11 Facts About MCAT

The MCAT is administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges .

From 1962 to 1977, the MCAT retained much of its previous format, though the "understanding modern society" section was renamed as "general information" due to its expanded content.

The total MCAT score is a sum of the scores from each of the four sections, ranging from 472 to 528 with a median score of 500.

The limit with the computerized MCAT is three times per year, with a lifetime limit of seven times.

MCAT THx is used to transmit scores to medical schools, application services and other organizations .

Average student spent 12 weeks preparing for the MCAT exam spending about 23 hours per week, excluding time taking regular courses.

The AAMC provides official study materials for purchase on their website with hundreds of questions written by the developers of the MCAT including four scored practice exams and one non-scored practice exam.

Results from the previous version of the MCAT that was administered between 1992 and 2014 have been studied in relation to academic success in medical school and beyond.

Data from a cohort from 14 medical schools' in 1992 and 1993 found that MCAT scores were stronger predictors of USMLE Step scores than undergraduate GPA and were good predictors for probability of experiencing academic difficulty.

Higher MCAT scores are correlated with membership in the national medical honors society Alpha Omega Alpha, suggesting that MCAT scores can be useful to identify potential top-performing medical students.

Since the most recent version of the MCAT exam was only released in 2015, insufficient years have passed to determine correlation between MCAT scores and medical school benchmarks.