MCAT exam pattern
What is the MCAT syllabus and exam pattern?
- Deepshikha
- 03 Sep
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Sashank
- 10 May
With a total duration of four hours five minutes, the MCAT exam pattern consists of 3 sections. They are:
1. Physical Sciences
2. Verbal Reasoning
3. Biological Sciences
However, there is a fourth section i.e. the Trial Section which is taken toward the finish and includes 32 ques to be completed in 45 minutes. The trail section is unscored.
Each of the 3 main sections includes some experimental things, which are unscored. The MCAT exam pattern of the sections is explained in details below:
Physical Sciences:
1. Total of 52 queries
2. 7 passage-based sets of queries
3. 4–7 questions per set
4. 13 freelance queries
Verbal Reasoning:
1. Total of 40 queries
2. 7 passages (approximately 600 words per passage)
3. 5–7 questions per passage.
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Biological Sciences:
1. Total of 52 queries
2. 7 passage-based sets of queries
3. 4–7 questions per set
4. 13 freelance queries
Trial Section: This section is voluntary i.e. the candidate has the option of not taking it. It is taken to evaluate questions for future MCAT exams. With duration of forty five minutes, the trial section may have thirty two queries.
