The new MCAT and medical student performance

The "old" Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) has been replaced by the "new" MCAT. For many years the University of California, Irvine, has included the old MCAT in a prediction index as part of its admissions procedure. The use of the New MCAT has required this index to be recalculated. Since the predictive power of the new MCAT is unknown, it has been necessary to wait until the first class admitted completed its freshman year. This paper is an analysis of the new MCAT and its relationship to the criterion of class standing achieved in the school year ending in the spring of 1979.