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It outlines how five revisions produced six versions, with the sixth scheduled to launch in April 2015. The summary traces shifts in focus from memory and scientific vocabulary to problem solving and behavioral and social sciences, and explains changes in score scales and test sections across key years.","Downloaded from [http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine by BhDMf5ePHKav1zEoum1tQfN4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCywCX1AWnYQp/IlQrHD3i3D0OdRyi7TvSFl4Cf3VC1y0abggQZXdtwnfKZBYtws= on 01/04/2021](http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine by BhDMf5ePHKav1zEoum1tQfN4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCywCX1AWnYQp/IlQrHD3i3D0OdRyi7TvSFl4Cf3VC1y0abggQZXdtwnfKZBYtws= on 01/04/2021)  \nThe Evolution of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT Exam)   \nTrey Pigg, MCAT research specialist, and Marc Kroopnick, MEng, PhD, manager, MCAT Development and Psychometrics,  \nAssociation of American Medical Colleges  \nThis Last Page describes the 87-year evolution of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT exam), the nationally administered standardized examination used as one part of the application process at the majority of U.S. and Canadian medical schools. Periodic reviews of this exam help ensure that aspiring doctors have the necessary foundations for learning in the ever-changing field of medicine.  \nThe MCAT exam has undergone five revisions resulting in six versions; the sixth will launch in April 2015. The early MCAT exam focused on memory and scientific vocabulary, while the newest version tests scientific problem solving and adds concepts in the behavioral and social sciences. The 2015 version is scheduled for a content update in approximately seven years and a new version in 2030. 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