What is a good Psych/Soc score?

• 130 to 132: Top of the scale

  A Psych/Soc score from 130 to 132 is at the 92nd to 100th percentile, the top of the scale for this section.

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    A 132 is a perfect Psych/Soc score

    132 is the highest Psych/Soc score, at the 100th percentile on the current AAMC table. It is 6.1 points above the 125.9 mean, the smallest gap between a top score and the mean of any section, because Psych/Soc has the highest mean. It meets every section minimum in our school data and shows full command of how biological, psychological, and social factors shape behavior.

    Next step: No further Psych/Soc study is needed. Spend your time where your scores are lower.

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    A 131 in Psych/Soc is at the 97th percentile

    Psych/Soc 131 is at the 97th percentile, one point from the top, so 3 percent of test takers scored higher. It is 5.1 points above the section mean and meets every section minimum in our school data. A 131 reflects near-complete command of the psychology and sociology AAMC tests and careful reading of every study. Psych/Soc is the only section where a 131 falls below the 98th percentile.

    Next step: Maintain lightly with an occasional timed set, and move most of your hours to other sections.

    Four 131s make a 524Check your school list with Psych/Soc 131
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    A 130 in Psych/Soc is at the 92nd percentile

    A Psych/Soc 130 is at the 92nd percentile, 4.1 points above the mean, and it clears every section minimum in our school data. Here 8 percent of test takers scored higher, compared with 2 percent for a CARS 130, which shows how the high Psych/Soc mean shifts its percentiles. It signals precise knowledge of terms and fast reading of study data.

    Next step: Keep one timed section a week, review wrong answers only, and look for patterns in the distractors you chose.

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• 127 to 129: Strong

  A Psych/Soc score from 127 to 129 is at the 65th to 85th percentile, so most test takers scored the same or lower.

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    A 129 in Psych/Soc is at the 85th percentile

    Psych/Soc 129 is at the 85th percentile, so 15 percent of test takers scored higher, and it sits 3.1 points above the section mean. It meets every section minimum in our school data. Because Psych/Soc has the highest mean, it takes a 129 here to rank about where a 128 does in Chem/Phys (85th) or Bio/Biochem (84th). It reflects strong command of all five AAMC foundational concepts in this section.

    Next step: Maintain with mixed passage sets, and put more of your hours into any section below 127.

    Four 129s make a 516Check your school list with Psych/Soc 129
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    A 128 in Psych/Soc is at the 76th percentile

    A 128 in Psych/Soc is at the 76th percentile, 2.1 points above the 125.9 mean. It meets every section minimum in our school data and clears Western's 126 outside designated pathways, the highest Psych/Soc rule, by 2 points. The same 128 is at the 85th percentile in Chem/Phys and the 90th in CARS. At this score you usually know the content well, and the few misses come from answer choices that are almost right.

    Next step: Do one timed section a week and keep reviewing the term list built from your misses, since that list holds your remaining gaps.

    Four 128s make a 512Check your school list with Psych/Soc 128
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    A 127 in Psych/Soc is above the mean

    Psych/Soc 127 is at the 65th percentile, 1.1 points above the section mean. It meets every section minimum in our school data. It ranks lower than a 127 in CARS (84th) or Chem/Phys (77th), so here it is solid rather than a standout compared with other test takers. It signals reliable recall of psychology and sociology terms and good use of study data.

    Next step: Drill the lower-weight topics for the next points, such as social inequality (Foundational Concept 10, 5%) and demographics (category 9B).

    Four 127s make a 508Check your school list with Psych/Soc 127

• 125 to 126: Around the midpoint

  A Psych/Soc score of 125 or 126 is at the 44th to 54th percentile. A 125 meets Toronto's and Queen's section minimums, and a 126 also meets Western's minimum outside its designated pathways, the highest every-section rule in our data.

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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.

    Next step: Review misses for near-synonyms and for distractors that reverse a study's finding, and keep one timed section a week.

    Four 126s make a 504Check your school list with Psych/Soc 126
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    A 125 in Psych/Soc is below the section mean

    Psych/Soc 125 is the scale midpoint but only the 44th percentile, because this section's mean, 125.9, is the highest of the four. It meets the 125 that Toronto, Queen's, and Western's designated pathways list, but not Western's 126 outside those pathways in 2025-26. A 125 usually means the content is familiar and the remaining points are in careful reading of study designs and results.

    Next step: Focus on the research design and statistics questions in each practice set, which together make up about 20% of this section's skills.

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• 123 to 124: Just below the midpoint

  A Psych/Soc score of 123 or 124 is at the 25th to 34th percentile, just under the scale midpoint of 125. A 123 meets the section minimums at Baptist Health Sciences University, SFU, Dalhousie and Saskatchewan; a 124 also meets Emory's and Alberta's. Both sit below the 125 that Toronto and Queen's ask for, although Toronto lets one section be 124.

