The School of Medicine announced in June that applicants would no longer be required to submit a Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) score during the 2020-21 admissions cycle. While submitted ...

The Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, is one of the most difficult and stressful exams that a medical school applicant has to take, and the score can have a significant influence on acceptance ...

Block scheduling and taking extra care to review practice exam mistakes are some of the tips experts recommend.

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 ...

Ghassan S. Gammoh ’14 has taken Life Sciences 1a and 1b, Mathematics 1a and 1b, Statistics 104, Life Sciences 2, Physical Sciences 1, 2, and 3, a summer school class on organic chemistry, and a ...

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 ...

Although strong academic credentials are important in the admissions process, equally as important are interpersonal skills, exposure to medicine, well-roundedness and qualities such as ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...