Currently, the MCAT, a required test for all students hoping to attend medical school, is approximately 15% physics questions. This test just about determines whether or not a future doctor is able to attend medical school, and, by extension, determines whether or not they can become a doctor in their chosen field. An irrelevant category should not make up just under a sixth of this test, especially considering the increasing focus on practical experience over grades in the medical field.

Expanding on practical experience, the physics classes required to pass the MCAT do nothing but clog up time that students could use to secure internships, gain useful certifications, take more relevant coursework, or gain practical experience as a medical assistant, scribe, or other firsthand experience with medicine. Taking physics courses does not prepare most medical students for their careers, but the real-world experience they could be getting would. 

Though physics is important for physical and occupational therapists, it's largely irrelevant for a majority of medical careers, and physical therapists are required to attend a physical therapy-specific school, none of which even accept the MCAT, meaning the placement of physics on the MCAT doesn't even benefit the medical career that actually uses physics! 

The focus on physics in the MCAT is taking time, experience, and score points away from future doctors and decreasing their chances for practical experience and medical school placement. The goal of this petition is to eliminate the physics category from the MCAT, allowing the other, more relevant categories to fill the gap, helping qualified future medical professionals gain more usable experience and submit MCAT scores based on their ability to understand relevant information instead of their ability to do impractical equations well enough to appease a requirement.

If you're unsure about adding your name to this petition, I will ask you one question; which doctor would you prefer, one with a perfect physics score from 2 years of physics who has never worked with anything more practical than a cadaver, or a doctor with 2 years of solid experience as a medical assistant who just can't tell you the velocity of a baseball on a frictionless plane? If you want your next doctor to be the best person for the job, sign this petition today.