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.
If your MCAT score is between the 25.2 and 31.6-point range, you will be placed in the 50th-83rd percentile. If you have a total MCAT score of 31.6 (one standard deviation above the mean) or higher you per-formed strong on the test and beat approximately 84% of your fellow test takers.