Altius Perfect-Match MCAT-2015 Practice Tests
The one MCAT-2015 preparation tool no examinee should ever go without!
The MCAT-2015 practice tests offered by big-box prep companies are inaccurate
Achieving excellence at any endeavor requires practice. However, practicing with the wrong materials does more harm than good. Currently, there are only two scored AAMC practice exams available, leaving students desperate for accurate MCAT-2015 practice. Test prep companies have been quick to produce practice tests, but our industry-leading analytics clearly demonstrate that these materials do not accurately prepare you for what you will actually see on test day. In fact, they aren’t even close. But don’t take our word for it; compare practice test passages side-by-side for yourself by viewing the slideshow below.
Click the slideshow button to compare real AAMC MCAT-2015 passages to practice passages from other sources
Tomorrow’s Doctors Deserve Better
We think tomorrow’s doctors deserve accurate practice materials at an affordable price. To accomplish this goal, Altius assembled the most qualified curriculum development team ever created—featuring current and former admissions officers, 99.9th percentile MCAT scorers, and a cadre of over 50 of the brightest PhD content experts from across the country. Our team carefully analyzed how the AAMC develops actual MCAT-2015 test questions and we matched the AAMC item development process exactly. Because our process is perfectly-matched to the real MCAT, so are our practice materials.
AAMC Test Development |
Altius Test Development |
Status Quo Test Development |
| Detailed Item Writer’s Guide | Detailed Item Writer’s Guide | No Item Writer’s Guide |
| PhD-only Content Experts | PhD-only Content Experts | Committee Approach: Item developers include their management team, their “best tutors,” MDs, and some PhDs |
| Item developers are required to match existing AAMC question blueprints | Advanced statistical analysis was used to identify the AAMC question blueprints; Altius item developers were required to match these question blueprints | No question blueprints |
| Extensive Peer Review Process | Extensive Double-Blind Peer Review Process | No Double-Blind Peer Review Process |
| All tests contain beta questions | All tests contain beta questions | No beta questions |
| Fully standardized using industry best practices for nationwide graduate level examinations | Fully standardized using industry best practices for nationwide graduate level examination | Limited internal “testing and adjustment,” but no full-scale standardization process |
| Equated score scales ensure each exam form is of similar difficulty | Equated score scales ensure each practice exam is of similar difficulty | No equated score scales |
| Item difficulty is determined using standardization on actual students | Item difficulty is determined using standardization on actual students | Item difficulty is the opinion of the person who authored the question |
Practice tests so realistic and accurate, it’s like taking the MCAT…before you take the MCAT.
The result of our unprecedented effort to recreate the MCAT development process is a set of materials so realistic that our practice tests are statistically indistinguishable from the AAMC on over 100 different metrics. Here are a few of the ways our practice tests hit the mark where others don’t...
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Item Difficulty Match
Altius exams feature exactly the same distribution of easy, medium and difficult questions as AAMC materials.
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Word Count Match
Altius passages have exactly the same average, minimum, and maximum word counts as AAMC passages.
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Question Blueprint Match
Altius exams use the exact same question blueprints as the AAMC and at the same frequencies.
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Figure Match
Altius exams use the exact same number and type of figures as AAMC materials.
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Formatting Match
Altius passages use the exact same font, figure labels, and detailed formatting as the AAMC passages.
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Topics Match
Altius passages test topics in accordance with the exact same survey used by the AAMC to determine its distribution of topics.
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Standardization Match
Altius exams are standardized using the exact same statistical methodology used by the AAMC.
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MCAT-2015 Match
Other prep companies are repurposing old MCAT passages and questions into MCAT-2015 materials. 100% of the questions and passages in the Altius Perfect-Match MCAT-2015 Practice Exams were made de novo, specifically for MCAT-2015.
The Best MCAT-2015 Testing Software
- Exactly replicates the AAMC MCAT-2015 exam software
- Functionality, format, font size, word count—everything is statistically identical. No other MCAT resource is this realistic
- Dual Enterprise-Level Data Servers: High-capacity redundant computer servers ensure speed and reliability
The Most Detailed Exam Analysis
- Analyze your practice test results using over 1,500 metrics
- Categorize your performance by question type, topic, subtopic, Scientific Inquiry & Reasoning Skill, and more
- View performance measures graphically to visualize trends and long-term progress
- Track your global performance statistically and graphically across all of the full-length exams you’ve taken
No Comparison
The number of MCAT-2015 practice test resources available for purchase is extremely limited. The few test prep companies who do offer exams usually restrict access to a mere six months, sometimes as little as 45 days! Others restrict the number of times you can attempt the test. All Altius practice exams are good for one full year from the date of purchase and may be attempted an unlimited number of times.
| Practice Exams | Examcrackers | Berkeley Review | Next Step | |
| Number of Full-Exams | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Length of Access | 6 months | 45 days | 6 months | 1 year |
| Number of Attempts Allowed | Unlimited | Unlimited | 5 attempts | Unlimited |
| Price per Exam | $50 | $37 | $30 | $30 |
A preparatory tool no MCAT-2015 examinee should go without
If you wanted to be a professional basketball player, you’d consider it a necessity to practice with a correctly-sized ball and a regulation 10-foot hoop. If your dream was to become an Olympic Gold Medalist in the breaststroke, you’d want to practice in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, not your neighbor’s kiddie pool. If you want to become a physician, you should consider it a necessity to have access to the only MCAT-2015 practice materials that exactly replicate the real thing.
Full-Length Perfect-Match MCAT-2015 Practice Tests
Each Full-Length Exam Features
- Flexible Exam Delivery Options
- Chemical & Physical Foundations of Living Systems (CP) - 59 questions
- Critical Analysis & Reasoning (CAR) - 53 questions
- Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems (BB) – 59 questions
- Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behavior (PsS) – 59 questions
- Detailed Exam Analysis – Review and analyze your results using over a thousand different topics, subtopics, difficulty levels, and other metrics.
- Unlimited attempts of each exam.
- One (1) full year of access from the date of purchase.
The Altius materials were always spot on—the new MCAT-2015 practice tests especially—they were very accurate and very representative of my real MCAT. I have seen the other practice tests out there and they are nothing like MCAT-2015. If you want the most representative MCAT-2015 material out there, Altius is your best bet, by far.
Thomas Caussat
Utah Valley University
When people ask me how my MCAT went, I say I felt comfortable. I know that sense of comfort was a direct result of having practiced with the Altius full-length practice tests. Those tests were exactly the same as what I experienced on test day. And it wasn’t just the formatting on the page, or where the buttons were located; the content was identical. In fact, while I was taking the test I remember thinking “This could be an Altius full-length practice test.
Jaden Cook
Weber State University
One of the greatest aspects of the Altius program is the MCAT-2015 Practice Tests. Having taken the real MCAT now, I realize that they were amazing! They prepare you better than you could ever hope to be prepared for the real exam. They challenge you, and teach you to think in the way that you need to for the MCAT.
Spencer Barnes
Brigham Young University