2014 MCAT carry into 2015?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
1

<p>Hypothetically speaking, if I take the MCAT for the first time in in the second semester of my junior year (beginning of 2014) and like my score a lot, but I don't get into medical school that year, will I still be able to use that score in 2015 to apply? </p>

<p>Or will I be forced to retake it in 2015 because of the new MCAT?</p>

<p>By the time I apply in 2014, I will only have 200 clinical hours at an emergency room, one month of shadowing, and 100 hours of volunteering at a nursing home, and the possibility of no research experience, and I won't be leading any of the clubs I am in. With my extracurriculars so bleak, I worried I might have to try again in 2015 with them beefed up a bit and don't want to lose my MCAT score.</p>

2

<p>Applicants who will matriculate into medical school in Fall 2017 must take the new 2015 MCAT.</p>

<p>Applicants who will matriculate into medical school in Fall 2016 can use a MCAT score from either the old MCAT or the new MCAT.</p>

<p>A MCAT score is typically good for 2-3 years. (AMCAS says 3 years, but some schools will only accept MCATs that are 2 years old.)</p>