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CARS — Critical Analysis & Reasoning
Passages from humanities and social sciences requiring argument tracking and inference.
What you need to know
1CARS is the section with the LOWEST correlation to undergraduate GPA
2Annotate paragraph function, not content: 'claim', 'evidence', 'counterpoint', 'response'
3Inference answers must follow NECESSARILY from the text — not plausibly or probably
4Strengthen/weaken questions require identifying the argument's unstated assumption first
Average score improves 10+ points with structured 3-month preparation
About the MCAT
- Full name
- Medical College Admission Test
- Passing score
- 515+ for competitive medical schools (125/section average)
- Questions in bank
- 3,200+
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