August 5, 2005

Medical- and Business-School Admission Tests Will Be Given by Computer

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Applicants to medical and business schools will soon be able to leave their No. 2 pencils at home. Both the Medical College Admission Test and the Graduate Management Admission Test are ditching their paper versions in favor of computer formats.

The Association of American Medical Colleges has signed a contract with Thomson Prometric, part of the Thomson Corporation, to offer the computer-based version of the MCAT beginning in 2007. The computerized version is being offered on a trial

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