Do You Want To Be A Doctor? TAKE THE MCAT

You've Decided To Take the MCAT. One Word ofthe rest of your life? Well, you can expect to be
Advice... Practicenervous and you can expect to be scared. But
So you've decided to take the MCAT (Medicalproper preparation will alleviate most of these fears.
College Admission Test) and begin your journeyYou've taken hundreds of tests in your
toward becoming a doctor. One word of adviceundergraduate work in preparation to become a
repeated three times...practice, practice, practice.doctor. But the MCAT is the single most important
The nice thing about taking the MCAT now is that astest up to this point. If you don't pass the
of January 27th, 2007, all admissions of the exam areMCAT...you will not become a doctor. Medical schools
via computer. Previously, the MCAT was given in arank potentital students on their MCAT scores.
written format with only a few testing locationsAdmissions committees believe that the MCAT score
offering the computer-based version.is the only way to objectively rank a future applicant
Another advantage is that as of January 27th, 2007,against all the other students applying for medical
you now have the option of taking the test at oneschool.
of 19 locations with a choice of 22 testing times. InDespite all of the excuses you've heard in the past
the past, the MCAT was only offered twice a year.from other students who took the MCAT,
The test has also been shortened to 5.4 hours, givingpreparation is key. The MCAT should be taken with
the student being tested the opportunity to take thethe same amount of preparation that you put into
MCAT in the morning or afternoon.the SAT all those years ago, even more so. It is
About The MCATpossible to get into college without an SAT score.
But what is the MCAT? What can you expect whenThe same can't be said about the MCAT.
you sit down to take the test that may determine