Does the shortened MCAT have a tutorial at the start or any time before the start of the actual exam to take write out a mini 'cheat sheet'?
Mcat tutorial?
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It should have it because it’s required to avail them as an option. Any recent test-takers to confirm this??
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I'm not a recent test taker, but I am a future one! "The exam time will be reduced from a total “seated” time of 7 hours and 30 minutes to 5 hours and 45 minutes. The number of scored questions remains the same. Other elements of the exam have been reduced or removed to shorten the seated time, such as the tutorial and end-of-day survey."
My understanding is no, nothing is required and the test is started pretty much as soon as you are seated. Remember, they are now running 3 tests back to back to back each day, and are sanitizing the stations before and after each user. There is no time for you to get your bearings and write out cheat sheets before the clock starts. There are three 10 minute breaks between the sections, but there is no scheduled time between when you are seated and when you start. I think the clock starts right away.
If this is huge deal, you might want to call AAMC to confirm, but there is nothing you can do about it either way, so I'm not sure there's a point. If I'm wrong, great, you can write a sheet. Otherwise you are going to lose time on the test by doing so. Better to hope for the best but plan for the worst.
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Tested 6/27. There was no tutorial unfortunately. I was looking forward to a brain dump too during the tutorial so that was an upsetting surprise.
Edit: you get about a minute for confirming name and another minute before starting the C/P section (If I remember correctly. pretty much blacked out during my brutal C/P section). I tried to throw down a couple of the low yield formula's that I figured anxiety might cause me to blank out like magnetism and such.
Spoiler: as expected not one of those formulas showed up on my exam
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