For Parents of potential medical school applicants-article on the New MCAT

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<p>As I am sure many parents and students whose focus is medical school admissions may know the MCAT is changing beginning in 2015. Today an article was published in the New England Journal Of Medicine that I thought many of you would benefit from:
Perspective
Building a Better Physician — The Case for the New MCAT</p>

<p>Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D., Jason M. Satterfield, Ph.D., and Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D.</p>

<p>N Engl J Med 2012; 366:1265-1268April 5, 2012
Non-subscribers should be able to go on the NEJM website and read the article and links.</p>

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<p>Actually, changes to the MCAT are beginning in January 2013. Starting Jan 2013, the writing portion of the MCAT is being eliminated and instead all test-takers will take an unscored “trial” section which covers material in one of the following: psychology, sociology or biochemistry.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/276580/differentexam.html[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/276580/differentexam.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here’s AAMC’s FAQ about the new exam:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/faqs-admins/[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/faqs-admins/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Nice article, read it. Good to be disseminated so entering college students are aware of classes that will help them. So many changes since my day, but then I consider what it was for the physicians about to retire when I started practice and am glad the field isn’t stagnant. So much easier for women today and no more than 100 hours per week in residency (pros and cons to that)… computers help a lot… My medical school is also changing the curriculum more again… ALMOST makes me wish I could do it all over again (but like college, am so glad to be done with the bad parts).</p>