On the computerized MCAT are you given hard copies of passages?

[Corgalicious]

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On the current MCAT exam are you given hard copies of passages to mark up? I'm an art history major and I can hardly read anything analytically without marking it up as I go along..

 

[lilanon]

Hi, Corgalicious! No, you will have to get used to not marking up the passages (or anything else on your exam for that matter). There is a highlighting function that you can use if you like. Other than that, you just get some pencils and blank scratch paper.

On the current MCAT exam are you given hard copies of passages to mark up? I'm an art history major and I can hardly read anything analytically without marking it up as I go along..

 

[jerg]

Hi, Corgalicious! No, you will have to get used to not marking up the passages (or anything else on your exam for that matter). There is a highlighting function that you can use if you like. Other than that, you just get some pencils and blank scratch paper.

Or some ***tty dry sharpie markers and a makeshift plastic "whiteboard" (cough*montreal testing center*cough).

 

[BABSstudent]

On the current MCAT exam are you given hard copies of passages to mark up? I'm an art history major and I can hardly read anything analytically without marking it up as I go along..

Well the computer screen is hard. So technically it is a hard copy.

*sarcasm*

 

[JaBoomDay]

You only get scratch paper and a pencil. The highlighting function is cool but what I really hated about the highlight function is that once you leave a passage, all of your highlights disappear.

 

[Corgalicious]

Oh...sadface. I guess I'll need to get used to it, thanks for the helpful responses!

 

[catzzz88]

On the current MCAT exam are you given hard copies of passages to mark up? I'm an art history major and I can hardly read anything analytically without marking it up as I go along..

Yes they do give you a hard copy. They also give you a typewriter and a feather with some ink so that you can keep track of your thoughts in real time.