Striving for innovation: physics, engineering, and medicine

WayOutWestMom
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:34:36 +0000

I just thought of one other thing, OP.

While you will likely be taking your MCAT before 2015, you may be applying to enter medical school for summer/fall 2016.

While you have your 5 year scheduled planned and it look workable–you need to consider that:

1) the MCAT exam is being revised and will include more and different material starting Jan 2015. The new MCAT will include a broader array of biology topics, including cellular and molecular bio, genetics and biochem. Additionally, it will include a whole new section on human behavior (covering psychology, sociology and ethics).

2) Starting 2016, medical schools may have different admission requirements that they do currently. Because of this, you will need to keep in contact with your college’s health professions advisor to see how these changes will affect your plans.