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The MCAT is a standardized, multiple-choice examination assesses skills and concepts identified by medical educators as those required to practice medicine.

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Test Specifications

The MCAT is a 5 ¾ -hour test. Two sections are given in the morning followed by the remaining two after a lunch break. The schedule for the test day and allocated times for each section are as follows:

Section	Questions	Time ( in Minutes)
Physical Sciences	77	100
Verbal Reasoning	60	85
Lunch Break		60
Writing Sample	2	60
Biological Sciences	77	100

Medical school admission officers, medical educators, college faculty members, and practicing physicians actively participate in drafting test specifications and writing questions for the MCAT. Questions are designed to assess skills determined to be prerequisite for medical school and the practice of medicine.

The Verbal Reasoning section contains multiple-choice questions based on reading selections from the social and natural sciences and the humanities. The section will assess your ability to comprehend, reason, and think critically. Subject-matter knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences will not be tested.

The Writing Sample consists of two items, each composed of a brief topic statement and a set of writing tasks designed to elicit a unified, coherent, first-draft essay exploring the meaning and implications of the statement.

The Physical and Biological Sciences sections contain multiple-choice questions. Most of the questions accompany brief informational passages; a smaller number are independent of any passage and of each other. Questions assess knowledge of basic concepts in biology, chemistry, and physics through their application to the solution of science problems.

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