The New MCAT

Students applying to medical school will now have to take the new MCAT starting on April 17, 2015. The MCAT will now have 4 subsections as compared to 3 subsections previously. The new sections are broken down as follows:

1. Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
67 questions
95 minutes long

 2. Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
67 questions
95 minutes long

3. Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
67 questions
95 minutes long

4. Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
60 questions
90 minutes long

The new MCAT has now a total of 261 questions, with 117 more than previously. The MCAT is now 6 hours and 15 minutes long with slightly more time allotted per question.

Perhaps the most abrupt change is the addition of the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior section, which is broken down as follows: 60% of questions from Introductory Psychology courses
30% of questions from Introductory Sociology courses
10% of questions from Introductory Biology courses

Overall the new exam appears to be similar to the previous versions but with more questions and an additional biopsychosocial component. New review sources should be seeing updates to reflect these changes.

New score reports will appear as follows: