping to achieve. A nice bell curve with a fairly flat top.
Yes, I also noticed that textbook bell curve shape. What’s very interesting is that well before the new MCAT was even administered, it was known that 500 would be the average score. Sure enough, test results reflect this. Makes you wonder how rigged the exam really is and what’s going through the minds of the test makers.