The Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, is one of the most difficult and stressful exams that a medical school applicant has to take, and the score can have a significant influence on acceptance ...

Block scheduling and taking extra care to review practice exam mistakes are some of the tips experts recommend.

Taking the MCAT is a hurdle that U.S. medical school hopefuls must clear, and deciding whether to retake the exam after an unsatisfactory first effort should involve several considerations, experts ...

More than 88,000 people took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT for short) at least once in 2020. Almost all medical schools in the U.S. require students to submit exam scores from this ...

When applying to medical school, the MCAT is often one of the most daunting components. In recent admissions cycles, the average MCAT score of applicants has been around 506 with matriculants scoring ...

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the full name of the group that administers the MCAT. It is the Association of American Medical Colleges . The story also misstated the title of ...

MCAT: The mere mention of that acronym induces stress for many students considering medical school. It’s a draining exam, over six hours long, taken by more than 85,000 students a year, that requires ...

A panel representing the American Bar Association (ABA) recently voted to eliminate the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as an admissions requirement for law schools. The main reason for doing this: ...

BYU student Alex Holland prepares for medical school by helping exercise sciences assistant professor Robert Hyldahl with muscle research. (Ty Mullen) A low MCAT score can ruin an applicant's ...