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

The article presents information on the ways in which admission tests for applicants in the field of medical and business schools are conducted. Applicants to medical and business schools will soon be able to leave their No. 2 pencils at home. Both the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) 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.