How many questions can you miss on the mcat to get a 520

When you receive your score report, you will receive five scores—four scores for each of the multiple-choice sections of the exam and one total score. To help dispel any myths, we’ve answered three of your frequently asked questions about how the MCAT exam is scored.

Is the MCAT exam graded on a curve?

One of the most important things to note about the scoring process is that 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 take your exam.

The AAMC follows three steps to scale and equate your exam:

• First, we count the number of questions you answered correctly for each of the four sections.
  What is a good mcat score

  This means your score for each section is based on the number of questions you answer correctly. It’s a good idea to answer all the questions on the exam, as there is no penalty for wrong or unanswered questions. 

• Second, we take the number of correct answers and convert them to an MCAT scaled score.

  Scores from each of these four sections are converted to a scaled score ranging