The new Medical College Admission Test launching April 2015 will be seven hours and twenty minutes long, after the first major revision of the exam since 1991, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The MCAT will feature additional subject matter, including biochemistry, social and behavioral health, critical analysis and reasoning, according to the report. The seven-hour test will also include short breaks and more time to answer each question.
The test is not unusually long, Karen Mitchell, senior director of admissions testing for the AAMC, told the Chronicle. Before 2007, when pencil and paper were used, the test took eight hours to complete.
Almost all of the seats to take the old exam have been filled as students rush to take the shorter exam, which lasts five hours and 10 minutes, according to the report.
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