The Official Guide to the MCAT Exam 2nd Edition - Softcover

Medical College Admission Test

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577541073 ISBN 13: 9781577541073

Publisher: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2011

Synopsis

Updated in 2011, the second edition of this guidebook provides extensive information on "everything MCAT". It was developed by the MCAT team, with feedback from focus groups conducted among medical school aspirants and current medical students to determine the content, which includes: 140 questions from actual MCAT exams, none of which appear on practice tests; 2 new writing sample prompts, each with 3 sample essays; All questions include detailed explanations of both the correct and incorrect answers; Tips to help come up with the right solutions; Difficulty levels of questions, revealing what percentages of examinees answered correctly on actual tests; 6 chapters about the exam, registration and test day procedures, how scores figure in admissions and more; Updated data to help determine the likelihood of increasing or decreasing your scores upon a retake, and by how many points; Current data that show what percentage of applicants were admitted to medical school, based on MCAT scores and GPAs combined; A look at how MCAT scores factor into the admissions decision, with insights from a former associate dean of admissions

About this edition

• Publisher: Association of American Medical Colleges
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1577541073
• ISBN 13: 9781577541073
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 405