how to improve CARS

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In reading this forum, what stands out is that a lot of applicants who achieved high CARS scores on the actual MCAT started scoring very highly from their very first CARS diagnostic exam.

I'm curious to hear from any and all who started out with modest CARS scores on diagnostic exams and ended up scoring very high on the real CARS section.

What kinds of materials and strategies did you use and for how long?

Any pitfalls to avoid?

And what kind of academic background did you have as an undergrad?

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Thanks! Have you tried this approach?

Yeah. The key to doing well on CARS is to read the passage actively to understand the main idea/why the author wrote that passage, and use that main idea to answer the questions. The guide i linked outlines it in detail and gives useful tips on answering questions.
 
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