Overview of the New MCAT

So as y'all know, the MCAT changed in April 2015.

Here is a break down of a lot of the changes in the MCAT 2015.  (Click Images for better resolution)

Content

Topics added and removed from the MCAT 2015

Number of types of questions added and removed

Scoring

The Bell Curve of the MCAT

Percentile compared to New Score Scale

 Here are some of my quick personal pros and cons:

Pros: 

• They took out A LOT of Physics which I always bombed
• They added a lot of psych/soc, which is actually really interesting and fun to learn. They did this so that potential doctors would have practice in critical analysis and more interdisciplinary topics.
• They added biochem which I love (side note please take biochem before this test or you will be so lost). 
• You get more time per question.

Cons: 

• It got almost 2x as long (7.5 hours) and added a lot of more material. 
• The test itself isn't that difficult but it's the timing and the stamina. By section 3 I always take a quick 5 minute power nap because I am so drained. 
• Not too many people took it before me so I really didn't know what to expect.
• Since it is so new, a lot of the testing companies were just guessing at what type of material appeared on the test. A lot of what Princeton Review told me ended up not being true. 
• No one knows what the "New 30" is. According to many people, 30 was score you needed on the old MCAT to confidently apply. Since so few people have taken the new one, the scores aren't that standardized yet and so no one knows what that target score is. I've heard that it's anywhere from 506 to 510, so I didn't even know what score was good enough or not! It was so stressful.

This is the best guesstimate that I found in terms of conversion:

For the composite score (total score):                             For a single section:
Old - New                                                                          Old - New

---------                                                                          ---------

03 -- 472                                                                          01 -- 118

06 -- 476                                                                          02 -- 119

09 -- 480                                                                          03 -- 120

12 -- 484                                                                          04 -- 121

15 -- 488                                                                          05 -- 122

18 -- 492                                                                         06 -- 123

21 -- 496                                                                          07 -- 124

24 -- 500                                                                          08 -- 125 * "Average"

27 -- 504                                                                          09 -- 126

30 -- 508                                                                          10 -- 127

33 -- 512                                                                          11 -- 128

36 -- 516                                                                          12 -- 129

39 -- 520                                                                          13 -- 130

42 -- 524                                                                          14 -- 131

45 -- 528                                                                          15 -- 132