Hey SDN,
I am a pre-medical student who has written the MCAT twice. I scored a 510 in my first exam (130,123***,129,128), and I was devastated by my CARS score. Going into the exam, I was struggling with verbal reasoning, and to be honest, I didn't allot enough time towards practice and building important foundational CARS skills. The second time around, I thought I had learned my lesson. I practiced almost daily, doing anywhere from 2-10 passages a day. I was doing whatever material I could get my hands on: EK 101, Princeton verbal passages, Kaplan old verbal reasoning exams, NS1-6 FLs, EK 1-4 FLs. As I edged closer to my MCAT date, I was scoring around 126-127 on the NS exams, which to me is good enough.
My second MCAT's result came back last week: 511 (130,123****,131,127). Although its a good overall score, I can't apply to most schools (in canada at least, I'm canadian) due to section cut offs.
So I ask you SDN, what should I do to improve my CARS score. Its been my dream to get into medical school, and I'm not letting CARS stop me from doing that. Any tips on technique you've used, or ways that you improved your CARS score would go a very long way .
Sorry for the long post!
I am a pre-medical student who has written the MCAT twice. I scored a 510 in my first exam (130,123***,129,128), and I was devastated by my CARS score. Going into the exam, I was struggling with verbal reasoning, and to be honest, I didn't allot enough time towards practice and building important foundational CARS skills. The second time around, I thought I had learned my lesson. I practiced almost daily, doing anywhere from 2-10 passages a day. I was doing whatever material I could get my hands on: EK 101, Princeton verbal passages, Kaplan old verbal reasoning exams, NS1-6 FLs, EK 1-4 FLs. As I edged closer to my MCAT date, I was scoring around 126-127 on the NS exams, which to me is good enough.
My second MCAT's result came back last week: 511 (130,123****,131,127). Although its a good overall score, I can't apply to most schools (in canada at least, I'm canadian) due to section cut offs.
So I ask you SDN, what should I do to improve my CARS score. Its been my dream to get into medical school, and I'm not letting CARS stop me from doing that. Any tips on technique you've used, or ways that you improved your CARS score would go a very long way .
Sorry for the long post!