For most pre-meds taking the MCAT, the CARS section proves to be one of the biggest obstacles standing between them and admission to the medical school of their dreams. The CARS section is a highly artificial environment, unlike any test you’ve ever taken before. It can be difficult to know where to begin and what steps to take to improve your overall CARS approach. Everyone and their mother seem to have an opinion about how to do well on the CARS section, opinions that often contradict each other as often as they agree. To make matters worse, unlike the other sections of the MCAT which play to the inherent strengths of pre-meds, hardly anyone starts off with a CARS score in range of where they’d like to be on test day. Fear sets in, and the “you’re not going to get in” gremlins starting chanting their mean-spirited slogans; all because of one stinking section.
Nick Zehner
Nick Zehner is the lead content writer for Testing Solutions, LLC. He’s currently finishing his Masters of Divinity degree at Harvard University and will be an M1 at Stanford Medical School this fall. Check out the Testing Solutions’ 30 Day Guide to MCAT CARS Success thread here on SDN or download a free PDF version of their 30 Day Guide here.