Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
9 passage-based sets (5–7 questions each); no discrete questions; no outside content knowledge required · 53 questions · 90 minutes. Passages are drawn from the humanities and social sciences. No prior subject knowledge is tested — every answer is supported by the passage itself.
0 discrete questions · 21 passage sets (126 passage questions) in this section, expanding.
CARS skills
Understanding the basic components of, and relationships among components of, the text.
Integrating distinct pieces of information to draw inferences and judge the author's reasoning.
Applying or extrapolating the passage's ideas to new contexts and incorporating new information.
Discipline mix (approx.)
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