When does the MCAT end?

[hugh2012]

What time of the day does the MCAT end in the afternoon? If you have taken it, please comment. I would like to book my transportation right after my MCAT and fall asleep on the bus.

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[pre.med2016]

It really depends upon how fast you are, if you take your breaks, what time you start, etc. The exam is supposed to start at 8:00am. If you took all of your breaks, started right on time, and went through the entire 10 minute intro, it would end around 3:15pm. When I took the test, they got me started around 7:45am, I didn't use my full breaks, and I didn't need all of the time. I ended a little after 2:00pm.

 

[NextStepTutor_2]

Expect to be there for about 8 hours (like a fill day of work). If you add up all the testing/break time, you get:

95 minutes (Chem/Phys)
90 minutes (CARS)
95 minutes (Bio/Biochem)
95 minutes (Psych/Soc)
10 min break (optional)
10 min break (optional)
30 minute lunch (optional)

This adds up to 425 minutes, or 7 hours, 5 minutes.

Long story short, expect to start ~ 8am, expect to be leaving by 4pm, latest if all goes normally.

Good luck!

 

[Neuro244]

Expect to be there for about 8 hours (like a fill day of work). If you add up all the testing/break time, you get:

95 minutes (Chem/Phys)
90 minutes (CARS)
95 minutes (Bio/Biochem)
95 minutes (Psych/Soc)
10 min break (optional)
10 min break (optional)
30 minute lunch (optional)

This adds up to 425 minutes, or 7 hours, 5 minutes.

Long story short, expect to start ~ 8am, expect to be leaving by 4pm, latest if all goes normally.

Good luck!

Sorry to read bump this post, but are they no longer offering the exam at 1 p.m. since the exam takes a lot longer now to finish? All the test dates for 2017 that I've seen are only for 8 a.m. so I was curious if 2018 would provide us with a 1 p.m. test time.

 

[NextStepTutor_3]

Yes, all exams are at 8am due to the ~7-hour exam time (which can be made even longer by the check-in process, etc.). The AAMC no longer offers exams at 1pm because students wouldn't finish until around 8 or 9pm.

Of course, 2018 dates haven't been released yet, so only the AAMC know the exact details. But it's overwhelmingly likely that all exams will still start at 8am.

 

[Neuro244]

Yes, all exams are at 8am due to the ~7-hour exam time (which can be made even longer by the check-in process, etc.). The AAMC no longer offers exams at 1pm because students wouldn't finish until around 8 or 9pm.

Of course, 2018 dates haven't been released yet, so only the AAMC know the exact details. But it's overwhelmingly likely that all exams will still start at 8am.

Yeah, I followed them on Twitter and asked them and they said that all the exams would be administered at 8 a.m. unfortunately.

 

[Gilakend]

I walked back from the waiting room to get my picture taken around 7:45, went through that process, took just about the full time for every single opportunity and was in my car at 3:30.