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In celebration of the launch of our MCAT2015 Question of the Day (the first one out there!), we wanted to do something a little different than what youll find on the blogosphere about the new MCAT2015. Pretty much every premed blogger and MCAT prep company has offered their two cents on the upcoming MCAT in 2015. Yes, the exam is going to be (much) longer and thus more challenging. The format is probably going to remain very much the same (passages + discrete questions). But its too early to know too much else. But there are some things we do know Lets talk about whats going to be on the exam and how to start getting ready for it. The AAMC released a preview guide to the MCAT2015 which is a solid 150 pages of curriculum and example questions. Theres a ton of overlapping content between the old (current) MCAT and the MCAT2015, and a lot of young premeds right now are on the cusp of which exam theyll take. If youre reading this and youre a freshman or a sophomore, you may end up actually preparing for both. Is that worthwhile? Probably theres not very much on the current MCAT that wont show up on the new one. So we decided to offer you something actually useful: a list of content that is NEW on MCAT2015 as well as content that is on the current MCAT but will not be on MCAT2015. But first whats on the new exam anyway? Heres a table that might be helpful (we only bothered making it because nobody else bothered to make it yet)!

Exam Sections
Subject Biology Biochemistry General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physics Psychology Sociology Bio and Biochem Chem and Physics Psych and Sociology Totals 65% 25% 4% 6% 2% 25% 33% 15% 25% 60% 30% 10% 26% 17% 12% 7% 8% 20% 10%

Current Content that is NOT on MCAT2015


Biological Sciences
Comparative anatomy (chordate features, vertebrate phylogeny) Fungi Recrystallization Alcohols (Note: some topics remain) Substitution reactions Pinacols Halogenation Esterification Inorganic Esters Aldehydes and Ketones (Note: some topics remain) 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, internal hydrogen bonding organometallic reagents Wolff-Kishner reaction Grignard reagents Haloform reactions Acid Derivatives (Note: some topics remain) Hofmann rearrangement Amines, except for what you need to know about imines and enamines in other sections Phosphorous compound reactions (Wittig reaction), except for what you need to know about ATP and phosphoesters like DNA/RNA

Physical Sciences

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Quantum numbers l, m, s Ionic bond Colloids Center of mass Uniform circular motion Friction Pulley Systems Momentum, impulse, and collisions Solids (elastic properties, shear, compression) Coulombs Law, electric dipole, electrostatic induction, and Gausss Law Magnetism Batteries (internal resistance, terminal potential) Power in circuits Alternating currents and reactive circuits Fission, fusion, mass deficit

MCAT2015 Content that is NEW


Biochemistry
Mixed and Uncompetitive inhibition Regulatory enzymes: allostery, covalently-modified enzymes, zymogens Flavoproteins Oncogenese Gluconeogenesis, Pentose Phosphate Pathway, and regulation of these mechanisms Fatty acid metabolism and biosynthesis Chromatography: size-exclusion, affinity Amino acids: Strecker Synthesis, Gabriel Synthesis Lipids: sphingolipids, prostaglandins

Biology
Eukaryotic chromosome organization: Single copy vs. repetitive DNA, supercoiling Eukaryotic gene regulation: Gene amplification and duplication, cancer formation, non-coding RNAs Prokaryotic gene regulation: Jacob-Monod Model, gene repression, positive control Biotechnology applications: DNA libraries, generation of cDNA, analyzing gene expression, determining gene function, stem cells, practical applications in medicine, therapy, pharma, forensics, environment, and agriculture, as well as safety and ethics implications of DNA technology Genetics: synaptonemal complex, tetrad, composition of the Y chromosome, cytoplasmic/extranuclear inheritance, statistical methods Other microbiology: transposons, prions and viroids, chemotaxis Embryogenesis: neural crest, environment-gene interaction in development, differentiation and determination of cell type, cell-cell communication in development, stem cells, gene regulation in development, senescence and aging Biosignalling: receptor enzymes, G protein-coupled receptors Immune system: clonal selection, MHC complex

Chemistry
Electrochemistry: Nerst equation, electrolysis, Faradays Law, lead-storage batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries Electronic structure: paramagnetism and diamagnetism, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Use of the Arrhenius Equation, Law of Mass Action

Physics
Viscosity: Poiseuille Flow Venturi effect, pitot tube Boltzmanns constant Van der Waals Equation Electricity: circuit meters Sound: shock waves Coefficient of expansion

Organic Chemistry
Aldehydes and Ketones: hydride reagents, cyanohydrin, enolate chemistry, retro-aldol, kinetic vs. thermodynamic enolate, carbanions Carboxylic acids: lactam, lactone formation Phenols: oxidation and reduction Biological aromatic heterocycles

Psychology and Sociology


Vision, hearing, and other sensory processing (physiological and psychological) Perception, attention, cognition, consciousness, and memory Emotion, stress Biological bases of behavior (brain structure and function, genetics, development) Personality, psychological disorders, motivation, attitudes Social influences, group processes, culture, and socialization Associative learning, observational learning

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Theories of attitude and behavior change Self-concept and identity, formation of identity Social thinking (attributing behavior to persons or situations), prejudice and bias, stereotypes Elements of social interaction, self-presentation, social behavior, and discrimination Theoretical approaches to understanding social structure, social institutions, and culture Demographic structure of society, demographic shifts and social change Spatial inequality, social class, health and healthcare disparities

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