PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test)

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How Your Test Is Scored

Scoring and Reporting

Your PCAT scores will be reported on your Official Transcript unless you selected the "No Score Option" at the time of your test administration.

Pharmacy schools will only accept Official Transcripts. Neither the Preliminary Score Report you received at the Test Center nor the Official Score Report available online can be submitted to a school in lieu of an Official Transcript.

Under no circumstances will scores be reported over the phone, in an email, or faxed.

How Your Test Is Scored

The multiple-choice subtests are scored electronically.

The Writing subtest is scored through a process that includes trained scorers with consideration for both conventions of language and problem solving.

Pearson uses computerized and manual quality-control procedures to ensure the accuracy of all test scores.

The Official Score Report is the only official information available to you containing your PCAT results. The unofficial Preliminary Score Report you received at the Pearson VUE Test Center at the time of testing is not considered official.

Lists of test items, responses, or a copy of your Writing essay are not available for review.

Score Reporting

Within 5 weeks following the end of the testing window in which you took your exam, your Official Score Report will be available online until December 1, 2024, and Official Transcripts will be sent to the institutions you designated to receive your scores.

Your PCAT scores will be reported on your Official Transcript unless you selected the “No Score Option” at the time of your test administration.

Under no circumstances will scores be reported over the phone, in an email, or faxed.

Interpreting Your Official Score Report

Scores on the Official Score Report are reported as scaled scores and percentile ranks for each of the four multiple-choice subtests and as a Composite score for the combined multiple-choice subtests. All percentile ranks are based on current norms in effect as of July 2020.

Writing subtest scores are reported as the candidate’s earned score, along with an average score for all candidates taking the exam during the previous 12 months.

For an example of an Official Score Report, see “Sample Official Score Report” below.

Pearson does not set a passing or failing score for the PCAT. Individual pharmacy colleges establish their own score criteria. If you are interested in the score criteria for any particular pharmacy college, please consult with that college. Generally, pharmacy colleges consider test results in combination with other information, such as high school and undergraduate records, references, and personal interviews.

Sample Official Score Report

PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test)