Updated April 12, 2016. These days you may need just a tetanus shot, or a vaccination against tetanus, diptheria and pertussis. Tetanus is a bacterial infection of the nervous system, also known as lockjaw. Symptoms include muscle stiffness, difficulty swallowing, muscle spasms and seizures.
The average MCAT score each year is somewhere around a 24 (8 in each section). A good (competitive at most MD schools) score is around 30 and a stellar score is somewhere above a 34 to 36 (competitive at the top medical schools in the country). A score of 36 or better would put you in the top 2% of the country.
Look at the reality and the risks. High risk: Getting roughly the same score or a lower score. Rule of thumb: Your next MCAT must be 3 or more points higher. AAMC published data that students who start: Below a 26 â A little more than half of them will get the same or lower score. 27-32 â 2/3 of students will do worse or the same. Determine your options.