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.
A good MCAT score is one that puts you near or above the average percentile for matriculants at your target medical schools. The highest MCAT score possible is a 528, and the scale is centered so that a 500 represents the 50 th percentile, or average MCAT score. AAMC recommends that admission committees consider applicants near the center of the range. To be on the safe side, aim for a total score of around 510.