: Last Updated: 10 August 2024

PCAT - Pharmacy College Admission Test Study Guide

If you are wishing to apply for the pharmacy college then you need to apply for the pharmacy college admission test or the PCAT exam. The PCAT test ensures that the students have good grounding in knowledge and skills and are able to use that in problem solving.

PCAT - Pharmacy College Admission Test Format

The PCAT test evaluates a number of skills and is divided into six sections:

• Biology: This section covers general biology, micro biology, anatomy and physiology. It total this section has 48 questions and lasts for around thirty minutes.

• Chemistry: The chemistry section also contains 48 questions and lasts for around half an hour. This section covers concepts of both organic and inorganic chemistry.

• Verbal Ability: Alike the chemistry and biology section This section also contains 48 questions to be answered in 30 minutes. This section tests the ability of the student in understanding analogies and completing sentences.

• Reading Comprehension: This section asks 48 questions and lasts for 50 minutes. This section is aimed at testing the language comprehension, evaluation, and analysis ability of the candidate.

• Quantitative Ability: Here in this section the candidate's ability in algebra, probability, statistics, calculus, pre-calculus, and basic mathematics is tested. This section contains 48 question lasts for around 40-minute

• Writing: The Writing Section is divided into two sections, of one essay each, one testing the student's understanding of all aspects of English, the other also evaluating problem-solving ability.