MCAT Score Calculator

Your four MCAT sections, each 118 to 132, add up to a total from 472 to 528; this MCAT score calculator adds them and gives AAMC's percentile rank.

  • Last verified Oct 19, 2026
  • Source: AAMC
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C/P 124, CARS 123, B/B 127, P/S 127 → total 501

501

52% of MCAT total scores from the 2023–2025 testing years were at or below 501.

Total percentile rank52nd
Total confidence band499–503
Middle score (50th percentile): Total between 500 (48th) and 501 (52nd).

Source: AAMCLast verified Oct 19, 2026

118–132

118–132

118–132

118–132

Section names in short: C/P = Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems; CARS = Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills; B/B = Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems; P/S = Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior.

Enter the scaled section scores (118–132) from your score report. AAMC converts raw scores to the scale separately for each test form, because one form can be slightly harder or easier than another, so this page does not convert raw scores.

Each of your scores with its published percentile rank
ScoreYoursPercentile rankConfidence band
Total50152nd499–503
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems12446th123–125
Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills12337th122–124
Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems12775th126–128
Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior12765th126–128

Percentile rank = the percent of scores at or below yours. Source table: AAMC percentile ranks in effect May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027.

Show the math
How your MCAT result was worked out
Total124 + 123 + 127 + 127 = 501
Total percentile rank501 → 52nd

MCAT score range at a glance

Total score range
472–528
Sections and score ranges
Chemical and Physical Foundations 118–132; Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills 118–132; Biological and Biochemical Foundations 118–132; Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations 118–132
How the total is made
Sum of the four section scores
Testing time
375 minutes of test content
Percentile table used
Percentile ranks in effect May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027, based on all 2023–2025 results

Source: AAMC

Average MCAT score

AAMC reports a mean total of 500.6 for all 305,494 exams given in 2023, 2024 and 2025, retakes included. That sits near 500, the center of the 472–528 total scale.

Source: AAMC

Good to know

  • What the percentile counts: Scores at or below yours, the same as ACT, ASVAB, ISEE, SAT and SSAT.
  • All four sections share one 118–132 scale centered at 125, and the total is a plain sum, so 125 in every section is exactly 500, the center of the 472–528 total scale. Because the scales match, you can compare your sections with each other directly.
  • AAMC prints a confidence band with every score: plus or minus 2 points on the total and 1 point on each section. A 500 total is printed with 498 to 502, so totals only a point or two apart overlap.

Common questions

How is the MCAT scored?

Your raw score in each section is the number of questions you answer correctly, with no penalty for guessing, and AAMC converts it to a 118–132 scaled score by equating. The four section scores are added for a total from 472 to 528.

How to calculate MCAT score

Add your four section scores, each from 118 to 132. AAMC's example report shows 124 + 123 + 127 + 127 = 501.

Is a 510 a good MCAT score?

On AAMC's percentile ranks in effect May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027, a 510 total is the 79th percentile: 79% of total scores from the 2023–2025 testing years were at or below 510. AAMC reports a mean total of 500.6 for those exams.

What is the middle of the MCAT score scale?

The total scale is centered at 500 and each section at 125, so 125 in every section is exactly 500.

When do MCAT percentile ranks change?

AAMC updates them every May 1.

Source for these answers: AAMC

More details

More facts, beyond the ones at a glance, and where each comes from
WhatValue
Scored sections4
Questions on the required sections230 questions
Official percentile table publishedYes
Official raw-to-scale table for the live testNo: each form is equated
What the percentile countsScores at or below yours
Confidence band on the reportPlus or minus 2 points on the total, 1 point on each section
Center of the scale500 for the total, 125 for each section
When percentiles changeEvery May 1
Penalty for wrong answersNo
Mean total score, 2023–2025 exams500.6 (all 305,494 exams given in 2023, 2024 and 2025, retakes included)
Raw scoreNumber of questions answered correctly in each section, then equated to the 118–132 scale

Source: AAMC

Common values

Common inputs and the result this calculator gives for each
InputResult
Total 52097th percentile
Total 51591st percentile
Total 51079th percentile
Total 50874th percentile
Total 50564th percentile
Total 50048th percentile

Each input links to its row in the full table below.

