Full MCAT CARS Passage Walkthrough
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- In this video, I walk you through a full MCAT CARS passage from start to finish with the method that I used to score a 131, the 99th percentile, on the MCAT. Feel free to follow along, comment, and reach out to me if you have any questions! If anything in this video helps you, leave a like, subscribe, and share it with a friend that's also writing the MCAT!
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I know I pronounced hedonist wrong, I wasn't lying when I said my name is Eric, I'm 21 and I never learned to read
Do you offer CARS tutoring sessions??
Hey Brittany, reach out to me on instagram @ ericsun20 and we can discuss this further :)
Hi this is for future references about the tips (also probably a little easier to have time stamps for people to quickly look through!)
#1 (1:41) Pay attention to the W's (who, what, where, when, why, and how)
#2 (2:37) Compare different ideas (look for similarities and differences)
#3 (3:45) Categorize items in a list (break them up into manageable groups)
#4 (5:45) Infer words (use context around that word, get a feeling if it is a negative/positive word)
#5 (6:23) Highlight key words (things like increase/decrease or agree/disagree)
#6 (6:40) Use strikeout tool (narrow answer choices)
Thanks for this amazing video, always found CARS to be so hard.
You forgot tip #7 who's opinion do they want at 7:05
This was extremely in depth. Good job
Thanks Justin! That was very kind of you :)
I never write comments but I found this video to be super helpful! It was great to see how you approached the question and the mindset you had when answering. A lot of the other videos I watched just gave me general tips but it was hard for me to take it all in without an example! So thanks so much for this video!!!!
Thanks for the kind words Rebecca! I'm glad that you found the video helpful. It makes all the work that goes into these videos well worth it! :)
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! It has really helped me to reflect on WHAT I was doing wrong/WHY it has taken me so much time. I'd love to see more videos like this!
Thank you Hanna! I am really glad that it helped :)
THIS IS A LIFESAVER THANK YOU
Happy to help Eileen! Thanks for the comment :)
I honestly feel like I get so overwhelmed so fast when I read a passage and questions. I just get scared and my eyes kinda glaze over and I don't know where to look. It seemed your highlighting made the difference for me. I MUST DO NOW. THANK YOU SIR!
Really helpful! thank you so much! I feel like I will actually do a lot better now. I would love to see more videos like this for CARS. I have trouble with P/S passages that are heavy on research design questions, it would great to see you make a video on that :)
Thanks Almira! I'll definitely make some more of these videos in the future :)
This was really helpful! I went from always missing like 1 or 2 questions on JW to now getting 100
The guy is a legend. Pls upload more cars videos like this
Will try to upload some more in the future!
Could you please do another one of these CARS Walkthrough but taking more time explaining the rationales behind your answer choices? I had bit of a hard time keeping up with the middle to end portion of this video, which was mainly concerned with the questions/answers. Thank you.
They will be coming in the future (hopefully soon!) :)
Thank you so much for this! I noticed I get them wrong when I focus on answering quickly and not prioritize an analysis for each answer and why they could be wrong choices.
Thank you so much!! Wow this is incredible and really made me understand what am I missing from the author's main idea, what am I overanalyzing and how to use process of elimination. Thank you! This made CARS seem less daunting and more "simple" when approaching a passage :)
More passage walk throughs please
Thanks for the feedback Kirsten! I'll work on some more :)
Your videos are so helpful, thank you soooo much!!!!
Thanks Shoni! Glad you liked it :)
Not a true walkthrough. He walks you through how he would do it but doesn’t do a good job throughly explaining incorrect answers.
that was so so helpful! Thank you! I wish I could think like you :)
This was very helpful! You make it look so effortless. I'm going to do practice CARS passages today and will give your strategy a try. :)
I'd love a video more detailed on your thinking when eliminating answer choices
I'd love a video more detailed on your thinking when eliminating answer choices
Thanks Madeline! Thanks for the kind words. I hope that my strategy works for you and I'll try to get out some more CARS passage walkthroughs soon in the future. Keep on practicine! You got this :)
I have about a month left and am feeling like there really is no hope for my cars, but I am going to try this approach and see what happens
Awesome video man
Thanks Farshad :)
Hi Eric! This video was super helpful! Wondering if you could make a similar walk-through video for B/B and C/P sections too?
Hey Josephine! Glad you found this video to be very helpful :) I would love to make more walk-through videos for the other sections! However, unlike CARS, the other sections depend a lot on the knowledge base you already have and a walk through video might be a hit-or-miss for a lot of viewers. To help as many people as possible, I'm not sure a B/B or C/P walkthrough would be in their best interest right now. If you want to reach out to me and talk with me about this, feel free to reach out on Instagram or Facebook :)
@@EricSun20 thanks Eric! just messaged you on fb (:
Thank you! Would love to see more cars passage breakdowns! It would help if the screen was zoomed in more I had a hard time reading along with you for the passage and questions.
Noted! That's a great feedback point and I'll keep that in mind for the next one! :D
Thank you sir
Thank you for this video!! Did you highlight like this while you were practicing as well and also on test day?
