I cannot recall how many times I have been asked "Do I need to know this ? " or how many time s I asked myself that question while in medical school. Too often, students new to medical science will ...

Prospective medical students anticipating taking the new MCAT can look at the following sample questions and explanations to help prepare for the new test's stronger focus on biology and biochemistry.

MCAT preparation begins well before students purchase review books and start doing practice questions and exams. MCAT studying begins with undergraduate coursework, which builds foundational knowledge ...

The Medical College Admission Test has been markedly consistent in its material since 1991, with subject matter drawn from biology, chemistry, organic chemistry and physics. But this is slated to ...

The revised version of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scheduled to be released this April will place greater emphasis on biochemistry and the social sciences. The revised MCAT is a step ...

Let’s be clear – there are no required classes that you need to take before sitting for the MCAT (though there are for med school). That said, there are several classes to take before the MCAT if you ...

Recently proposed changes to the MCAT could result in a longer and more comprehensive version of the test, to be released in 2015. Among the recommended changes are the redivision of the test into ...

Number of test takers in 2015: Around 60,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Source:Petros Minasi, an MCAT instructor with Kaplan Test Prep, has been preparing ...