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| | Thomson Prometric and AAMC Announce 7-Year, $30 Million Agreement to Computerize the Medical College Admission Test ... |
 | | Established in 1876, AAMC represents each of the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools and the 17 accredited Canadian medical schools, 400 major teaching hospitals, 94 academic and professional societies representing 109,000 medical school faculty members, and the nation’s 67,000 medical students and 104,000 medical residents. |
 | | The AAMC currently administers more than 60,000 MCAT examinations annually, with growth rates indicating 70,000 by 2007, so that students can demonstrate their proficiency in various academic areas necessary for success in medical school. |
 | | The computer-based format will be administered globally through Thomson Prometric testing centers, making the MCAT available twenty days annually instead of only two weekends, as is the case with paper-and-pencil delivery. |
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