Complaints Arise On Med Schools' Aptitude Testing

Veteran pre-med students have issued protests against the specific and factual nature of the Professional Aptitude Test held two weeks ago under the auspices of the Association of American Medical Colleges, a recent informall poll disclosed.

Though a few of those interviewed found the exam, which replaced the old Morse Test in order to give veterans a chance to show aptitude instead of scientific knowledge, to be "fair," a majority found that they were required to recall too many facts studied many years ago.

One man said that the test was "like a final exam in five different subjects," complaining that he had been asked to remember too many specific physical formulas and chemical reactions. Another said that the formerly-given Morse Test was less specific in approach than its substitute.

"Not an Aptitude Test"

"While one veteran said that "you really have a chance to demonstrate knowledge" on the exam, others said that it was a "waste of time," that it was not really an aptitude test, and that the test should ask for information that a "fellow has a fighting chance to remember."

Favorable reaction, however, was expressed toward the morning half of the test, which dealt with general aptitude and covered a broad area of information.

According to one pre-med student at Radcliffe, the feminine contingent at the exam did not find it unsatisfactory. The future doctoress added, however, that she could see how long-absent veterans could encounter difficulty with some of the more detailed scientific questions asked in the afternoon portion of the examination.