what is the consensus on how multiple MCAT attempts are treated by adcoms

WayOutWestMom
Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:49:28 +0000

There is no universal policy about how multiple MCATs are viewed by med schools.

AMCAS/AAMC strongly recommends averaging all attempts since there’s data showing this gives the best approximation of a student’s actual performance (and has the best correlation with STEP scores). However, individual med schools may choose to implement any MCAT policy they choose.

I will note that although a school’s official policy may state they only consider the most recent or the highest score, AMCAS records all MCAT scores on every application, and individual admission officers/reviewers will see the multiple scores and are free to interpret them in any they choose.

For MSAR reporting purposes, med schools commonly only use highest scores.