MCAT and LSAT
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:29 am
Has anyone on here taken both tests and seen a difference in their score?
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Sorry, I'm not following you.jack duluoz wrote:I saw about a 150 point differential.
the person is joking. The scaled scores are different, i.e. Lsat 120-180 Mcat 3-45Alexpride007 wrote:Sorry, I'm not following you.jack duluoz wrote:I saw about a 150 point differential.
They are highly different. You can't just go in and take the MCAT cold like I did the LSAT and do well. The MCAT is highly knowledge-based, like what you studied during your undergrad career. You can be the smartest person in the room, IQ-wise, but do terrible on the MCAT due to its content basis. Its easier, but takes longer, to study for the MCAT.Alexpride007 wrote:Has anyone on here taken both tests and seen a difference in their score?
lsatextreme wrote:I've taken both. In fact, I've taken both tests twice each so far. I got a 37Q on my 2nd MCAT but applied one cycle and didn't get in anywhere I wanted so that was when I also decided that I didn't want to do it anymore.
But I've never ever broken the 170 barrier on any of my PT's so yea, to me at least the LSAT is a much more difficult test to master.
As you know, that's the problem. Unlike Law School, Medical school is a lot more competitive on factors besides numbers. Even with your foot in the door it doesn’t mean much of anything.lparker wrote:lsatextreme wrote:I've taken both. In fact, I've taken both tests twice each so far. I got a 37Q on my 2nd MCAT but applied one cycle and didn't get in anywhere I wanted so that was when I also decided that I didn't want to do it anymore.
But I've never ever broken the 170 barrier on any of my PT's so yea, to me at least the LSAT is a much more difficult test to master.
A 37Q is a solid score. You must have applied to some pretty competitive places. I worked in medical school admissions for a year, and we definitely would have interviewed you!
unfortunately I had a lower than average science GPA which became my kryptonite. Couple that with the fact that I was cocky with my MCAT score and it resulted in me being rejected basically everywhere T30.lparker wrote:lsatextreme wrote:I've taken both. In fact, I've taken both tests twice each so far. I got a 37Q on my 2nd MCAT but applied one cycle and didn't get in anywhere I wanted so that was when I also decided that I didn't want to do it anymore.
But I've never ever broken the 170 barrier on any of my PT's so yea, to me at least the LSAT is a much more difficult test to master.
A 37Q is a solid score. You must have applied to some pretty competitive places. I worked in medical school admissions for a year, and we definitely would have interviewed you!
A 37 is pretty stellar. Why not go to a lesser ranked school? I'm under the impression that prestige isn't nearly as important in the medical field as in law. You can go to a public med school and still get an awesome residency at a top program, for example. Am i wrong to assume so?lsatextreme wrote:unfortunately I had a lower than average science GPA which became my kryptonite. Couple that with the fact that I was cocky with my MCAT score and it resulted in me being rejected basically everywhere T30.lparker wrote:lsatextreme wrote:I've taken both. In fact, I've taken both tests twice each so far. I got a 37Q on my 2nd MCAT but applied one cycle and didn't get in anywhere I wanted so that was when I also decided that I didn't want to do it anymore.
But I've never ever broken the 170 barrier on any of my PT's so yea, to me at least the LSAT is a much more difficult test to master.
A 37Q is a solid score. You must have applied to some pretty competitive places. I worked in medical school admissions for a year, and we definitely would have interviewed you!
no that is true, I just had a certain standard for myself I guess and wasn't willing to yield any further. I've basically done science all my life and I felt that I shouldn't settle for any less, to go through so much toll and pain for however many years I'm doing that line of work. I would have widened the umbrella if I had applied the 2nd time around but that was when I got sick of it and changed directions to law school.electricfeel wrote:A 37 is pretty stellar. Why not go to a lesser ranked school? I'm under the impression that prestige isn't nearly as important in the medical field as in law. You can go to a public med school and still get an awesome residency at a top program, for example. Am i wrong to assume so?lsatextreme wrote:unfortunately I had a lower than average science GPA which became my kryptonite. Couple that with the fact that I was cocky with my MCAT score and it resulted in me being rejected basically everywhere T30.lparker wrote:lsatextreme wrote:I've taken both. In fact, I've taken both tests twice each so far. I got a 37Q on my 2nd MCAT but applied one cycle and didn't get in anywhere I wanted so that was when I also decided that I didn't want to do it anymore.
But I've never ever broken the 170 barrier on any of my PT's so yea, to me at least the LSAT is a much more difficult test to master.
A 37Q is a solid score. You must have applied to some pretty competitive places. I worked in medical school admissions for a year, and we definitely would have interviewed you!