The MCAT includes a maximum score of 45, generated from 3 individual scores in Physical Sciences, Verbal Reasoning, and Life Sciences. There used to be a essay that has been graded on a letter scale, but that has been eliminated and there are plans to restructure the test in 2015 so this may all chance soon. Each sections is curved separately, and is dependent upon the difficulty of your particular version (multiple versions have been sat in a time to decrease cheating risk). The curve might be thought of as 'exponential' with a score of '30' often considered the cutoff for "great" that many people try to clear whenever they take prep courses. That would be quite a nice even balance of three 10s, and having a more lopsided score is generally not as good, although a few points difference is nothing to worry about a 12-6-12 would likely have issues getting into a medical school unless there is something explaining the massive droop in verbal scores. Th...