The Admissions Committees considers MCAT scores as part of its decision-making process. The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a standardized, multiple-choice examination designed to assess problem solving, critical thinking, and writing skills in addition to the examinee's knowledge of science concepts and principles prerequisite to the study of medicine. Scores are reported in each of the following areas: Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Writing Sample. The MCAT exam must have been taken no earlier than 2007 and no later than September of the year preceding enrollment.

The MCAT is offered 28 times over 24 test periods per year. The MCAT is a computer based test, and Thomson Prometric delivers the computerized MCAT on behalf of the AAMC multiple times per year, at hundreds of testing sites in North America and select sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Once the MCAT has been taken, scores must be released directly to TMDSAS for those scores to be considered with the application. Refer to TMDSAS for instructions.

Although an applicant's performance on the MCAT is used in the admissions processes, it is not used as the sole criterion for consideration or as the primary criterion to end consideration. In the evaluation process, MCAT scores are used in combination with academic record and a host of other factors, as well as to compare scores with those of other applicants from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. This is possible only to the extent that this information can be appropriately ascertained and identified by the admissions committee in the application process.

For questions about registration and test administration, contact the MCAT Care Team at:

MCAT Program Office

Association of American Medical Colleges
Medical College Admission Test
2450 N. Street, NW
Washington, DC  20037
Phone: (202) 828-0690
E-mail: mcat@aamc.org (unable to accept attachments)
http://www.aamc.org/students/start.htm