In a landmark remake of the MCAT exam in 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges added psychology and sociology content for the first time. Doctors had appealed for the MCAT to be updated ...

Taking the MCAT is a hurdle that U.S. medical school hopefuls must clear, and deciding whether to retake the exam after an unsatisfactory first effort should involve several considerations, experts ...

More than 88,000 people took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT for short) at least once in 2020. Almost all medical schools in the U.S. require students to submit exam scores from this ...

Studying for the MCAT was one of the hardest things I have ever done, but I learned a lot from my process. Here are some Do's ...

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A panel representing the American Bar Association (ABA) recently voted to eliminate the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as an admissions requirement for law schools. The main reason for doing this: ...

MCAT: The mere mention of that acronym induces stress for many students considering medical school. It’s a draining exam, over six hours long, taken by more than 85,000 students a year, that requires ...

Admissions tests for many graduate schools have gone online. But not the MCAT, the exam for aspiring doctors. It must still be taken in person, pandemic or not. By Roni Caryn Rabin Students applying ...

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the full name of the group that administers the MCAT. It is the Association of American Medical Colleges . The story also misstated the title of ...

Doctors said medical schools should begin assessing applicants "holistically" and pull back significant weight on their grade point average and MCAT scores in order to create more diversity in the ...