A grueling, terrible 9-hour exam required of all students applying to medical school. It is the hardest and longest of all graduate school examinations. Only the strong-willed and intelligent-minded survive. The exam tests critical reasoning and not just content.
Composed of the Physical Sciences (
Physics and General
Chemistry), Verbal Reasoning, Writing, and Biological Sciences (Biology and Organic
Chemistry).
Physical Sciences & Biological Sciences - 100 minutes each (62 passage-based questions,
15 discrete)
Verbal Reasoning (not reading comprehension. Questions ask "why?" not "what?") - 85 minutes (all passage-based)
Writing - 60 minutes (2 essays, 1 hour, separately timed)
Scored from 3-45 for composite score, J-T for writing
Dude, you're taking the MCAT???
Wow, you gotta be smarter than those
loser students taking the easier LSAT.
Yo that MCAT today was mad hard.