New MCAT

[hopeful505]

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So if you plan on entering medical school in fall 2016, do you have to take the new MCAT or will taking either one work?

 

[circulus vitios]

It's up to the school but I wouldn't be surprised if they screwed you over and made you take the new MCAT. I know some schools are already requiring new MCAT prerequisites (biochemistry, and psychology plus sociology for schools that don't already require it) starting next June.

 

[Carrie Bradshaw]

Per AAMC's website-

Who will take the MCAT2015 exam?

If you plan to apply to medical school with a goal to start in the fall of 2016, this is the exam to consider.

 

[medception]

Edit.

 

[gyngyn]

I'm pretty sure taking either MCAT exam would be fine. When the GRE shift in August 2011, all graduate schools I know of allowed scored from both formats of the exam (denoted Old GRE & New GRE). If medical schools just stopped accepting MCAT scores from 2013 and 2014 simply because the 2015 MCAT is now in effect, I would think there would be quite an uproar, and you would see quite a few lawsuits cropping up.

Nobody is afraid of a lawsuit. Schools set standards in a way that serves their mission. It would make no sense to dramatically reduce the pool of excellent candidates by not considering those who took the "old" MCAT.

 

[acslater99]

What If everyone that takes It the first time does bad on it?

Would they average the scores out to find out what a good score would be?

Knowing I'm a going to be a Freshman kind of puts me in a good position because I wont be taking It till 2016.

 

[acslater99]

Double post*

 

[SilverCat]

What If everyone that takes It the first time does bad on it?

Would they average the scores out to find out what a good score would be?

Knowing I'm a going to be a Freshman kind of puts me in a good position because I wont be taking It till 2016.

They would most likely average the scores. I can't imagine that everyone would do badly, as some of the sections - physical sciences and bio- are going to be pretty similar to what's on the MCAT now. Still, those sociology questions look horrible, IMO.

 

[Shams al Deen]

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/303390/data/. (Read bottom of page 11)


I interpret "Current" to mean 2013/2014 in that document. That means 2013 mcat scores will be valid up till 2016 matriculation and 2014 scores will work till 2017. So there's no need to freak out.