How do I improve my MCAT CARS score as quickly as possible?

Question

There are various strategies to improve your MCAT CARS score but not all methods are successful for everyone. The best way to find out what works out for YOU is to try them each out and see what fits.

Answer 1

I would recommend practicing reading. It doesn't have to be practice CARS passages specifically, but it would be helpful if that was the case. Many of these passages are not science-based and none of them require outside information. You could simply read articles online about topics that you wouldn't normally read about. Then try to identify the main idea and tone. You can simplify many questions if you try to just find the answer that fits best with the main idea and tone. Finally, make sure you can do this quickly. I used the timing rule that I had 4 minutes to read and understand a passage and 1 minute for each question. This helped keep me on track and I practiced a lot to be able to read quickly to pick out the main idea and tone. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

Med School applicants always tell me that they find the CARS section to be the most difficult section of the MCAT.

To improve your score, find a tutor who is very skilled in language and literary analysis. Also, use the official CARS questions from the test maker, so you will recognize the question types on the test.

I helped one of my med students raise his score from the 30th to the 78th percentile. We went over the official passages from the CARS section of the MCAT, and I explained the correct answers and the reasons for the wrong answers. That boost was exactly what he needed to get into Tufts.

I can help you learn how to read the passages and raise your score. :)