Teaching CARS Since the Section Launched in 2015

Studying for CARS but Your Score Isn't Moving?

Built by a 99th percentile MCAT scorer and Stanford University School of Medicine graduate. Learn the reading, reasoning, and timing skills that push a stuck score toward 127+ on CARS. The full 30-day plan is below, so you can see exactly what you would be doing before you spend a dollar.
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The Full CARS Syllabus

30 Days of Method. Then 180 Passages to Master It.

CARS is a skill, and skills have a training plan. Here is the whole thing: what you learn each day, when the quiz load steps up, and what happens after the guided month ends.

30 Guided method days
180 Practice passages
35+ Hours of passage videos
5+ Hour fundamentals workshop
First, the method Days 1 through 30 teach one skill at a time: how to read a passage, every question type on the section, how wrong answers are built, and how to review your own work. A passage quiz every day, stepping from 1 passage up to 3.
Then, the volume After day 30 the method goes into reps: 180 passages with video breakdowns, 30 advanced modules, and in Elite, 70+ hours of official AAMC CARS material explained passage by passage.
Start Here The CARS Fundamentals Workshop

Everything begins with the 5+ hour workshop. It teaches the complete reading and reasoning method before you touch a timed passage, so your first rep is already a trained rep.

Welcome and Orientation
How the daily structure, passage quizzes, and review system work
CARS Fundamentals WorkshopKey module
5+ hours covering the full Testing Solutions method for reading, reasoning, and answering
Days 1 to 7 Learn to Read the Way CARS Rewards

One skill at a time: what the section actually tests, the habits that quietly cost points, and how to work a passage before the clock owns you. A passage quiz every day from day one.

01
The Plan and Getting Your Materials
1 passage quiz - how the next 30 days fit together
02
Breaking Down the MCAT CARS Section
1 passage quiz - what the section tests and how it is scored
03
Reviewing and Timing
1 passage quiz - the review habit that drives every later gain
04
MCAT CARS Myths: The Things Not To Do
1 passage quiz - the popular strategies that lower scores
05
How to Approach the PassageKey module
1 passage quiz - the core passage method
06
Passage Types: Argumentative
1 passage quiz - reading for the author's position
07
Argumentation and Modality
1 passage quiz - strength-of-claim language and why answers turn on it
Days 8 to 14 Keywords and the First Question Types

The quiz load steps up to 2 passages. You learn to track the words that carry the author's intent, then start the question-type series that runs through day 21.

08
Passage Types: Descriptive
2 passage quiz - reading when the author hides the argument
09
How to Use Keywords
2 passage quiz - transition, attitude, and emphasis words
10
Health, Wellness, and Stress Management
The second key: sustaining daily practice without burning out
11
Question Types: The Main Idea
Passage quiz - the question every passage asks
12
Question Types: Passage Detail
Passage quiz - finding without re-reading
13
Question Types: Implication
Passage quiz - what the author commits to without saying
14
Question Types: Inference
Passage quiz - the line between supported and attractive
Days 15 to 21 The Harder Question Types

Quiz load climbs to 3 passages. These are the question types that separate a 125 from a 129: new information, attitude, technique, and the formats that trip students on test day.

15
Question Types: Application
Passage quiz - carrying the author's logic to a new situation
16
Question Types: Integration of New Information
3 passages across two quizzes - when the question changes the passage
17
Question Types: Attitude
3 passages across two quizzes - tone, judgment, and distance
18
Question Types: Meaning of a Term
3 passage quiz - context over dictionary
19
Question Types: Author Technique
3 passage quiz - why the author built it this way
20
Question Formats: Negation Questions
3 passage quiz - EXCEPT, LEAST, NOT without losing time
21
Question Formats: Roman Numeral Questions
Focused single-format day
Days 22 to 30 Answer Pathologies and the Review System

The part most students never learn. Three days on how wrong answers are engineered to be attractive, then the complete review system: passage, questions, answers, and whole practice tests. This is where the method becomes self-correcting.

22
CARS Answer Pathologies, Part I
4 passages across two quizzes - the anatomy of a trap answer
23
CARS Answer Pathologies, Part II
How distortion, extremes, and half-right answers work
24
CARS Answer Pathologies, Part III
Completing the wrong-answer framework
25
How to Take a CARS Practice Test
Test-day conditions, pacing, and mindset
26
How to Review a CARS Passage
Reviewing your reading, not just your answers
27
How to Review CARS Questions
Diagnosing why a question went wrong
28
How to Review CARS Answers
Separating a lucky right answer from a sound one
29
Putting It All Together: Reviewing an Entire Practice TestKey module
The full review workflow end to end
30
Advanced Study Techniques
Graduating from the guided phase
After Day 30 The 180-Passage Library, Until It Is Automatic

The method goes into volume. 180 original CARS passages with full video breakdowns, plus 30 advanced modules for the plateaus that show up at higher scores. You keep the daily rhythm; the passages keep coming.

180 CARS Practice PassagesKey module
Multiple attempts per passage: 2 in Pro, 6 in Elite, so you can re-run a passage after review
35+ Hours of Passage Breakdown Videos
Watch the reasoning run line by line on the passages you just took
30 Advanced CARS Modules
Targeted fixes for pacing, hard passages, and score plateaus
Elite Only AAMC CARS, Explained Passage by Passage

CARS Elite adds 70+ hours walking through official AAMC CARS material: both Question Packs and the Diagnostic. You practice on the real thing and then watch exactly how the method handles every question.

