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Percent of MCAT Retesters Attaining Specified Writing
Sample Score Changes
Broken Down by Initial Score
|
Writing Sample Score Change
|
|
Initial
WS
Score
|
|
-4 or
more
|
-3
|
-2
|
-1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7 or
more
|
N
|
|
J
|
|
|
|
|
461
|
20
|
19
|
10
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
477
|
|
K
|
|
|
|
11
|
24
|
29
|
23
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
752
|
|
L
|
|
|
5
|
13
|
22
|
33
|
10
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1630
|
|
M
|
|
2
|
5
|
16
|
33
|
15
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3384
|
|
N
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
28
|
15
|
16
|
12
|
11
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
|
1928
|
|
O
|
1
|
6
|
21
|
13
|
17
|
15
|
16
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
2047
|
|
P
|
4
|
16
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
20
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
|
1740
|
|
Q
|
11
|
9
|
14
|
17
|
27
|
17
|
5
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
1904
|
|
R
|
12
|
9
|
12
|
27
|
28
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1310
|
|
S
|
6
|
8
|
18
|
33
|
28
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
419
|
|
T
|
4
|
7
|
30
|
30
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46
|
1Each cell entry is the percentage of repeaters at the
specific initial score level who obtained each score gain or loss.
For example, of the 477 repeaters who initially scored J on the
Writing Sample, 46% stayed the same upon retesting; 20% increased
their score by 1 point; 19% increased their score by 2 points; 10%
increased their score by 3 points; 3% increased their score by 4
points; 2% increased their score by 5 points; 1% increased their
score by 6 points; and 1% increased their score by 7 or more points.
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