<p>Hey guys,</p>
<pre><code> I am currently signed up to take the old mcat right before it changes (Jan 23 2015 MCAT date) . Here is the timeline from the mcat site: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/262752/data/mcat2015timeline.pdf
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<p>My plan is to enter med school fall 2016. Although I will have a certificate in psychology so I can prove that I know the concepts, will any med schools completely disqualify me for taking an mcat only a year and a half before entering med school?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Each and every medical school has its own policy of how recent the MCAT must be for admission consideration.</p>
<p>Your job is to check the policy for those schools you are interested in applying to. The policy statement should be on each school’s admission website.</p>
<p>Be aware that some schools have already announced changes in admission requirements (coursework) for Fall 2016 admission. Again it’s your job to check the details.</p>
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I would venture most (if not at least a very sizable chunk) of medical students took the MCAT a couple months before they applied (e.g. May) so not even 1.5 years before enrolling. I don’t even know where you’re getting the idea that you would be disqualified for taking it only a year and half before (as if to imply they expect you to take it earlier than that?)</p>
<p>Now new vs. old MCAT might be a different story but I have not kept up with issues surrounding that transition. But that doesn’t seem to be what is bothering you.</p>
<p>Most schools will treat it as valid for 2-3 years. You should check with your individual schools to confirm what they accept.</p>
<p>I remember reading though that the New MCAT in 2015, not the one your taking, will be valid forever, and schools cannot deem it invalid, although not sure if this is 100% true</p>
<p>Pretty sure you’re conflating 2 different things. All MCAT scores (both current and 2015 exams) are reported to any and all med schools you apply to no matter how old the score is and regardless of whether of whether the score is considered valid or not. In that sense the score lasts forever, but the score itself (for 2015 version) isn’t going to be valid for admission purposes forever. Each school will continue to decide how old is too old. Also AMCAS itself will continue to only validate scores for 3 years from the test date.</p>
<p>I’d point you the AMCAS page but I’m on my tablet and haven’t figured out how to paste links yet.</p>
<p>For a fall 2016 admission, people are applying in May 2015 at which point the MCAT OP is considering is only 4 months old. I can’t see how that would be rejected.</p>
<p>I can see how specific schools asking for additional class requirements will expect those requirements to be met when a person applying will still have about an year to meet those requirements for additional classes.</p>