The MCAT, decoded.
Four sections, 230 questions, about 7.5 hours. Each section is scored 118–132, for a total of 472–528. Pulse covers every topic on the AAMC content outline.
Chem/Phys
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
CARS
Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
Bio/Biochem
Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
Psych/Soc
Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
Pick your subject.
Each course has full lessons with diagrams, high-yield facts, trap answers, unlimited practice, MCAT-style passages, timed sections and a printable high-yield sheet.
Biology
Cells, genetics, molecular biology, microbes and every organ system, from neurons to nephrons.
Biochemistry
Amino acids, enzymes, kinetics, metabolism, lipids, carbohydrates and the lab techniques.
General Chemistry
Atoms, bonding, stoichiometry, gases, thermo, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry.
Organic Chemistry
Naming, isomers, stereochemistry, reactions of every functional group, spectroscopy and separations.
Physics
Motion, forces, energy, fluids, electricity, circuits, waves, sound, light, optics and atomic physics.
Psychology & Sociology
Sensation, learning, memory, emotion, personality, disorders, identity, social structure and inequality.
CARS
A strategy course plus original passages in the humanities and social sciences, with every answer explained.
Your Hospital
Every correct answer treats a patient. Climb from pre-med to Chief of Medicine and unlock 16 hospital wings.
Whatever coat you’ll wear.
The science here is the foundation for every health career. Future dentists take the DAT instead of the MCAT, and its biology and chemistry overlap heavily with what you'll learn here.
Physicians
MD and DO programs require the MCAT.
Dentists
Same bio and chem foundations, for the DAT.
Pharmacists
Biochem and orgo are your whole career.
Researchers
MD-PhD and MD-MPH programs use the MCAT too.
Neuro, PA, PT
Many programs accept or prefer the MCAT.
Build your hospital.
Your progress across every course lives here. Answer questions to treat patients, earn promotions and watch new wings rise. Ambulances come once you open the ER; the helicopter lands at 500 patients.
How it works.
Learn it like a textbook
Every chapter has numbered sections with diagrams, tables, mnemonics, clinical connections and the trap answers the MCAT loves.
Practice it like the test
Unlimited multiple choice and calculation questions, plus original experiment passages with graphs, data tables and error bars to read, just like the real exam.
Score it like the AAMC
Timed sections with a flag button and an estimated 118–132 score, then every explanation and the chapters to review.
One-page high-yield sheets
Every equation, number and must-know fact in a course, printable.
Study music built in
Night shift lo-fi with a soft heart-monitor beat, plus piano, rain and brown noise. Tap the music button any time.
A chart that finds your weak spots
My chart tracks every section you practice, flags where you're losing points, and builds today's study plan. Saved on your device, no account needed.
Flashcards that remember for you
Spaced-repetition decks for amino acids, hormones, metabolism, equations, orgo, neuro, psych terms and lab methods: 250+ cards that come back right before you forget.
Amino acid trainer
All 20 drawn at pH 7.4. Drill them by structure, codes, class, charge and pI, with a 60-second speed round.
Go deeper.
Studying for the MCAT? Stay right here: every Pulse course is cut to exactly what the exam tests. Learning a subject from scratch, or need it for a college class? Start on these sister sites, then come back for MCAT practice.
Your white coat
starts here.
Pick a subject and answer one question. Your first patient is waiting.
Start with Biology →