MCAT percentiles for every total score

Each row is the percent of total scores at that total or lower. Source table: AAMC percentile ranks in effect May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027.

Total scores from 528 down to 472 with their percentile ranks
Total scorePercentile rank
Total 528100th percentile
Total 527100th percentile
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Total 50874th percentile
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Total 50152nd percentile
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Total 4761st percentile
Total 4751st percentile
Total 474below the 1st percentile
Total 473below the 1st percentile
Total 472below the 1st percentile

Source: AAMC

MCAT score distribution in each section

The same percentile ranks for each section score from 132 down to 118. C/P = Chemical and Physical, CARS = Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills, B/B = Biological and Biochemical, P/S = Psychological and Social.

Section scores from 132 down to 118 with the percentile rank in each section
Section scoreC/PCARSB/BP/S
132100th100th100th100th
13199th99th98th97th
13096th98th96th92nd
12991st95th90th85th
12885th90th84th76th
12777th84th75th65th
12667th74th64th54th
12556th62nd53rd44th
12446th50th43rd34th
12335th37th32nd25th
12225th25th23rd17th
12116th15th15th10th
1209th8th8th6th
1194th3rd4th3rd
1182nd1st1st1st

Source: AAMC

How it works

AAMC scores each of the four sections from 118 to 132 and adds them for a total from 472 to 528. Every score is printed with a confidence band and a percentile rank from the table in effect May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027.

Total = Chemical and Physical + CARS + Biological and Biochemical + Psychological and Social

  1. Enter your four scaled section scores (118–132).
  2. Add them to get your total (472–528).
  3. Add and subtract 2 from the total, and 1 from each section score, for the confidence bands.
  4. Look up each score in AAMC's percentile ranks, built from the 2023–2025 scores.

AAMC's example score report (Figure 2 of its 2027 MCAT data guide)

  • Chemical and Physical 124, CARS 123, Biological and Biochemical 127, Psychological and Social 127
  • Total: 124 + 123 + 127 + 127 = 501
  • Confidence band: 501 ± 2 = 499 to 503
  • Percentile ranks: total 52; sections 46, 37, 75 and 65

Total 501, with the range 499 to 503 and a percentile rank of 52, all as on AAMC's example report.

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What this doesn't account for

  • Converting raw scores: AAMC equates each test form, so this page takes scaled scores only.
  • What AAMC prints as the range around a score at the very top or bottom of the scale; this page keeps that range within 118–132 and 472–528.
  • Percentile ranks after April 30, 2027, when AAMC's next table takes effect.

Compared with similar tests

MCAT next to similar tests on this site
TestTotal score rangeSectionsHow the total is made
MCAT472–528Chemical and Physical Foundations 118–132; Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills 118–132; Biological and Biochemical Foundations 118–132; Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations 118–132Sum of the four section scores
GRE score calculatorNo total score (each measure is reported on its own)Verbal Reasoning 130–170, Quantitative Reasoning 130–170, Analytical Writing 0–6 in half pointsNo total: each measure is scaled separately and reported on its own
LSAT score calculator120–180Logical Reasoning (2 scored sections) and Reading Comprehension (1 scored section) feed one 120–180 scoreOne 120–180 scale score converted from the number of questions answered correctly

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Sources

  1. Using MCAT Data in 2027 Medical Student Selection (PDF)AAMC. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
  2. Summary of MCAT Total and Section Scores: Percentile Ranks in Effect May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027 (PDF)AAMC. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
  3. MCAT Exam ScoringAAMC. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
  4. What's on the MCAT Exam?AAMC. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

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