<p>Hello, I am wondering if it would be best for me to take the old MCAT in January or wait until next summer to take the new MCAT.</p>
<p>I have taken 1 year of General Biology, 1 year of General Chemistry, and Genetics.
I am currently in my year of Organic Chemistry and am taking Physiology.
I plan to take Cell Biology and Physics next year. I figure anything that isn't covered during the first semester can be reviewed before I take the exam itself.</p>
<p>My main reason for wanting to take it early is because of the new sections of Biochemistry, Sociology, and BioStatistics.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>I think the general advice is not to take the MCAT until you feel prepared.If you are consistently scoring 2-4 points above what you want to score on the official practice exams, then take the January test. however, self-studying Physics could be a dangerous risk.
Do you feel you will have time to do all the intense reviewing while you are learning the new material? </p>
<p>I have not taken a practice exam yet, since I am in the middle of a semester and have the summer. I will have from the second week in December until the test date (January 8th or 10th) to study. I know it is very difficult material to understand, but was unsure if a month would be enough time. There are fairly-well detailed material guides on the MCAT website</p>
<p>I just spoke to kaplan to find out how long the prep for the test take. They told me anywhere from 3 to 4 months of intense studying. So I’m not sure 1 month is going to do it. </p>