{"id":2373,"date":"2021-05-25T19:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2021-05-25T19:02:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:02:17","slug":"cars-mcat-tips-practice-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/cars-mcat-tips-practice-video\/","title":{"rendered":"CARS MCAT Tips and Practice Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Student watching Magoosh CARS MCAT Tips video\" width=\"1200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/files\/2021\/05\/MCAT-CARS-Power-Hour-v2-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you probably already know, the <a href=\"https:\/\/students-residents.aamc.org\/whats-mcat-2015-exam\/critical-analysis-and-reasoning-skills-section-overview\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CARS section of the MCAT<\/a> tests your &#8220;critical analysis and reasoning skills.&#8221; This section of the MCAT is <strong>90 minutes with 53 total questions<\/strong> that accompany several passages on various subjects: philosophy, the humanities and social sciences, population health, and more. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve put together the ultimate CARS &#8220;Power Hour&#8221; video: an MCAT CARS practice session just for you!<\/p>\n<p>Everything you need to know to answer the questions is contained within the provided passages, but they can definitely be tricky. Passages deal with complex subject matter and often contain challenging vocabulary. In this video, two of our MCAT experts, Kat and Jake, will walk you through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their <strong>best CARS MCAT tips for acing the section<\/strong> (including skimming for ideas, pacing, labeling, and more!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual MCAT CARS practice<\/strong> using Magoosh test prep materials (working through four real CARS practice questions)<\/li>\n<li>A review and <strong>discussion of the answers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An <strong>exclusive Q&#038;A<\/strong> about the prompts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out this CARS &#8220;Power Hour&#8221; and practice video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQwJsOYsRz8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" style=\"border: 0 allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more CARS practice, check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/mcat-content-review\/mcat-cars\/\">CARS section<\/a> of our <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/\">MCAT blog<\/a> for even more CARS MCAT tips<\/li>\n<li>Our ultimate guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/mcat\/mcat-cars-how-to-study\/\">how to study for the MCAT CARS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The link to three free, full-length practice tests, found below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy studying and good luck! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, Magoosh&#8217;s MCAT experts will walk you CARS MCAT tips and real-world practice problems to help you ace this 90-minute section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":2384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2347],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mcat-cars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - 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