MCAT Question of the Day Video #1 How do I master the MCAT CARS Test?

In this 4 part video series we go into deeper depth on each aspect of mastering the MCAT Test. We’ll discuss finding the main idea, the key ideas that support it, and how to clearly understand even the longest sentences. Making sure that you get into the upper end of the MCAT Score Range requires a mastery of the fundamentals of language and verbal reasoning, including rhetoric, grammar, the relationship of ideas, and reflective intelligence. Like organic chemistry or physics, there are no ‘tips’ or ‘tricks’ or ‘exam taking techniques’. It’s about learning the basics of the language fundamentals. It takes some work, but if you’re willing to do it, there’s no reason you shouldn’t excel just as you did in your science courses. Rhetoric will allow you to recognize what type of essay you are reading. There are 4 basic types and when you know how each type is structured, you’ll be able to pick out the main idea in each one easily and quickly. Rhetoric will also give you the ability to pick out the key ideas that support the main idea. Grammar will give you the skills to take the most complex sentences and quickly reduce them to a clear statement of 5 or 6 words. Grammar is particularly important in really understanding questions and answers. If you’ve ever been stuck on trying to decide which of two answers is the right one, grammar will give you the skill to pick the right one. Once you can pick out the main idea and key ideas, reflective intelligence will give you the skills you need to see the relationship of the key ideas to the main idea and what those relationships suggest or imply. It may be a whole new meaning or idea that isn’t explicitly mentioned in the text but is only suggested. In our next video in the series, we’ll be going into real depth on rhetoric. It will really help when you’re taking an MCAT Practice Test. To learn more about this section of the MCAT Test, we invite you to attend one of our free classes (http://www.cambridgelearningcenter.org/youtube-mcat-verbal) or take a look at the other free resources that we have on our web page (http://www.cambridgelearningcenter.org/free-resources) or see how you’re doing by taking a free diagnostic test (http://www.cambridgelearningcenter.org/diagnostic-youtube)