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...Association of American Medical Colleges reports that MCAT examinations were up 5.6 percent in 2003, leading AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen to project last fall that “the six-year decline [in applications nationwide] may finally be over...
Julian said the AAMC consulted with some medical schools before making their final decision to require full reporting of scores...
...April administration of the exam will mark the initiation of a policy change by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) requiring all MCAT scores to be automatically released to medical school admissions committees—meaning students can no longer choose which scores a school will...
...have no clue really--no scientific assessment as to why the drop is happening," said John E. Parker, manager of media relations for the AAMC...
Other factors cited in the AAMC press releaseinclude the perceived impact of managed care andthe loss of physician autonomy, as well as thecontinued impact of affirmative action rollbacks