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Khan Academy: Khan Academy MCAT competition
Post from Rishi Desai, MD, MPH, Khan Academy Medical Partnerships Lead The MCAT stands for the Medical College Admissions Test, and it is one of the key milestones on the road to medical school in the US. For decades, it has been largely unchanged, but in less than a year, the MCAT is getting a make-over. The 2015 MCAT will include new content in areas like psychology and sociology, and that means that thousands of students looking to become future physicians will be looking for ways to get ready. One year ago, in order to help students prepare for this important test, Khan Academy partnered up with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Association of American Medical Colleges, to put together videos and questions for the MCAT. So far, we have generated 400 videos and 500 passage based questions with about 2 million videos watched and 1 million problems solved over the past few months, and new content being made available each week. Our goal is to generate even…