Warning: Posts/Links with MCAT Specifics or False Score Availability=1 week Ban

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The staff at SDN understands that your MCAT experience will inevitably leave you uncertain about your performance and that the urge to discuss the specifics of your MCAT on SDN may become overwhelming. Please understand that in taking the MCAT, you have signed a contract with the AAMC requiring you to abide by certain rules. For your convenience, SDN is publishing the AAMC rules to maintain the testability of the MCAT, the integrity of the admissions process as a whole, and to protect our members (YOU). Therefore, please be aware that the AAMC requires:

1) Do not discuss the specifics of the MCAT exam. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Divulging one or more answer choices, parts of answer choices, or the answer itself
• Revealing the question stem itself or a part of the question stem
• Outlining part of the process required to solve a problem
• Soliciting specific information about a question
• Asking another user to Private Message (PM) you regarding a question/passage
• Highlighting the specifics of a passage, including information not directly related to a question
• Posting entire questions
• Discussing any other information that would make it easier to answer an MCAT question
• These rules also apply to the MCAT Trial Section.

As a litmus test, ask yourself the following question before posting:

Will what I am about to post make it easier for another member to answer an MCAT question? Will it give them a specific idea about what to expect on an exam?

If you are still unsure if your intended post violates AAMC policies, check their “Guidelines for Discussion of the MCAT Exam”.

2) Do not make posts that falsely claim that MCAT scores are available.

The stress of waiting for scores is intense enough where posting false “scores are up” posts serves only to increase the unneeded and unwelcome anxiety of your peers. These types of posts fall under "trolling and intending to inflame."

Members found violating this policy will be post-held for 7 days.

Important:

• The AAMC actively searches SDN threads for people who disclose information from their MCAT exams.
• While SDN's strict TRUSTe certified privacy policy is to not disclose the identity of its members, AAMC may subpoena such information and if so, SDN must comply.
• If you are caught doing so, the AAMC reserves the right to report this activity to all schools to which you've applied, void your MCAT score, and revoke your eligibility to sit for future MCAT exams.
• If this occurs, you will never be able to attend a US Medical School.
• Consequently, please realize that we maintain an extremely strict policy for the good of everyone.

Thank you for your attention, and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact a moderator.

Good luck on test day!
The MCAT Forum Moderators

When you take the MCAT, you are required to agree to the MCAT Examinee Agreement.

Ensure you are fully aware of the content of the MCAT Examinee Agreement before engaging in post-MCAT discussion.

From the 2010 MCAT ESSENTIALS (See http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/mcatessentials.pdf Pages 18-20)

I am aware that the MCAT® exam is a confidential exam, and that its contents are being disclosed to me today in a limited context to permit me to test and for no other purpose. I have been informed that the MCAT exam and exam questions are copyrighted, and that they are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trade secret laws.

I agree that I will not discuss or disclose MCAT exam content orally, in writing, on the Internet or through any other medium. I agree that I will not copy, reproduce, adapt, disclose or transmit exams or exam questions, in whole or in part, or assist anyone else in doing the same. I further agree that I will not reconstruct exam content from memory, by dictation or by any other means, for the purpose of sharing that information with any other individual or entity.

Examples of prohibited acts include, but are not limited to: describing questions, passages or graphics from the exam; discussing exam questions on web ―chat‖ rooms or through other means; identifying terms or concepts contained in exam questions; sharing answers to questions; referring others to information you saw on the exam; or reconstructing a list of topics tested.

I understand that any alleged violation of this Examinee Agreement or any alleged activity that may compromise the validity, integrity or security of the MCAT® exam will be investigated and may be reported to interested parties. I also understand that I might be subject to a civil lawsuit and/or criminal charges if I violate this Agreement.

If a claim of violation of test-day procedures or post-test conduct (including copyright infringement or violation of the terms of the Examinee Agreement) arises, MCAT exam officials will investigate the claim and may issue a report of the factual findings of the investigation.

If a report of the incident is to be issued, the AAMC notifies the examinee first, providing information about any available options, which may include the opportunity to submit a statement explaining the examinee’s actions, to request a reconsideration or to appeal the AAMC’s decision.

In its sole discretion, AAMC may elect to send the report documenting the incident, with any attachments provided by the examinee, to legitimately interested parties, including, all persons or agencies to which the examinee has instructed that scores be sent, both presently and in the future.

The AAMC may also elect to cancel an examinee’s test scores, when there is reason to believe that the scores are invalid or that the examinee has engaged in behavior that violates this Examinee Agreement. AAMC may also elect to suspend an individual’s eligibility to test, for a limited period of time or permanently.

Please note, the MCAT Examinee Agreement may change without notice. Please reference the AAMC website for the latest MCAT Examinee Agreement.

As noted in the post above:

• The AAMC actively searches SDN threads for people who disclose information from their MCAT exams.
• SDN has strict TRUSTe privacy policies and does not share member information with any organization. However, the AAMC may utilize court-orders / subpoenas to force SDN to release member information.

If you have just taken the MCAT, please do not discuss any specifics of the exam or link to sites where such discussions will take place!

SDN wants you to know that the AAMC routinely reads this forum. SDN has a strict TRUSTe privacy policy and does not release information to other organizations. However, the AAMC can and will use subpoenas to force SDN to release member information.

Please carefully read this warning from the AAMC's attorneys:

MCAT Reminder Notice: Don’t Discuss Exam Content After You Take the MCAT, on Internet Postings or Otherwise

The AAMC has requested that SDN provide the following reminder notice to all MCAT® examinees:

When you take the MCAT exam, you agree to a nondisclosure agreement that includes a prohibition on disclosing exam content. This means:

You MAY comment on your general exam experience such as test center conditions or how you felt about a particular section, such as the writing section or biological sciences.

You MAY NOT:

• Post the text (full or partial) of a test question and/or a test answer
• Reconstruct a list of topics tested in a particular section
• Mention a specific topic that was tested on an exam
• Outline the steps or process to answer a specific question
• Speculate about which passages are field test or experimental items

This policy is intended to protect the fairness and integrity of the examination process for all examinees. Thank you very much for you cooperation.

While you may read or hear other guidelines that are not consistent with these statements, keep in mind that this information is directly from AAMC and is meant to help you share your MCAT experience without violating the nondisclosure agreement. For more information, go to https://www.aamc.org/students/applyi...iscussion.html.