Efle's MCAT 2015 to Old MCAT Percentile Comparison/Conversion Tables

@gyngyn it's a slow season at work for me

I have a similar but slightly different chart. The difference is that I don't rank new MCAT scores to be above or below old MCAT scores, but equal to. Example: 30= 508, 509, not 508< 30< 509

The reason is that with the wider ranges of the old MCAT, you can't rank scaled scores between tests with varied percentiles. With the wide range of a 30, most 508s are better than a 30, but some 30s are still better than a 508. You're just looking at the ceiling of that range, and that's inaccurate. If a score, like a 508, falls within the range of another score, such as 30, they are equal. It's the same process of converting for the old MCAT: 75th percentile fell in the range of a 30, so it's equal to all other 30s.

Edit: should read ''a 508 is equal to or better than most 30s, but some 30s are still better than a 508''

The ranking system in this thread fails to factor in that some 30s were near the 73rd/74th percentile, which is lower than a 508.

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Efle's MCAT 2015 to Old MCAT Percentile Comparison/Conversion Tables