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.
Taking the Medical College Admission Test, known as the MCAT, is one of the first steps in applying to medical school. For the 2016 admission cycle, prospective students could submit either score from the new or the old MCAT. Under the new MCAT, the maximum possible score is 528. Among the med schools with the highest new MCAT scores, the typical student had an average MCAT score of 519. Here are the 10 schools where students scored the highest on the updated exam. 6 (tie). Cornell University (Weill) (NY)