Response to OP:
OP, it depends on the school. Worst case - Some schools will note the number of attempts you made at the MCAT and jump to the (often inaccurate) assumption that multiple attempts indicates bad judgement or similar. Best case - Other schools will take your best score in each section and ignore how many attempts there were. I think there are lists somewhere on here of which schools do what. (Those lists may need updating.)
How schools should do this IMO:
There may be an element of CHANCE or luck** built into the MCAT. This is because the MCAT cannot test every single subject in the prep books. The MCAT topics* that do appear on the test, may be primarily someone's best subjects or worst subjects. Because of this, I believe the most fair policy for the student is to take everyone's best score. The best policy for the profession would involve averaging recent scores and using a cut off. Ideally, the MCAT would test more MCAT topics on each test to minimize the "chance" factor. In that way, I think the new MCAT is an improvement.
*Examples of what I mean by, "MCAT topics" - fluids in physics, the circulatory system in biology, electrostatics in physics, buffers in chemistry, etc.
**Somehow a AAMC practice test scores are usually still within a couple points of the actual MCAT score. In my experience, the individual sections are more prone to fluctuation. This presents a mystery to me.
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Did the number of times you took the MCAT hold you back?
