The Official Guide to the MCAT(R) Exam, the only comprehensive overview about the MCAT exam, includes 120 practice questions and solutions (30 questions in each of the four sections of the MCAT exam) written by the developers of the MCAT exam at the AAMC Everything you need to know about the exam sections Tips on how to prepare for the exam Details on how the exam is scored, information on holistic admissions, and more.

The only guide created by the developers of the MCAT exam, you get insight, tips, and valuable guidance to help you prepare for the exam. This new edition of the guide is updated to reflect the changes in the 2013 MCAT exam, plus provides current data on MCAT scores and GPAs, and score changes on retake exams. Developed with feedback from focus groups conducted among aspiring and current medical students, the guide includes: 146 questions from actual MCAT exams, none of which appear on practice tests or self-assessments 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 7 chapters about the exam, registration and test day procedures, how scores figure in admissions and more Information on the new, voluntary trial section 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

"This all-new edition is completely updated for the new the Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT)® that will first be administered in spring of 2015 ... Written by the MCAT developers at the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), this book is the ONLY official guide to the MCAT exam. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the registration and testing process, details on how the exam is scored, information on holistic admissions, and more. Plus, the guide provides everything you need to know about the sections in the new MCAT exam, tips on how to prepare, and 120 practice test questions and solutions. Online practice questions option: Take the practice questions that are included in this book in an online format that simulates the actual MCAT exam."--Back cover

Updated in 2011, the second edition of this guidebook provides extensive information on everything MCAT.

Competition for admission to American medical schools has always been intense. Now, with more than 40,000 pre-med students applying for the few available slots each year, scoring well on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is more critical than ever. The MCAT Preparation Guide offers students a systematic, sensible way to improve MCAT test scores. It recognizes their need to understand not only the subject areas covered but also the way the MCAT is structured and what test scorers look for. Extensively field tested at the University of Chicago, Tulane University, Howard University, and the University of Kentucky, this Guide has already helped hundreds of students to boost their MCAT scores significantly. With this edition, the Guide becomes available nationwide for the first time. One excellent feature is the chapter on preparing writing samples, a section of the MCAT often omitted or slighted in other guides. Here is a step-by step process for attacking writing sample prompts to produce superior essays.

This MCAT study guide includes MCAT practice test questions. Our MCAT study guide contains easy-to-read essential summaries that highlight the key areas of the MCAT test. Mometrix's MCAT test study guide reviews the most important components of the MCAT exam.

o potential pre-med student should be without this book. Based on the format of First Aid for the USMLE, Insider's Guide to the MCAT provides a helpful introduction to the MCAT, a thorough but concise overview of topic areas that will help students assess their strengths and weaknesses, and a review of MCAT study guides currently on the market