Welcome
This office helps all University of Conecticut
students wishing to gain admission to post-graduate schools of
medicine, denstistry, opthamology, optometry and other health-related
disciplines.
Prospective Students
Click here to view a
PowerPoint presentation about the Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental programs
at the University of Connecticut. This is the same presentation that
was given at Open House on September 30, 2007. (Note:
This
presentation is rather large (20.7 megabytes) and may take a while to
load on dial-up connections.
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MCAT News:
The new MCAT format (on-line vs. paper based) has
now been in place long enough to draw some conclusions:
¬The testing day length, including check-in time, has been reduced
from 9 hours to 6 hours,
¬The MCAT was given over 700,000 times in over 450 locations on 20
different testing dates from January to September;
¬Scores are now reported within 30 days, down from 60 days in the
past;
¬Student complaints about the testing locations was down 60%;
student satisfaction ranged between 70% and 86% on the new format.
¬There are no dsignificant differences in the average scores from
the computer-based and paper-based MCAT
There are a number of changes planned for 2008
¬There will be 25 testing dates instead of 22
¬A larger percentage of testing dates will be scheduled later in
the year when demand is heaviest
¬Testing sites are being added in areas with the highest demand
¬The registration system is being improved to handle heavy loads
and so as not tocause delays.
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