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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrameshiftAndrew" data-source="post: 22242878" data-attributes="member: 1076276">You're welcome!! I've actually seen this before with a ton of students. The AAMC absolutely does NOT expect you to know everything that's mentioned in a passage or a question, and getting a solid feel for how they expect you to get certain information can make a major difference. What's more, there are even more layers to this when you dig deep into it—especially if you're struggling with timing, another interesting question to think about is "what is the least I have to know [or the least I have to do] to eliminate two answer choices so I can make a 50/50 guess?" Obviously, making 50/50 guesses isn't ideal, but it can sometimes be way better than wasting time that you'd otherwise spend unproductively. Another exercise I've sometimes found to be useful is to review a set of practice materials through the lens of "what is the least factual knowledge I would need to have to get every question right?" Reviewing through this lens can really help you see what you can and can't derive from the passage. Doing this kind of review is super time-consuming, but can pay very real dividends in terms of getting into the head of the test-writers.Believe it or not, that's not a coincidence at all! It's actually a really common issue, and lots of people find themselves in the position of having to rush or skip 1-2 CARS passages at the end. Timing can be tricky to work on, but it's possible. Here's an interesting factoid: people usually read aloud at about 150 words per minute, and each CARS passage is up to 600 words—so even if you literally read aloud, you'd get through a passage in about 4 minutes. This points to the fact that most timing problems in CARS don't directly reflect reading speed, but instead tend to be associated with problem-solving processes -- like how/when you go back to the passage, how effectively you do so, the amount of time you spend considering answer choices, and so on. So those processes are what to target when trying to tighten up that pace, and the first step in doing so is getting a sense of where your time is going and when it is/isn't paying off.Good luck!!</blockquote>

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