Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
What is the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)?
The Association of American Medical Colleges website provides information for students who are considering medical school, including information about the MCAT, a standardized, multiple-choice, computer-based test required by many medical schools.
The test consists of these four sections:
- Biological and biochemical foundations of living systems
- Chemical and physical foundations of biological systems
- Psychological, social, and biological foundations of behavior
- Critical analysis and reading skills
What resources are available to help me prepare?
The MCAT website offers a wealth of exam-prep resources, including test section overviews, practice tests, study plan guides, and links to video tutorials designed to help students prepare for the exam.
Other test-preparation resources include:
- NEW from KHAN ACADEMY: MCAT Course
- Kaplan MCAT online prep course.
- The Princeton Review online test prep options.
- Free MCAT Practice Test at MCAT-PREP.COM
