Students taking MCAT in April will have a broader, longer exam

BY GRACE PATERAS | FEBRUARY 17, 2015 5:00 AM

The new MCAT will have local medical-school hopefuls taking a test for nearly eight hours beginning in April.

The Medical College Admissions Test is a national exam that the Association of American Medical Colleges issues for students wanting to go into med school.

Some students, such as University of Iowa junior Collin Thatcher, said classes in undergraduate school will help on the MCAT.

[MCAT is] a comprehensive overview of my entire college career, he said. My classes all will help.

The test has undergone its first content modification since 1991, and the medical-school association is confident the changes will improve tomorrows physicians.

The new test, which will first be issued on April 17, will no longer feature the writing portion.

Instead, biochemistry, psychology, and sociology sections will be included on the test.

The test will take seven and a half hours, which includes an hour and a half of breaks between tests and an additional lunch break. The new exam is around two and a half hours longer than the old test.

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Students taking MCAT in April will have a broader, longer exam