Getting in to a medical school is difficult regardless of where you apply.
Here are the differences between the NMAT and the MCAT. Note, it’s been 5+ years since I took my MCAT and NMAT and so there might be new updates. I am only speaking from experience.
I used a Kaplan self-paced online review course to study for the MCAT, scored a 515 (I believe at that time this was a 95th percentile). I don’t remember the exact breakdown of the score. But I do remember, surprisingly, that my highest score was on the social sciences/psych part of the exam.
For the NMAT, I only used one NMAT reviewer, and that was so I can get a feel for the questions they will ask and for the spatial reasoning and logic/IQ test-like portion of the exam.
I can no longer recall the exact breakdown of my NMAT scores, I just remembered that I scored a 99+ on it (this range is pretty much the highest you can get).
Subjects covered are pretty much identical, both exams are in English, and pretty much just test you on your basic science knowledge. Which is an incredibly wide scope. There are plenty of videos that explain each exam on youtube, so I just wanted to share my experiences with the exam 5+ years later.
I took these exams 2-3 months apart. I took the MCAT September or so of 2017, and then the NMAT was offered in October or November that same year.
So let’s go through the basic FAQs:
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
06:22 - Do I need to take both exams?
06:51 - How much do these exams cost?
07:23 - How much time to study for exams?
08:06 - When Should I take the exams?
09:19 - When will the scores be released?
10:13 - How can I schedule my test?
12:29 - How long is the test?
13:14 - What is the format of the test?
13:55 - Where will the exam be held?
14:27 - What subjects are covered?
15:23 - Other tips
Best of luck to you! If you have any more questions about this, feel free to comment your questions below and I’ll do my best to answer them!
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