Old MCAT or New MCAT test?

Modadunn
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:23:52 +0000

Well, I’ve learned a few things and one of them is that the MCAT score is only good for about two years on average. Some are three, but very few are much more than that. Therefore, I am not sure I would rush to take the exam between sophomore and junior year unless you are absolutely certain that you won’t want to take a year off between undergrad and med school. BUT… at the same time, part of studying is taking practice exams thru the AAMC and I am not sure how that will happen with the entirely new section when there will have been no previous sections. While S did a trial section at his exam, he had no idea what the subject matter would be beforehand and so, it’s not like he had been studying it. However, he ended up with a section on Biochem - which was his major and said it was surprisingly very hard. Of course, he also said that his brain was about spent and so he didn’t have a lot of mental energy remaining to give it his full effort throughout.