<p>1.) That’s the average and will depend heavily on the rest of your application.
2.) No, no more so than a 1100 is than a 1000. The key is to think of it as a mean, however. It represents thousands and thousands of students. For their average to move even a little, there has to be a significant statistical shift – it can’t just be coincidence.
3.) The MCAT is “officially” out of 45. It is a good year when ONE kid, somewhere in the country, out of 75,000 test takers, manages to get a 43. It’s just unheard of. Back when I took it (2004) only about 160 kids got so much as a 40. Officially, it is practical to think of the MCAT as being out of 40.</p>
<p>Unless you are studying for it, in which case you should think of it as being out of 48. (So that you don’t get complacent as you approach your goals.)</p>