Hello Pre-Health Students,
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our free Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS) Workshop again this spring.
Here are the details. It is important that you read all this information carefully.
We hope that many of you will take advantage of this workshop. While both the MCAT and the DAT have content (science/math) sections, there are classes you can take to prepare for those sections. However, mastery of critical analysis, reasoning skills, and reading comprehension are also tested on both the MCAT (CARS) and the DAT (Reading Comprehension), and there are no formal classes you can take to prepare yourself for this section. That is the goal of this workshop: to provide you with tips, strategies and techniques you can learn and practice to improve your speed and performance on this section.
This workshop should be useful to students at any stage of preparation. Junior and senior level students planning to take the MCAT or DAT soon should be particularly interested in this workshop and are strongly encouraged to participate. We offer this workshop every semester, thus freshmen and sophomores might want to wait to take the workshop in the future.
The workshop is composed of three parts:
1) Classes where different strategies are introduced and explained.
2) Practice sessions designed to let you practice the strategies you learned.
3) Real, full-length practice CARS passages to let you test how you are doing.
[Pre-dental students – we are working with the MCAT because multiple practice MCAT tests are available and this is not the case with the DAT.]
If you sign up, you are expected to participate in all workshop sessions. We expect a commitment on your part to participate fully. If your schedule this semester is such that you cannot participate fully, wait until we offer the workshop again. This workshop is free for Texas State students. We will cover the cost of the instructor and all materials.
Workshop Location: For all class session, the room is Supple Rm 153.
Adherence to all COVID-19 protocols is expected (masks on, staggered seating, etc)
It is advised that you bring a laptop to all workshop section, however it is particularly essential that you bring one for the pre-test and post-test.
The workshop schedule is as follows:
Pre-Test: Saturday, March 27 11:00am-2:00pm **BRING LAPTOP**
Workshop session 1: Sunday, March 28 10:00am-2:00pm
Workshop session 2: Saturday, April 3 10:00am-2:00pm
Post-Test: Sunday, April 4 11:00am-2:00pm **BRING LAPTOP**
If you are serious about participating in the workshop, please complete and submit this short Google Form to register.
Workshop Signup: https://forms.gle/TQrG5AQ6ujafsrqE6
To encourage perfect attendance – we will give you extra MCAT practice materials from the AAMC for free if you attend ALL portions of the workshop. Rewards given out on Sunday, April 4.
If you require special accommodations due to COVID-19 please email the workshop leader Mason Bartman (mason) and copy me on the email (mb79). We will do our best to make it possible for all interested to attend and benefit from this workshop.
We need everyone who participates to agree to attend all sessions so we can compile reliable statistics to track the effectiveness of the workshop.
Contact Dr. Banta with any questions.
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Marilyn R. Banta, Ph.D.
(she,her,hers)
Pre-Health Advisor
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biology
Texas State University
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666
(off) 512.245.3367
(fax) 512.245.8713
Mb79
Click HERE to schedule your
pre-health advising appointment!
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