PREview Professional Readiness Exam

Professionalism Matters to Medical Schools

The PREview exam allows you to showcase your understanding of professional behaviors, known as competencies, which medical schools have identified as important for your success as a medical school student.

The exam is a standardized assessment that presents a series of hypothetical scenarios, asking you to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of behavioral responses to each scenario. Your score will be reported on a scale that ranges from 1 (lowest) to 9 (highest), providing schools with a measure of your understanding of these behaviors.

The PREview exam benefits you and the schools where you are applying by supporting a well-rounded application review process that identifies applicants with the professional and academic competencies needed for medical school.

Each year, more schools are requiring or recommending the exam.

Are you applying to a school accepting PREview scores? Check the list to find out if you need to take the exam.

View the Testing Calendar and Register Now

  • Registration for July 22 & 23 exams closes on July 8.
  • PREview exams are held in April through September.
  • Retesting in the same calendar year is available.

Learn more about the exam and free preparation resources to help you get started.

Participating Medical Schools

Schools Requiring PREview Scores

  • Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
  • Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  • Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
  • Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
  • University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
  • University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
  • University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
  • University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
  • University of Minnesota Medical School

Schools Requiring a Situational Judgment Test


The PREview exam satisfies this requirement.

  • Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Schools Recommending PREview Scores

  • Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
  • Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  • Des Moines University Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program
  • Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Howard University College of Medicine
  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
  • Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
  • Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health