Is There an Official MCAT Raw Score to Scaled Score Chart?

No. The AAMC does not publish one. Each version of the exam is scaled separately, so the number of correct answers needed for a given scaled score changes slightly from one exam to the next. Every chart you find online, including ours, is an estimate.

Does the AAMC Sample Test Give You a Scaled Score?

No. The AAMC has never released a score scale for the Sample Test, so it tells you how many questions you got right in each section and nothing more. Any scaled score for it, including the one this converter shows, is an estimate built to resemble the scales of the scored AAMC practice exams.

How Many Questions Are in Each MCAT Section?

Chem/Phys has 59, CARS has 53, Bio/Biochem has 59, Psych/Soc has 59, for 230 questions in total. Each section is scored from 118 to 132 and the total from 472 to 528.

Why Does One More Right Answer Sometimes Change My Score and Sometimes Not?

Because the scale is curved, not a straight line. In the middle of the range a scaled point takes three or four more right answers; near the top it can take two. That matches how the AAMC's scored practice exams convert.

My Practice Test Already Gave Me a Scaled Score. Which Number Should I Trust?

The one from your practice test. A test that reports its own scaled score was scaled for that exact set of questions. This converter is for tests that only give you a number or percent correct, like the AAMC Sample Test.

MCAT Practice Test Score Converter

Turn the number of questions you got right on the AAMC Sample Test into an estimated scaled score for each section and a total, with your percent correct as you go.

Convert Questions Correct to a Scaled Score

Questions You Got Right in Each Section

Chem/Phys (Out of 59)

CARS (Out of 53)

Bio/Biochem (Out of 59)

Psych/Soc (Out of 59)

Estimated Scaled Scores

Chem/Phys: not entered yet; not entered yet
CARS: not entered yet; not entered yet
Bio/Biochem: not entered yet; not entered yet
Psych/Soc: not entered yet; not entered yet

Enter all four sections to see your estimated total.

How this estimate works

The AAMC doesn't publish an official conversion for the Sample Test, so this is our estimate, built to mirror how the AAMC's scored practice exams convert. The scale isn't a straight line: in the middle, a few extra questions move your score less, and near the top, every question counts for more. It's an estimate, not an official score, so use it to track your progress.

The Conversion Table

This is the table behind the estimate above: the number of correct answers in each section that maps to each scaled score. It is not an official AAMC table.

How this estimate works

AdmissionsAcademy estimate: correct answers needed for each scaled section score
Scaled score	Chem/Phys	CARS	Bio/Biochem	Psych/Soc
132	58–59	52–53	58–59	58–59
131	56–57	49–51	55–57	56–57
130	52–55	47–48	52–54	53–55
129	49–51	45–46	49–51	50–52
128	46–48	42–44	46–48	47–49
127	42–45	39–41	42–45	43–46
126	38–41	37–38	39–41	40–42
125	34–37	33–36	36–38	36–39
124	30–33	30–32	32–35	32–35
123	26–29	27–29	28–31	29–31
122	22–25	23–26	25–27	25–28
121	19–21	20–22	21–24	21–24
120	16–18	16–19	17–20	18–20
119	13–15	12–15	14–16	14–17
118	0–12	0–11	0–13	0–13

Frequently Asked Questions

Is There an Official MCAT Raw Score to Scaled Score Chart?: No. The AAMC does not publish one. Each version of the exam is scaled separately, so the number of correct answers needed for a given scaled score changes slightly from one exam to the next. Every chart you find online, including ours, is an estimate.
Does the AAMC Sample Test Give You a Scaled Score?: No. The AAMC has never released a score scale for the Sample Test, so it tells you how many questions you got right in each section and nothing more. Any scaled score for it, including the one this converter shows, is an estimate built to resemble the scales of the scored AAMC practice exams.
How Many Questions Are in Each MCAT Section?: Chem/Phys has 59, CARS has 53, Bio/Biochem has 59, Psych/Soc has 59, for 230 questions in total. Each section is scored from 118 to 132 and the total from 472 to 528.
Why Does One More Right Answer Sometimes Change My Score and Sometimes Not?: Because the scale is curved, not a straight line. In the middle of the range a scaled point takes three or four more right answers; near the top it can take two. That matches how the AAMC's scored practice exams convert.
My Practice Test Already Gave Me a Scaled Score. Which Number Should I Trust?: The one from your practice test. A test that reports its own scaled score was scaled for that exact set of questions. This converter is for tests that only give you a number or percent correct, like the AAMC Sample Test.

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MCAT Practice Test Score Converter

Turn the number of questions you got right on the AAMC Sample Test into an estimated scaled score for each section and a total, with your percent correct as you go.

Convert Questions Correct to a Scaled Score

Questions You Got Right in Each Section

Chem/Phys (Out of 59)

CARS (Out of 53)

Bio/Biochem (Out of 59)

Psych/Soc (Out of 59)

Estimated Scaled Scores

Chem/Phys: not entered yet; not entered yet
CARS: not entered yet; not entered yet
Bio/Biochem: not entered yet; not entered yet
Psych/Soc: not entered yet; not entered yet

Enter all four sections to see your estimated total.

How this estimate works

The Conversion Table

This is the table behind the estimate above: the number of correct answers in each section that maps to each scaled score. It is not an official AAMC table.

How this estimate works

AdmissionsAcademy estimate: correct answers needed for each scaled section score
Scaled score	Chem/Phys	CARS	Bio/Biochem	Psych/Soc
132	58–59	52–53	58–59	58–59
131	56–57	49–51	55–57	56–57
130	52–55	47–48	52–54	53–55
129	49–51	45–46	49–51	50–52
128	46–48	42–44	46–48	47–49
127	42–45	39–41	42–45	43–46
126	38–41	37–38	39–41	40–42
125	34–37	33–36	36–38	36–39
124	30–33	30–32	32–35	32–35
123	26–29	27–29	28–31	29–31
122	22–25	23–26	25–27	25–28
121	19–21	20–22	21–24	21–24
120	16–18	16–19	17–20	18–20
119	13–15	12–15	14–16	14–17
118	0–12	0–11	0–13	0–13

Frequently Asked Questions

Is There an Official MCAT Raw Score to Scaled Score Chart?: No. The AAMC does not publish one. Each version of the exam is scaled separately, so the number of correct answers needed for a given scaled score changes slightly from one exam to the next. Every chart you find online, including ours, is an estimate.
Does the AAMC Sample Test Give You a Scaled Score?: No. The AAMC has never released a score scale for the Sample Test, so it tells you how many questions you got right in each section and nothing more. Any scaled score for it, including the one this converter shows, is an estimate built to resemble the scales of the scored AAMC practice exams.
How Many Questions Are in Each MCAT Section?: Chem/Phys has 59, CARS has 53, Bio/Biochem has 59, Psych/Soc has 59, for 230 questions in total. Each section is scored from 118 to 132 and the total from 472 to 528.
Why Does One More Right Answer Sometimes Change My Score and Sometimes Not?: Because the scale is curved, not a straight line. In the middle of the range a scaled point takes three or four more right answers; near the top it can take two. That matches how the AAMC's scored practice exams convert.
My Practice Test Already Gave Me a Scaled Score. Which Number Should I Trust?: The one from your practice test. A test that reports its own scaled score was scaled for that exact set of questions. This converter is for tests that only give you a number or percent correct, like the AAMC Sample Test.