You will be presented with the MCAT Examinee Agreement when you register for your MCAT exam. To complete your registration and sit for the MCAT exam, you must accept all terms of the Examinee Agreement and of The MCAT® Essentials for Testing Year 2025.
The full text of what you will see at registration is found below.
Introduction
The Examinee Agreement is a legally binding contract between you and the AAMC that sets forth the terms and conditions under which the AAMC will permit you to register for and take the MCAT exam. In addition to the prohibitions and terms explained below, all of the policies and procedures contained in the current version of The MCAT® Essentials are expressly incorporated herein as additional terms of the Examinee Agreement, as well as the AAMC Website Terms and Conditions, the AAMC Privacy Statement, and any policy statements made on the MCAT website. Adherence to the Examinee Agreement is necessary to enable the AAMC to maintain a fair and secure testing process for all examinees.
Because the Examinee Agreement is a legally binding contract, you should read it carefully. If you do not indicate that you understand and agree to abide by the terms of the Examinee Agreement, you will not be able to register for or take the MCAT exam. By selecting “I Agree” at the end of the Examinee Agreement, you acknowledge that you have read and understand these rules. On test day, you will be presented with a Certification Statement that reminds you of your obligations under the Examinee Agreement. By accepting the Certification Statement on test day and taking the MCAT exam, you will be certifying that you understand and agree to comply with these obligations.
Prohibited Items and Behaviors
The following items and behaviors are strictly prohibited during the MCAT exam and during any scheduled or unscheduled break:
- Possessing, accessing, or using electronic devices, including cellular phones, at any time after check-in and prior to completing the exam.
- Possessing, accessing, or using cameras or recording equipment of any kind.
- Giving or receiving aid on the MCAT exam.
- Possessing, accessing, or using books, notes, or any other written materials (other than noteboards or test center rules provided for your use and review by test center staff).
- Looking at the content of another examinee’s monitor or noteboard.
- Possessing weapons, including but not limited to, firearms, knives, or any object that could be used as a weapon, in the test center, including the testing room and waiting areas.
- Leaving the test center floor or building at any point after check-in and prior to completing the exam.
- Exhibiting disruptive or abusive behavior, talking in the testing room with anyone other than a test administrator, or talking about or discussing the exam during any scheduled or unscheduled break.
Possessing, accessing, using, or attempting to possess, access, or use any prohibited item or engaging or attempting to engage in any prohibited behavior will be considered an intentional and willful breach of the Examinee Agreement. The AAMC will launch an investigation and may subject you to one or more of the consequences provided herein for violations of the Examinee Agreement.
Terms Governing Access to the MCAT Exam
When you accept the following agreement, you are attesting to the following:
The MCAT exam is a confidential exam, and its contents will be disclosed to me on my scheduled test day in a limited context to permit me to test and for no other purpose. I understand that the AAMC is the exclusive owner of all rights in the MCAT exam, for which it holds a series of registered copyrights and trade secrets under U.S. and international laws. Disclosure, reconstruction, capture, and/or dissemination of the confidential contents of the MCAT exam would destroy the value and defeat the purpose of the MCAT exam and irreparably harm the AAMC.
I understand that I have no license or permission to copy, adapt, or use any part of the MCAT exam.
I understand that I am bound to keep the MCAT exam content confidential indefinitely, including but not limited to exam questions, passages, graphics, incorrect responses, correct answers, and topic lists, frequency and order of exam topics, when described in more specific detail than as described in the AAMC’s guidance “What's on the MCAT Exam.”
I understand that I may comment on my general exam experience; however, I understand that discussing or disclosing MCAT content in greater or more specific detail than in the What’s on the MCAT Exam? content outline, by any means, is a violation of this Examinee Agreement.
Just as I am not permitted to share information about exam content with anyone, I understand that I also am not permitted to possess, solicit, read, study from, or otherwise use confidential information about the MCAT exam during my own exam preparation. I also agree not to ask any other individual to disclose exam content to me or to seek out actual live, confidential exam content from any other source.
I certify that I have not engaged in such conduct prior to taking the exam, and that I will not engage in such conduct during or after the exam.
I agree that if I receive or have access to information or material in any form and from any source, including but not limited to email, instant messages, text messages, website content, social media posts, electronic bulletin boards, internet-based groups, shared or collaborative digital files, electronic files, and/or paper documents that I reasonably believe contains confidential MCAT exam content, or has been represented to contain confidential MCAT exam content, I will immediately report its existence to the AAMC by sending an email to mcatsecurity@aamc.org.
I agree that I will fully cooperate with any investigation initiated by the AAMC related to my receipt or access to information believed or represented to contain confidential MCAT exam content.
I certify that all information that I have provided to the AAMC is complete and accurate at the time of registration for the MCAT exam, and if that information has changed, I submitted complete and accurate updated information. I understand that providing false, misleading, or incomplete information to the AAMC shall be considered an intentional and willful breach of the Examinee Agreement and may subject me to one or more of the consequences provided herein for violations of the Examinee Agreement.
I understand that presenting or attempting to present an MCAT score as my own that is falsified or otherwise not supported by the actual score in AAMC’s records (as reflected in the AAMC’s official Score Reporting Service) undermines the integrity and validity of the MCAT exam and is prohibited.
If I violate the terms of this Examinee Agreement, including the additional terms or conditions stated in The MCAT Essentials or any test center rules and regulations, or if I engage in any activity that may compromise the validity, integrity, or security of the MCAT exam, or fail to fully cooperate in any investigation of a violation of the Examinee Agreement, I may face the following consequences:
- The AAMC may issue a report of the factual findings of the investigation to legitimately interested parties.
- I may be subject to a civil lawsuit and/or criminal charges.
- My MCAT exam may be terminated, and I will not be eligible for a refund or any other compensation.
- My scores may be canceled, before or after the scores are reported, without a refund.
- I may be banned from taking the MCAT exam for a limited time or permanently.
I understand and agree that any alleged violation of this Examinee Agreement or any alleged activity that may compromise the validity, integrity, or security of the MCAT exam may be investigated.
I agree to all terms set forth by AAMC subject to this Examinee Agreement.
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