You've Decided To Take the Mcat. One Word of Advice... Practice
So you've decided to take the Mcat (Medical College Admission Test) and begin your journey toward becoming a doctor. One word of guidance repeated three times...practice, practice, practice.
The nice thing about taking the Mcat now is that as of January 27th, 2007, all admissions of the exam are via computer. Previously, the Mcat was given in a written format with only a few testing locations contribution the computer-based version.
Another advantage is that as of January 27th, 2007, you now have the choice of taking the test at one of 19 locations with a choice of 22 testing times. In the past, the Mcat was only offered twice a year. The test has also been shortened to 5.4 hours, giving the learner being tested the chance to take the Mcat in the morning or afternoon.
About The Mcat
But what is the Mcat? What can you expect when you sit down to take the test that may decree the rest of your life? Well, you can expect to be nervous and you can expect to be scared. But allowable preparing will alleviate most of these fears.
You've taken hundreds of tests in your undergraduate work in preparing to come to be a doctor. But the Mcat is the single most prominent test up to this point. If you don't pass the Mcat...you will not come to be a doctor. Medical schools rank potentital students on their Mcat scores. Admissions committees believe that the Mcat score is the only way to objectively rank a hereafter applicant against all the other students applying for Medical school.
Despite all of the excuses you've heard in the past from other students who took the Mcat, preparing is key. The Mcat should be taken with the same estimate of preparing that you put into the Sat all those years ago, even more so. It is possible to get into college without an Sat score. The same can't be said about the Mcat.
The Mcat is made up of four parts: corporal Sciences, Verbal Reasoning, Writing Sample and Biological Sciences. The verbal, corporal science and biological science sections are all manifold choice. The writing sample though will bring back memories of the almighty essay question. As long as you prepare for the Mcat in develop though, you should breeze straight through this as well.
The Mcat tests your knowledge on physics, biology, chemistry and organic chemistry as well as a writing sample to decree your potential to transpose your thoughts and possible hereafter diagnosis' to paper. The Mcat biology and corporal sections grade your analytical and cognitive abilities while the verbal portion of the tests analyzes your potential to think covering the box.
