Although the Admissions Office does not endorse any third-party MCAT study guides or prep courses, we would like to pass along a series of videos that has been developed by Khan Academy for the MCAT 2015 exam. All of the content in the videos has been reviewed by the AAMC and there are some practice questions on the site as well. The best part about these videos is that they are free! However, it’s important to note that the video series is not intended to be a study program for the MCAT. All of the videos can be found at this website: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat. There are tons of videos and they are organized according to foundational concept, so if you’re stuck on a topic consider checking one out!
As a reminder, MCAT exams must be taken by the end of August in order to be accepted in the upcoming application cycle. Based on MCAT exam dates this year, the latest exam date we will accept for the 2015/2016 application cycle is August 22, 2015. If you have not yet taken the MCAT and want to apply for this upcoming cycle, you must take the MCAT on August 22 at the latest. If you have already taken the MCAT and have valid scores, it’s your choice whether or not to retake the exam – just keep in mind that if you take the MCAT in August or earlier we will use the MCAT 2015 scores in your evaluation, even if they are worse (and even if they are ineligible). If you take the exam in September or later your scores will not be reviewed in this application cycle. This might be an option to consider if you are happy with your scores but are required to take MCAT 2015 for application to a different medical school (as long as they accept September test dates, of course).
Speaking of other medical schools, we know some schools have expanded their accepted dates to include September exams, but we do not plan to do this. We are not requiring all applicants to take MCAT 2015 and many of our applicants will have already taken the MCAT, so we do not think it is necessary to accept September test dates. In addition, AAMC has said they have increased the number of seats available per sitting to mitigate the impact of reducing test dates. Seats fill quickly so we hope everyone who wants or needs to take the MCAT can register for a sitting as soon as possible.