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.
These scores are the minimum score for consideration for an interview and apply to applicants to the Regular MD, MD/PhD, MD/MPH, MD/MBA programs. The total MCAT Score of 24 or 495 does not apply to applicants to Early Decision, EMSAP or Rural Programs. These programs each have different MCAT criteria. Scores from the September 2017 MCAT dates are the latest that will be considered. A 2015 MCAT score is the earliest score considered for the 2018 entering class.