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    A 124 in Psych/Soc is at the 34th percentile

    A 124 in Psych/Soc is at the 34th percentile, so 66 percent of test takers scored higher. It meets Emory's and Alberta's 124, and Toronto accepts it as your one section below 125, but it misses Queen's 125 and Western's 125 or 126. It is 1.9 points below the 125.9 mean, which is why a 124 ranks lower here than in any other section. It often reflects shaky recall of less common terms.

    Next step: Take a timed Psych/Soc section weekly, and add every unfamiliar term from the answer explanations to a running list you review daily.

    Four 124s make a 496Check your school list with Psych/Soc 124
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    A 123 in Psych/Soc is at the 25th percentile

    Psych/Soc 123 is at the 25th percentile. It meets the 123 at Baptist Health, SFU, Dalhousie, and Saskatchewan, but not the 124 at Emory and Alberta or Toronto's 125. Because Psych/Soc has the highest mean, a 123 sits 2.9 points below it, a wider gap than the same score in any other section. It often means definitions are in place but applying them to a study's results is not yet reliable.

    Next step: Practice full passages that describe studies, and for each figure write one sentence on what it shows before you look at the questions.

    Four 123s make a 492Check your school list with Psych/Soc 123

• 118 to 122: Low range

  A Psych/Soc score from 118 to 122 is at the 1st to 17th percentile. That is below almost every published section minimum in our data, which run from 121 at the University of Mississippi to 126 at Western, so a score here usually needs a retake before you apply to schools that set one.

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    A 122 in Psych/Soc is at the 17th percentile

    A Psych/Soc 122 is at the 17th percentile, 3.9 points below the 125.9 mean. It clears Mississippi's 121, and Saskatchewan allows one section at 122 for 2027 entry, but it misses Baptist Health's 123 and Emory's 124. The same score reads differently here: a 122 is at the 17th percentile in Psych/Soc but the 25th in Chem/Phys and CARS. At this level, study-design questions often cost as many points as unfamiliar terms.

    Next step: Alternate term review with passage practice, and for each passage name the study design and the main finding before you answer.

    Four 122s make a 488Check your school list with Psych/Soc 122
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    A 121 in Psych/Soc meets only the lowest minimum

    Psych/Soc 121 is at the 10th percentile, 4.9 points below the section mean. It meets Mississippi's 121 but not the 123 at Baptist Health, SFU, Dalhousie (for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI applicants), and Saskatchewan, or Emory's 124. A 121 often means you recognize most terms but mix up similar ones, such as related theories of emotion or types of social influence.

    Next step: Make comparison tables for easily confused theories and terms, and quiz yourself by giving an example of each rather than a definition.

    Four 121s make a 484Check your school list with Psych/Soc 121
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    A 120 in Psych/Soc misses every section minimum

    A 120 in Psych/Soc is at the 6th percentile. It misses every section minimum in our school data, 1 point short of Mississippi's 121 and 3 short of Baptist Health's 123. Psych/Soc percentiles run lower for the same score because its mean, 125.9, is the highest, so a 120 here is at the 6th percentile while a CARS 120 is at the 8th. It usually reflects gaps in core psychology and sociology terms.

    Next step: Study one foundational concept at a time, starting with behavior and behavior change (35% of the section), and do ten standalone questions after each study block.

    Four 120s make a 480Check your school list with Psych/Soc 120
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    A 119 in Psych/Soc is at the 3rd percentile

    Psych/Soc 119 is at the 3rd percentile, with 97 percent of test takers scoring higher. It is 2 points below Mississippi's 121 and 6.9 points under the 125.9 mean. At this score the gap is usually content, because the section tests definitions and theories closely and introductory sociology alone is 30% of it. In Chem/Phys and Bio/Biochem, a 119 is at the 4th percentile.

    Next step: Build a sociology term list, covering ideas such as social stratification, institutions, and demographic change, and write a one-sentence real-world example for each term.

    Four 119s make a 476Check your school list with Psych/Soc 119
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    A 118 is the lowest Psych/Soc score

    A Psych/Soc 118 is the lowest score on the scale, at the 1st percentile. It is 7.9 points below the section mean of 125.9, the highest mean of the four sections, and below every section minimum in our school data, including Mississippi's 121. It usually means many of the section's terms, from sensation and memory to social structure, were not yet familiar on test day.

    Next step: Learn the vocabulary first. Go through introductory psychology and sociology topic by topic, since they are 65% and 30% of this section, and quiz yourself daily.

    Four 118s make a 472Check your school list with Psych/Soc 118

The other three sections

• What is a good Chem/Phys score?Chemical and Physical Foundations
• What is a good CARS score?Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
• What is a good Bio/Biochem score?Biological and Biochemical Foundations