old and new mcat dilemma

[sashka1]

so AAMC came out with a chart detailing which MD school will accept or not accept the old mcat in next year's (2015-2016) cycle.
https://www.aamc.org/students/download/398586/data/mcatexampolicy.pdf

is there an equivalent one for DO schools out there? sometimes i wish i was born a year or two earlier, lol
thanks in advance

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[Awesome Sauceome]

Nah unfortunately most of the DO stuff is not nearly as organized. You will have to go look at each school that you are interested in, as far as I know. It should be easy to find on each school's website though.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

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Nah unfortunately most of the DO stuff is not nearly as organized. You will have to go look at each school that you are interested in, as far as I know. It should be easy to find on each school's website though.

I don't know any school that won't take old mcat. Do u

 

[Awesome Sauceome]

As far as I know, all of them will still take old scores up to 1 or 2 years old. The difference being that some schools give a 1 year grace period while others give 2.

However, I solidified down on my list of schools a long time ago and since I never ran into this new vs old MCAT issue, I am not absolutely sure of it. But as far as I have heard, most will take both for at least 1 year.

 

[sashka1]

ok awesome, thanks. i wanted to make sure i didn't miss a giant organized chart showing all this info being released by DO schools. i didn't really think DO schools would penalize us by being born 1 year too early/late haha

 

[hallowmann]

As long as its within 3 yrs it shouldn't matter for DO schools.

Even in that chart, there is only 1 MD school requiring the new MCAT for the 2016 cycle, and something like 19 that that require it in the 2017 cycle (something like 13% of MD schools). Beyond that, all should expect applicants to have taken the new one, because in the 2018 cycle, it will have been 3 years of the new MCAT.