AAMC CARS Question Pack I ReviewCARS Elite
Full video explanations, passage by passage
AAMC CARS Question Pack II ReviewCARS Elite
Full video explanations, passage by passage
AAMC CARS Diagnostic ReviewCARS Elite
The official diagnostic, worked with the method
Testing Solutions Student Results Section
Real Student Results

Students Who Improved Their MCAT CARS Scores

See how Testing Solutions helped students improve confidence, strategy, timing, and performance on the CARS section.

Cindy L.

Cindy L.

Stanford University
132
“Testing Solutions helped so much...it was the biggest factor in my CARS score.”
Cindy accepted medical school score report

“I just wanted to say thank you for creating such a great CARS Bootcamp course with Testing Solutions. I got my MCAT score back about 2 weeks ago and got a 132 on CARS!

I started off with CARS being my worst section and increased my confidence through the Bootcamp. I truly believe that it was the biggest factor in my CARS score.

Sana B.

Sana B.

New York University
129
“Improving from 120 to 129 is a huge jump and I definitely credit TS.”
Sana accepted medical school score report

“Since English is not my first language, I knew I needed to practice a lot for CARS. I got a 120 on my first CARS practice and thought I would have to postpone my MCAT.

I finished the Testing Solutions Bootcamp and my score increased from 122 to 128. Improving from 120 to 129 on CARS is a huge jump and I definitely credit TS practice materials.

Matt S.

Matt S.

Brooklyn College
129
“Testing Solutions was the best investment I made for my MCAT prep.”
Matt accepted medical school score report

“When I started studying, it felt like an unmanageable task. I was particularly concerned about CARS.

The Bootcamp impacted the way I tackled CARS. By the time I took the test, it felt like second nature. Testing Solutions was the best investment I made in preparing for the MCAT.

Before You Decide

Questions Students Actually Ask

Should I get Pro or Elite?
If you plan to practice with the official AAMC Question Packs, or you are retaking, choose Elite: the 70+ hours of AAMC explanations and 6 attempts per passage are built for exactly that work. If you are early in your prep or on a budget, Pro teaches the complete method with the same 180 passages. The full side-by-side is right below this section.
How is this different from other CARS prep?
Most programs treat CARS as one chapter inside general MCAT prep. Testing Solutions has taught CARS specifically since the section launched in 2015, and everything runs on one repeatable method: how to read, how to reason through each question type, and how to review your own work. Every practice passage comes with a full video breakdown, not just an answer key.
How long until my score starts moving?
The guided curriculum takes 30 days, and it is built so the method changes how you read within the first two weeks. Score movement depends on where you start and how honestly you run the review system, which is why the review days are scheduled into the plan rather than left to willpower.
I keep scoring 122 to 124. Is this for me?
That range is exactly who the course was built for. A stuck score in the low 120s usually means reading without a method and reviewing without a system. Days 22 through 30 target the two things that hold that plateau in place: recognizing how wrong answers are engineered, and learning to review a passage instead of just rereading it.
English is not my first language. Will the method still work?
Yes. The method does not depend on reading fast or knowing every word. It teaches you to track the author's structure and intent, which multilingual students can build with the same daily reps. The keyword and timing lessons in the first two weeks were shaped with exactly this challenge in mind.
What happens after I buy?
You get instant access through the Testing Solutions member portal, and you can start the CARS Fundamentals Workshop tonight. Access lasts 18 months, so a shifted test date does not cost you the course. Both versions come with a 100% money-back guarantee; see the Terms of Use for details.
Pro or Elite?

Pick Your Version of the Same System

Same method, same 180 passages, same 30 days. Elite adds 6 attempts per passage and 70+ hours of official AAMC CARS explanations.

CARS Pro

Strategy-Based CARS Training
$ 129
  • Expert Guidance by a 99th Percentile Tutor
  • 180 CARS Practice Passages
  • 2 Attempts Per Passage
  • 5-Hour CARS Basics Workshop
  • 35+ Hours of Passage Videos
  • 30 Advanced CARS Modules
  • 18 Months of Access
  • Money-Back Guarantee*
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CARS Elite

Advanced MCAT CARS System
$ 199
  • Expert Guidance by a 99th Percentile Tutor
  • 180 CARS Practice Passages
  • 6 Attempts Per Passage
  • 5+ Hour CARS Basics Workshop
  • 35+ Hours of Passage Videos
  • 30 Advanced CARS Modules
  • 18 Months of Access
  • Money-Back Guarantee*
  • Elite Upgrade Value
    70+ Hours of AAMC CARS Explanations
    Get deeper walkthroughs of official-style CARS reasoning so you can better understand why answers are right, wrong, and tempting.

FREE MCAT CARS RESOURCE

Want to Understand How We Approach CARS?

Testing Solutions has been teaching its approach to MCAT CARS since 2015. This free 30-Day CARS Guide, originally developed by Dr. Nick Zehner, founder of Testing Solutions, walks you through the core methodology step by step.

If you want to work through the method on your own, this is a great place to start. It is free, practical, and gives you a good introduction to how we think about reading, reasoning, timing, and reviewing CARS passages.

Our complete CARS prep programs go much further, with video instruction, practice passages, guided strategies, and additional practice to help you actually apply the methodology. But we also realize that not every student is ready to purchase a full prep program.

So start here. Try the methodology for yourself, work through the guide, and see how it works for you.

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The 30 Day Guide to MCAT CARS Success breaks CARS preparation into manageable daily lessons designed to help you develop a repeatable approach to passages, question types, timing, answer elimination, and review.

30 Days of Structured CARS Strategy

Build your CARS approach one focused lesson at a time.

Learn How to Approach Passages

Work on argumentation, passage types, keywords, main ideas, and author perspective.

Understand CARS Question Types

Develop strategies for inference, implication, passage detail, application, attitude, and more.

Improve How You Review

Learn a process for reviewing passages, questions, answers, and full-length CARS practice.

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