In a landmark remake of the MCAT exam in 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges added psychology and sociology content for the first time. Doctors had appealed for the MCAT to be updated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

When applying to medical school, the MCAT is often one of the most daunting components. In recent admissions cycles, the average MCAT score of applicants has been around 506 with matriculants scoring ...

BYU student Alex Holland prepares for medical school by helping exercise sciences assistant professor Robert Hyldahl with muscle research. (Ty Mullen) A low MCAT score can ruin an applicant's ...