One important step to obtaining a medical degree in the United States has just become harder than it previously was.
The Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, is seeing some of the biggest revisions in a generation, said Russell Schaffer, a senior communications manager for Kaplan Test Prep.
Schaffer said in 2015, the test will have new content added to it and the length of the exam will be extended by more than two hours.
In a Kaplan Test Prep survey of medical school admission officers, more than 73 percent of those polled said they recommended the changes to the MCAT, with additions in the field of behavioral and social science, advanced science content and expanded critical thinking.
The MCAT is a standardized, multiple-choice examination that is required from applicants by almost all medical schools nationwide.
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“While 2015 seems far off, the effects are being felt right now at college campuses across the country where pre-med departments have to quickly revise their curricula to ensure they cover all the new MCAT’s content,” Schaffer said in an email.
The changes would particularly affect current college freshman and sophomores, he added.
More information about the changes to the MCAT can be found “here”:https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/
