{"id":185,"date":"2015-04-30T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2015-05-01T00:27:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T07:27:37","slug":"the-new-mcat-what-the-first-test-takers-are-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/the-new-mcat-what-the-first-test-takers-are-saying-2015-04-30\/","title":{"rendered":"The New MCAT: What The First Test Takers Are Saying!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CONGRATS to the first test takers of the new MCAT!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So what\u2019s the verdict?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Was test day a complete unprepared fail? A complete crash and burn?&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-187 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/plane-crash.gif\" alt=\"plane crash\" width=\"399\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u2026or maybe a pleasantly surprised victory?<\/h4>\n<h4>Were you like Bill and remembered all your science?<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-186 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bill-science.gif\" alt=\"bill science\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The word on the street aka Reddit and the SDN is that the test was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hard<\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Not so surprising there, we knew the test would be tough.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Score reports will be out very soon so we&#8217;ll see how the early test takers fared.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here\u2019s a small summary of the common comments from April test takers about the all-new MCAT:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yikes: \u201cBy FAR the hardest, most exhausting exam in my entire life.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A new focus on procedural interpretation of experimental data on top of content <\/strong><strong>testing. Basically, you have to know your stuff and how to apply what you know.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The CARS section is generally the same.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading comprehension is heavily tested all throughout the exam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Most people found less physics than expected and more bio\/chem\/biochem.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biological section the hardest especially biochem questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data interpretation. Reading peer reviewed articles isn\u2019t just good habit for med school but it seems like it\u2019ll help greatly here too.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior section featured a lot of unfamiliar terms and theories and it\u2019s the understanding and application of these things that is imperative.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practice. Practice. Especially with reading passages.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FYI: Registration for September test dates is now open! Go<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/students\/applying\/mcat\/\"> here<\/a> to register.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0If these first reactions to the brand new MCAT concern\/scare\/worry \/etc. you,<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> study up buttercup<\/span>! Practice with <a href=\"http:\/\/mcatcracker.com\">MCAT Cracker<\/a> to get you ready for your test day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATS to the first test takers of the new MCAT! So what\u2019s the verdict? &nbsp; Was test day a complete unprepared fail? A complete crash and burn?&#8230; &nbsp; \u2026or maybe a pleasantly surprised victory? Were you like Bill and remembered all your science? &nbsp; &nbsp; The word on the street aka Reddit and the SDN... <br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/the-new-mcat-what-the-first-test-takers-are-saying-2015-04-30\/\">Continue reading...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,21,22,1],"tags":[50,58,25,26,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}