The MCAT CARS Podcast show

The MCAT CARS Podcast

Summary: The CARS section of the MCAT gives thousands of premeds nightmares every night. Whether you're an ESL student, lack confidence while reading, or are a slow reader like me, Jack Westin and the Medical School Headquarters are here to help you score higher in every section so that you can be confident you are ready to get the MCAT score of your dreams.

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  • Artist: Ryan Gray, MD of Meded Media and Jack Westin
  • Copyright: ©2019 Meded Media & Jack Westin

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 68: MCAT CARS: Shape-Shifting Across Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:18

In today's MCAT CARS passage, we're looking at history as the interrelation of self-consciousness and society. Is history dead or is it a window to the future?

 67: MCAT CARS Unmasks the Comedy in Slaughterhouse-Five | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:56

Finding hope through horror, this author dissects Slaughterhouse-Five. What can we learn about his stances on life, death, and comedy in this CARS passage?

 66: How to Answer Vague Questions on the MCAT | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:28

Today we read about fancy shoes that were banned in 15th-century London. We identify the point of the article and how to answer vague MCAT questions on it!

 65: MCAT CARS Asks: Are Inequality and Education Related? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:30

What is the greatest driver of student achievement, and is education everything when it comes to social mobility? Let's see what the passage has to say.

 64: MCAT CARS Dives Into the Legacy of Orwell's 1984 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:51

CARS passages are likely to reference things you're not familiar with. In this episode, we'll show you how to tackle a passage about a novel you haven't read!

 63: How to Tell Apart Opinion from Fact with MCAT CARS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:48

The key to answering CARS questions is to think like the author of the passage. Try reading this passage on your own first, then following along!

 62: MCAT CARS Compares Facts, Knowledge, and Beliefs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:22

Are you up for a philosophical challenge? Follow along with a great practice passage that teases apart the differences between knowledge, beliefs, and facts.

 61: MCAT CARS Investigates How We Recall Information | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:30

What's the best way to review and retain information? We'll cover this, plus a practice passage delving into the same topic as our discussion!

 60: MCAT CARS Learns How Keanu Reeves Stays Mysterious | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:49

Follow along with this challenging passage, where we talk about the news cycle and how to stay as mysterious as Keanu Reeves in an age of social media.

 59: Here’s Why You Should Never Skim a CARS Passage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:27

This passage features different points of view about the nature of the U.S. president’s power, and whether it resembles a monarch’s authority.

 58: Is 10,000 Steps The ticket to Good Health? MCAT CARS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:02

This MCAT CARS pacrtice passage takes on the conventional wisdom around health and wellbeing. Is 10,000 the magic number when it comes to step count?

 57: MCAT CARS Asks: Is Online Retail Creating Overabundance? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:55

Follow along with the practice passage featured in this episode. We'll ask: do online retailers create more variety at the expense of value?

 56: Reproducing the Past in Pop Culture With MCAT CARS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:30

Whether you enjoy a CARS passage or not, you have to get used to the discomfort! Here, we dive into visual culture, smartphones, and resurrecting the past.

 55: MCAT CARS: International Relations and Game of Thrones | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:36

This passage draws connections between European history and Westeros. Not a Game of Thrones fan? Remember: don't spend too much time on any one paragraph!

 54: Testing Our Capacity for Empathy with MCAT CARS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:16

If there is such a thing as the in-group and the out-group, can we expect to have absolute empathy for everyone? We tackle this big question with MCAT CARS.

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