Sweeping Changes Coming to the MCAT Exam in 2015

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The rumors are true, coque samsung a20 the MCAT is changing in 2015! After administering a number of surveys to a variety of medical students, coque iphone 5 coque iphone xr coque autres iphone coque huawei p9 the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) has decided to implement one of the biggest changes the MCAT has seen in over 20 years. Survey results led the AAMC to deduce that incoming medical students should be better prepared in behavioral sciences and biochemistry. Thus, coque samsung a50 coque iphone 4 the AAMC is currently regulating changes to the MCAT that will go into effect for the 2015 exam. There are two fundamental changes that students should take note of when preparing for the 2015 MCAT exam:
  1. The addition of a 4th scored section, coque iphone 4 titled “Psychological, coque iphone 5 coque iphone 4 Social, and Biological Foundations,” to replace the trial section introduced in 2013.
  2. The 2015 MCAT with test students on more content, coque samsung a50 coque iphone xr coque samsung a10 coque iphone xs adding more questions and elongating the length of the overall exam.

With the addition of the new section, coque samsung a6 the AAMC hopes to make the MCAT a greater comprehensive measure of students’ abilities to test on the new subjects. coque samsung a40 coque autres iphone coque samsung a8 In addition, coque autres galaxy samsung coque huawei pro coque huawei p9 coque huawei p20 the new section is designed to help students further understand the influences of sociocultural, coque samsung a6 coque huawei pro coque huawei p9 coque iphone xs coque samsung a5 biological, coque samsung a40 coque samsung a10 coque iphone 4 and psychological factors on social and behavioral foundations, coque iphone 11 as well as how to process emotions and stress. Factors that won’t change on the 2015 exam:

While the scoring and format of the new MCAT version will stay the same, coque iphone 4 coque huawei p9 coque iphone 4 there are several other auxiliary changes that students should also be aware of:

  • Changes to names of each section (listed in chart below)
  • Total length of exam increased from 4 hours and 5 minutes to 6 hours and 25 minutes; length of each individual test section has increased in time as well (detailed in chart below)
  • “Seated Time” increased from 5 hours and 10 min to 7 hours and 20 min
  • Maximum total score raised from 45 points to 60 points
  • Total number of questions increased from 144 to 261 (total of 117 more questions)

[table caption=”MCAT CHANGES” width=”500″ colwidth=”20|100|50″ colalign=”left|left|center|left|right”] Current Section, coque huawei p30 coque huawei p9 Time, coque samsung a10 coque iphone xs coque samsung a7 # of Questions, coque samsung a5 coque autres huawei New 2015 Section, coque autres huawei coque samsung a5 New Time, New # of Questions Physical Sciences, coque samsung a5 coque huawei p9 70 minutes, coque iphone 11 52, coque huawei p30 coque samsung a70 coque autres iphone coque samsung a70 Chemical & Physical Foundations of Biological Systems,95 minutes,67 Verbal,60 minutes, coque huawei p9 coque autres iphone 1 coque huawei pro coque autres huawei coque iphone 4 40, coque huawei nova coque samsung a5 coque huawei p9 coque huawei p20 coque samsung a5 Critical Analysis & Reasoning,90 minutes,60 Biological Sciences, coque samsung a7 coque huawei pro 70 minutes, coque autres huawei 52, coque iphone 4 coque huawei p10 coque samsung a50 coque samsung a20 coque samsung a10 Biological & Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems, coque huawei p9 coque iphone xr coque autres galaxy samsung coque iphone xr 95 minutes, coque iphone xs coque iphone 7 67 Trial Section, coque huawei pro 45 minutes, coque samsung a70 coque huawei p30 32, coque huawei p10 “Psychological, coque huawei p9 coque huawei p9 Social & Biological Foundations of Behavior”,