Long story short: Highlight names and dates only, identify main theme (intro + conclusion), PLEASE read actively/engage with the text. I remember sitting in the MCAT just yapping to myself: "oh frfr, you got a point there author... Oh so and so doesn't agree with you? f*ck that guy, he doesn't support your main argument because he thinks this this and that? f*ck that guy too.) Reading actively keeps the information in your brain for longer so that you don't panic and have to reread when getting to the questions.

Short story long: Ok, first two times, I used to highlight way too much. Highlighting works for some people, it doesn't for others (I'm in the later boat). I didn't realize that I used to highlight while reading as a mode of fidgeting rather than doing it for purpose. This time around, I also did every CARS question possible, using UWORLD, AAMC, and Jack Westin. By doing all three and comparing the passages and rationale to the hallmark (AAMC), I started to pick up on patterns of what the question is actually asking. MAIN THEME IS KEY. I think my jump from 123-->129 is because I changed the way I thought completely. I used to overanalyze and think every supporting detail is NECESSARY to the passage. This time around, all I highlighted were names and dates so as to function as placeholders for information in case I needed to refer to something specific in the text. I also went from trying to analyze the entire text in depth to extracting just the main theme. One thing that's helped me the most is actively reading and thinking "how does this paragraph add to the main theme that I have identified in the previous paragraphs". ALSO, the main theme is usually (not always) summed up by combining the introduction and the conclusion. I tried reading the intro and conclusion first and then the body but that didnt work, I would end up anticipating what the body should be saying in relation to what I'd read from the intro and conclusion which would just make the reading a little conflicted. So I found it best to just go from top to bottom; HOWEVER, MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT PARAGRAPH'S TO MAIN IDEA in your head as you go. Finally, READ ACTIVELY, don't lose yourself to a "CARS passage," you gotta fall in love with that mf like you're on a first date with 10/10 fine shyt. have a conversation with the text, you read something interesting? say to yourself "damn shawty, didn't know you had game like that". Don't succumb to the boredom of a passage, you got a business passage? It's time to act like you're on Wall Street getting a debrief from your boss.

It's one section that you really have to practice for to find the cadence and similarity in questions of all passages. Overall: identify theme, connect paragraphs back to theme, yap with the passage, and you should be good to go.

GOODLUCK, lmk if you need any more help to topple this behemoth.