The Medical College Admission Test — Toward a New Balance

"Innovation in some college science courses has been constrained by the impression that the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) defines an immutable premedical curriculum: colleges hesitate to teach new topics not included in the MCAT and feel they must cover outdated, irrelevant material that is still included. The MCAT, however, actually reflects, rather than dictates, what is taught at the undergraduate level."