MDCAT Aggregate Calculator
Calculate your MBBS/BDS admission aggregate from your Matric, FSc, and MDCAT scores
Frequently Asked Questions
MBBS and BDS admission in Pakistan runs on a merit aggregate that combines Matric, FSc (or equivalent), and MDCAT scores using a fixed weighting formula — and because the formula's specific weights vary somewhat by institution, the same three raw scores can produce a meaningfully different aggregate depending on which medical college's formula is applied.
Why the same scores can produce different aggregates at different colleges
Medical and dental colleges in Pakistan generally weight MDCAT most heavily in the aggregate formula, with Matric and FSc contributing smaller, fixed percentages — but the exact split isn't universal across every institution, and MDCAT itself is scored out of 200 nationally, which needs converting to a percentage on the same basis as the Matric and FSc percentages before the weighted formula can be applied correctly. A strong MDCAT score matters disproportionately more to the final aggregate than an equivalent-strength Matric or FSc score, precisely because of how the weights are structured — which is why MDCAT preparation carries outsized importance in most students' admission strategy relative to its position as "just one of three" inputs.
A worked example
Two applicants with identical Matric and FSc percentages but different MDCAT scores can end up with a meaningfully different aggregate, and the size of that gap is larger than the same-magnitude gap would be if it existed in Matric or FSc instead — a direct consequence of MDCAT carrying the heaviest weight in the formula.
How this connects to your other academic planning
This calculator uses the same underlying merit-aggregate engine as the general University Merit / Aggregate Calculator, specifically filtered to medical/dental college formulas — if you're also considering non-medical universities as a backup or alternative path, the general merit calculator covers those institutions' own separate weighting formulas.
Common mistakes
Applicants sometimes compare their raw MDCAT score directly against a college's published closing merit percentage without first converting MDCAT to a percentage and running it through the actual weighted formula — the closing merit figure published by a college is the final aggregate percentage, not a raw MDCAT score, and comparing the two without converting produces a misleading sense of how close (or far) an applicant actually is from the cutoff.