Imperial system on MCAT?

[tennisboy85]

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Hey guys,
I'm just wondering, do you ever get passages in the imperial system? As in, a box of carton is 15 inches x 8 inches, which is tied to a post 5 feet off the ground.

Or is it all in metrics? As in meters, kg, etc? I guess this question is most relevant to the Physical Science section.

 

[emquiksilver]

I'm not entirely sure, but I would easily bet that everything uses the metric system. All physics equations use metric units as far as I know.

 

[sjhalverson]

One of the practice tests used lbs and ft in a force problem. That was only one though, so don't expect it, but also don't freak out if you see it.

 

[RoadRunner17]

My best guess is that you won't see the Imperial/British/American/whatever system on the MCAT. However you might see it once in a while; just be familiar with the units (mass = slug, energy = BTU, etc). While the fundamental relationships won't change, the constants will, and they should give those to you.

I don't think they'll make you jump through hoops to convert from Imperial to SI or vice versa, though. Like the previous poster said, don't freak out if you see it on the MCAT, be familiar enough with it that you can deal with it.

 

[MeowMix]

Metric only. I seem to remember back in the mists of time, someone had a question asking them to convert C to F or something, but it would be very unlikely you would get a question like that. I would not spend time memorizing conversion factors.