While there are no absolute rules that apply to everyone, many students with a science or pre-medical undergraduate background typically write the MCAT the summer after the second year of college or university. Please consider this advice in line with other advice and tip you are given. Generally, students should consider spending more time studying and practicing the material that they are most unfamiliar with (CARS for many) and the material that will pay off the most (a high CARS score will arguably pay off more than a higher score in the other sections). Despite this, depending on your own personal background knowledge, it may be wise for students to consider how much time they allocate studying for CARS, relative to the science based sections.
Many students that apply to medical school have a science background, and this typically does not prepare you sufficiently for the CARS section making it daunting for students. The CARS section is the section with both the highest admission requirements from some medical schools, but also the section where students tend to have the most difficulty, year over year. We provide some anecdotal evidence from examining the admissions requirements of most Canadian medical schools, as well as past student rest results. Giving advice on how a student should focus their time for the MCAT is difficult. Of the 59 questions, 65% are introductory psychology, 30% are introductory sociology, and 5% are introductory biology. This section consists of psychology, sociology, and biology concepts. This section is 95 minutes long and consists of 59 questions. This section has passages on the social sciences, or humanities, for example, passages on art, Greek mythology, or psychology, that you read, and then answer questions that test your ability to understand, analyze, and reason through what you just read.įinally, there is the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior section. The Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS) section is 90 minutes long and consists of 53 passage-based questions. Similar to Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems, these percentages are guidelines and not precise values. Of the 59 questions, 30% are general chemistry, 25% are first-semester biochemistry, 25% are introductory physics, 15% are organic chemistry, and 5% are introductory biology. The section consists of introductory-level biology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physics, and introductory biochemistry.
The Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems is 95 minutes long and consists of 59 questions. They are more of guidelines, than precise values. However, they also stipulate that the percentages have been approximated, and will vary from test to test. The AAMC website states that of the 59 questions, 25% are introductory biochemistry, 65% are introductory biology, 5% are general chemistry, and 5% are organic chemistry. The section consists of introductory-level biology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and biochemistry. The Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems is 95 minutes long and consists of 59 questions. The total content time of the exam (the time you are writing the sections) is around 6 hours and 15 minutes, and the total seated time of the exam (including writing sections, answering surveys, taking the optional tutorial) is around 7 hours and 30 minutes. In between those sections, there are a total of 3 optional breaks: two 5-minute breaks, and one 30-minute mid-exam break. Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior.Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.MCAT Overview of the MCAT: Outline of Sections The MCAT consists of 4 sections: Unofficial Guide to Canadian Medical School
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