The Khan Academy CARS Collection is a free resource created to help you understand and prepare for the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS) section of the Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT®) exam. In a series of videos, a cognitive scientist offers her descriptions of the CARS section and skills, including tips and examples from sample MCAT questions:
This Road Map provides links to free practice passages with sample content from the CARS section of the MCAT exam. In the What’s on the MCAT Exam Content Outline, you will find the official AAMC descriptions for the CARS section and skills assessed:
The Khan Academy CARS Collection also includes worked examples where the same cognitive scientist walks you through reading a passage and answering questions. Finally, practice on your own with passage sets that include descriptions of the skills assessed and explanations of the solutions to each question. The AAMC identified the CARS skills assessed by each question from the Khan Academy CARS Collection worked examples and practice sets in this Road Map.
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The Khan Academy MCAT Collection was created by Khan Academy with support and funding from the AAMC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
A Road Map to MCAT® Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills in The Khan Academy MCAT Collection is copyright © 2020 Association of American Medical Colleges. May be reproduced and distributed with attribution for educational and noncommercial purposes only. This information is not intended to prescribe a program of study for the MCAT exam, nor does use of this information guarantee success on the exam.