AAMC MCAT® Official Prep Updates

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Coming Soon: Learn more about new MCAT® Prep resources and enhancements for the 2027 testing year.  

New products and updates will be available Sept. 30, 2026.  

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Coming Soon: CARS Question Bank 


  • Get more Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS) practice in one place with the new CARS Question Bank. It includes 166 brand new questions and all 409 questions from the current CARS products, totaling 575 questions. It will be available for purchase as a standalone product or as part of the MCAT Official Prep Online-Only Bundle.  

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Update on Discontinued Products


  • The AAMC will no longer sell the CARS Diagnostic Tool and the CARS Questions Packs, Volumes 1 and 2, effective Sept. 14, 2026. Students who currently have access can continue to use the products until their expiration date. 

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What's on the MCAT Exam Content Outline Course Enhancements 


  • Resources from the CARS Diagnostic Tool will now be available for free in the What’s on the MCAT Exam Content Outline Course, including:  
    • 10 CARS practice questions (2 passages) from the CARS Diagnostic Tool with video walkthroughs on how to approach the passages  
    • Tips for answering questions across the three assessed skill areas 
  • Be sure to check out the Content Outline course, which currently includes the complete MCAT content outline with links to free content review resources and 120 practice questions covering all four sections of the MCAT exam. 

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Overview of Updates: 


Product Description Questions Included Availability
New CARS Question Bank ($70 for 1 year subscription)  Includes 166 new questions plus 409 questions from previously sold CARS products 575 Available Sept. 30, 2026 
CARS Question Pack Vol. 1  CARS practice passages and questions  120  No longer available for purchase after Sept. 14, 2026*; content will be included in the new CARS Question Bank 
CARS Question Pack Vol. 2  CARS practice passages and questions  120  No longer available for purchase after Sept. 14, 2026*; content will be included in the new CARS Question Bank 
CARS Diagnostic Tool  Includes CARS practice questions, tips, and video walkthroughs for two passage sets 169  No longer available for purchase after Sept. 14, 2026*; practice questions will be included in the new CARS Question Bank and tips and video walkthroughs will be available in the MCAT Content Outline Course. 
What's on the MCAT Exam Content Outline Course (Free) Tips and 10 practice questions with video walkthroughs from the CARS Diagnostic Tool will be available for free in the What's on the MCAT Exam Content Outline Course 120 free practice questions across all 4 exam sections Course currently available. The additional CARS Diagnostic Tool resources will be available Sept. 14, 2026.

* Students who currently have access can continue to use the products until their expiration date.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you purchased the bundle before the new CARS Question Bank was released, the product will not be included in your bundle since your purchase only included the products available at that time.  

Refunds will not be issued for any previous purchases.  

If you were using any of these three products, you will still have your activity and can continue to use the products until their expiration dates.

When using the new CARS Question Bank, you will see the same questions included in those products, but your answer history will not transfer to the new product.  

The new CARS Question Bank is $70 for a one-year subscription. The new price of the Online-Only Bundle will be $336.15 for a one-year subscription. 

Fee Assistance Program recipients who have active MCAT Official Prep products will have free access to the new CARS Question Bank in their accounts within two weeks of the product release. 

If you don’t see the product in your account by Oct. 14, please email mcatprep@aamc.org

Fee Assistance Program recipients who elect to receive MCAT Official Prep benefits after Sept. 30, 2026, will automatically receive the new CARS Question Bank as part of the MCAT Prep benefit. 

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