CARS Reading Skills Workshop with Jack Westin: European Finance

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT CARS Podcast, Molly and Jack tackle a notoriously difficult CARS passage focused on European finance—and show you exactly how to break it down with confidence.

Try this exact passage and its questions for free: https://jackwestin.com/daily/mcat-practice-passages/cars-practice-passages/european-finance

👉 What you’ll learn in this workshop:

- How to handle dense, intimidating passages without panicking

- The key reading strategies to stay focused and avoid overthinking

- How to identify main ideas even when the passage seems confusing

- Why passages that feel 'hard to read' might actually have easier questions

- How to train your brain to spot the author’s argument quickly and effectively

Main Takeaway:

Even the most complex CARS passages have a clear main idea. In this case? Any international financial system in Europe must include Russia to succeed. Jack and Molly show you how to spot these golden sentences and not get lost in the weeds.

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