MCAT Central

Access to medical school is a narrow door. Data from this site collected by Robert C. Bowman, M.D., and the works and opinions are not from any association or institution.

MCAT and FP 2005 - scatterplot of MCAT scores 2000 - 2003 and FP 2005 Match Choices
Current Controversies with the MCAT - computerized testing, glitches, who wins, and who loses
Driving Difficulty or Distinction - not much improvement in academics with MCAT increase, but loss of distribution
Physician Careers By MCAT Groups
Distribution of Physicians: Medical Schools with Distribution, MCAT scores, Instate Retention, and More
MCAT and Choice of Family Medicine
MCAT and Physician Distribution
Comparing Physician Distribution and the MCAT
Medical Schools and Distribution
Physician Distribution by Income Quintile Levels

MCAT Changes 1992 - 2005

Science scores continue to increase at about 0.1 unit per year.

2005 scores were 10.4 for BioSciences, 10.1 for Physical Sciences, and 9.7 for Verbal Reasoning

Data from AAMC Data Warehouse

According to Ellen Julian, AAMC VP in charge of the MCAT, MCAT scores were standardized to 1993 levels

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.

10/13/04, revised 10/30/06

Physician Workforce Studies

Medicine, Education, and Social Status

Family Physicians Are Different

Admissions Summary

Before Admissions

Choice of Family Medicine: Past, Present, Future

Community Driven Approach: Linking Resources with True Needs

www.ruralmedicaleducation.org