ManInBlack Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Hello everyone, I am asking for some advice about my MCAT preparation. I just finished second year at an Ontario University. My MCAT is scheduled for late August 2019. May is almost up and at this point in time I am feeling ok about sciences but I'm just not great at CARS. I completed the AAMC QPack Volume 1 and did poorly, I am also using Khan Academy for practice. Being a Canadian student, I have realized just how important the CARS section is for us. I just feel like my skills in this section are not super great right now. I was contemplating two options: 1) Take the exam next summer (2020), take this summer and to chill and read a lot to improve general reading/comprehension and keep practicing CARS on the side until this time next year. 2) Do my best and give it a shot this year (worst case scenario = rewrite) If anyone has been in the same boat/struggled with CARS and managed to improve, what would you do in such a situation? Not getting the score I want this year will entail going through the whole three-month grind all over again, which I am scared of. That is why I am not sure what I should do. Need some perspective/motivation. Also, for additional third-party practice I was debating on buying Exam Crackers 101 and or Next Step 108, what would those who have used these materials suggest? one or the other or both? Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachdoc Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 I found that this was a really good resource for CARS. https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/testing-solutions-30-day-guide-to-mcat-cars-success.1131850/ You need an account on SDN to access it. Don't need to pay for the course, everything is written on the post!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockboeser6 Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 imo, you still have a lot of time to practice for CARS. A lot can improve in those 3 months. CARS was always my lowest score on practice tests but I just focused on doing practice passages every day for the three months leading up to the exam. I wouldn't be too worried if you're scoring in the low 120s. Just keep practicing/reading every day. I've used Next Steps before (back in 2015 I believe) - they were still fairly new back then. I found them much more difficult compared to the actual exam. I would score in the 121-126 range on Next Steps consistently and ended up with a 128. The actual exam felt easier too after going through Next Steps tests so that was a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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