<p>Don't read the Journal. It'll poison your mind. Try the Times.</p>
<p>Seriously, though... well, there is only one reason that you got a 72 CR - you answered several questions wrong! Take practice tests and look at the ones you made mistakes on. Do the questions fit a particular type? Do you tend to overlook certain things? Find it and fix it.</p>
<p>If only it were that easy :(</p>
<p>I got 70 on freshman year, 75 on soph. year, 780 on verbal when I took first sat, and raised to 80 on psat, and 800 on real sat. That was simple. Read more, Read more, and Read more. That's the way. I read nytimes everyday, and a lot of the other things as well. Also, buy prep books and do it over and over and over. I used The 10 Real SAT, Official SAT, and Rocket Review. All of them were nice. Good luck!</p>