{"id":18179,"date":"2023-01-13T13:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=18179"},"modified":"2023-01-24T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:30:57","slug":"whats-a-good-pcat-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/pcat\/whats-a-good-pcat-score\/","title":{"rendered":"What's a good PCAT score?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s a good PCAT score? What’s the average PCAT score? When considering your PCAT score goal, it’s always wise to look at average scores at the schools to which you’re applying. For starters, though, here is what you need to know about your PCAT score:<\/p>\n

PCAT Scoring<\/h2>
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\nThe PCAT is scored on a 200 to 600 scale. For each section of the test, the actual number of multiple-choice questions<\/a> you answer correctly per section is your raw score. All multiple-choice questions are worth the same amount\u2014one raw point\u2014and there\u2019s no penalty for incorrect answers. That means you should always fill in an answer for every question whether you have time to fully invest in that question or not. Never let time run out<\/a> on any section without filling in an answer for every question.<\/p>\n
The Writing section<\/a> is scored numerically from 0 to 6 with 6 as the highest score and 4 as the approximate median. Your essay is evaluated by two essay graders who each assign a cumulative Writing score based on your appropriate use of grammar and style and your ability to create and support a solution to a problem. The Writing score you receive is an average of the scores given by the two graders. Note that if the scores given by the graders vary by more than one point, a third grader scores the essay in order to ensure that grading follows the standardized rubric.<\/div>\n

Your raw scores will not appear on your score report. Instead, they are converted to yield your scaled scores, the ones that fall somewhere in that 200\u2013600 range. These scaled scores are reported to schools as your PCAT scores.
\nIn addition to scaled scores for individual sections, schools are also provided a composite score, which is a scaled score that factors in your performance on all the sections, except the writing section. Your composite score is not merely an average of the scores from all the sections but rather an evaluation of your performance on the entire test.<\/p>\n