Hey Rehnuma, yes this is the method I used on test day :)
Omg I did 3 passages in a row and would get about 50% correct. I watched your video and got all the questions correct, two passages in a row thank you so much!!!!
Hey Cathylan! Glad it helped you out :D
Cars is the bane of my existence 😢 but so far I’m on slow but progressive pace
Yayay I got 5/6
That's awesome! Glad to see it :)
This is SO HELPFUL !!! I know you said for CARS, its easier to work your way down i.e. 15 minutes to 10 minutes to 8 minutes per passage with time. But ideally on the actual exam, do you recommend spending 4 minutes reading the passage?
Hey again Idara and thank you for your continued support :)
Ideally, you want to spend as little time as possible reading so long as you grasp the passage to sufficiently answer the questions. Unfortunately, I can't tell you an exact number because you read differently than I do, but I found 5 minutes to be a good benchmark. You may find it better to do 4 minutes or 6 minutes, etc. but that will all come with practice! Hope that helps :)
@@EricSun20 Thank you!! It does!
Great! Stay in touch Idara :)
Jack Westin passages seem to be pretty short compared to the average blueprint test passage. What’s it like compared to the actual MCAT? I’m pretty slow at reading and I’m trying to get better but the length is definitely slowing me down
BRO I WATCHED THIS VIDEO AND THEN DID AAMC FL2 TODAY AND WENT FROM 124->130 OMG WTF TY MAN, IVE BEEN HARDSTUCK 124 SINCE MAY 2019 T_TTTTTTTTTTTT
Love it 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 keep it up bro
@@EricSun20 I GOT MY SCORE BACK TODAY AND I SCORED 130 ON THE REAL THING OMG TYSM BRO WE GOING ALL THE WAY UP
AYYYYY I AM SO PROUD! I know there must have been a TON of work in getting this score, but I would love to think that my video helped you at least a little bit. Congrats on the score! That's fantastic!
@@EricSun20 im hard stuck at 124 too and I test in 9 days. Ill come back lyk if i see improvement too!
@@abhipatel8890 good luck man
Hi Eric, thank you so much for the great videos! One question, when we go back to review the answer explanation, do you recommend an in-depth read, or skim through just like what you did? Many times I found the explanation so redundant and slow-to-the-point...But I forced myself to read through them carefully to try to develop the mindset, not sure if it was helpful...
Hi WL, that might depend on the source. If you're doing AAMC practice, definitely read them in depth and understand it completely. If you're doing practice for another purpose (building stamina, getting the main idea), sometimes an overly in-depth review may not be warranted.
I have 3 weeks, do you think I can improve to a 127 from a 122?
Definitely! Keep working at it and you'll see the improvement you're looking for
tbh I like your method more compared to the others that say either to read the whole passage (no notes/highlighting) and answer or write small sentences for each paragraph, too time consuming imo. I'd rather spend that time attacking the questions. Thanks!
Thanks Bryan! Glad you found this video helpful :)
Hey Erik, is your method for CARS comprised of only highlighting?
Check out my video 8 easy tips and tricks to score 131 in MCAT CARS!
In my practice, the questions I typically get wrong are those that have answers that actually ARE supported with evidence in the passage but it’s not the “best” answer. How do you recommend going about that issue?
That's a really common question trap that the AAMC likes to use. Good on you for recognizing somewhere you can improve! I would emphasize choosing an answer that ANSWERS the question. Lots of choices can be factually correct or supported by the passage, but they might not actually give an answer to the question at hand. Try that and let me know how it goes Brandon! Hope that helps :)
@@EricSun20 Gotcha, will definitely keep that in mind for my practicing. Thanks Eric! :)
Happy to help Brandon! Check in soon and looking forward to hearing back from you! :)
Hi Eric! I left you a dm on insta but I was just wondering if you had advice on how to do content review. I’m reading the Kaplan books and I’ve been taking notes + doing practice questions but I feel like this process is tedious and not beneficial in the long run.
Totally agreed, I replied to your DM on insta :)
Great video! Did you read the passage beforehand? Or was this the first time reading it?
I did try to get a sense of the passage before recording so I could make a stronger and more helpful tutorial :)
Eric Sun MD tbh I think it would be MUCH better for us if you make a video when you read the passage for the first time.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll see what I can do in the future to integrate this into my videos :)
What resources did you use to practice? other than AAMC material. Thanks so much for the video!
Hey Deli, check out my video on resources here: czcams.com/video/RDhvoTv3Mok/video.html
@@EricSun20 Thank you Eric!
@@EricSun20 One more question - did you do a similar level of highlighting on your practice and actual test as well?
Hey Deli, sorry I just saw this. Yes, I did a similar level of highlighting :)
@@EricSun20 Great thanks so much!
Is this all you used to practice CARS? Jack Westin?
the tips were great, but also your HAIR :O
First to notice!!
ayy you got a haircut LOL
About time! 😂
Thank you for this video!! Did you highlight like this while you were practicing as well and also on test day?
Hey Rehnuma, yes this is identical to how I completed my MCAT CARS section on test day :)
Eric Sun MD thank you! I am following a prep company and they told me not to highlight but after watching your video, I started highlighting and it made a world of a difference.
That's great to hear Rehnuma! :)