Is 506 a Good MCAT Score?

CARS and Psych/Soc are 1 point below your highest section, at the 74th and 54th percentiles.

• A 126 in CARS is at the 74th percentile

  A CARS 126 is at the 74th percentile, 1.4 points above the section mean. It meets Western's 126 outside designated pathways and matches the CARS 126 that Memorial gives out-of-province applicants as advisory guidance, not a requirement. It is still 2 points below the CARS 128 that Alberta and Calgary require of non-Alberta applicants. At this score you read efficiently and miss mostly on close calls between two plausible answers.

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• A 126 in Psych/Soc is just above the mean

  A Psych/Soc 126 is at the 54th percentile, just above the 125.9 mean. It meets every section minimum in our school data that applies to Psych/Soc, up to Western's 126 outside designated pathways. It still ranks lower than a 126 in the other sections (67th in Chem/Phys, 74th in CARS, 64th in Bio/Biochem), because a larger share of test takers score above 126 here. A 126 usually means you know the terms and read studies well.

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• A 127 in Chem/Phys is a strong score

  A 127 in Chem/Phys is at the 77th percentile, so 77 percent of test takers scored the same or lower. It is 2.1 points above the 124.9 mean and meets every section minimum in our school data. The same 127 is at the 84th percentile in CARS and the 65th in Psych/Soc, so compare sections by percentile rank. This score usually signals that you can apply chemical and physical principles to biological systems under time pressure, not just recall them.

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• A 127 in Bio/Biochem is a strong score

  Bio/Biochem 127 is at the 75th percentile, so three quarters of test takers scored the same or lower. It is 1.9 points above the 125.1 mean and meets every section minimum in our school data, clearing Western's 126 outside designated pathways, the highest Bio/Biochem rule, by a point. A 127 in this section signals that you can apply biology and biochemistry to new experiments, not just recall them.

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In this split, CARS is 126, at the 74th percentile; CARS needs no outside science knowledge, and WizePrep posts a free practice passage each week. Try this week's free CARS passage

Your CARS score of 126 is at or above 7 of the 9 published Canadian CARS minimums in our data. Several apply only to some applicants, such as the 128 Alberta and Calgary ask of non-Alberta applicants.