<p>My CR range is stuck between 600-670 and I really want to boost it up to 700 and above...
I'm not an avid reader and usually just read the books assigned in school- but since last September, I've been reading the Time magazine, etc. I've noticed a lot of improvement, yet I'm still stuck at 600-670! My SATs are in about 2 weeks, so I doubt I can see any jump in my score..</p>
<p>Apart from reading widely, deeply, etc, etc, etc, and memorizing vocab anyone have anything else to suggest?</p>
<p>well whats your strategy when dealing w/ reading passages?...if you have time you may want to play around w/ your strategy a bit in order to move more quickly through the q's(if your problem is not being able to finish)</p>
<p>I'm able to find patterns and find ways to do the Math and Writing portion, so I tried to do so fr the CR as well. I know they usually have the big picture question, what the author's opinion/tone is, etc. but I still can't get the right anwser! What I basically do is underline the line numbers that the questions ask about, read through the passage (but sometimes if the passage is esoteric or boring, I tend to find that I have no clue what it is talking about- or I think I understand the author's tone, but end up being wrong, etc), and anwser the questions using POE.</p>
<p>Well, don't overanalyze any of the questions, and don't draw conclusions while you read. That's usually how I ended up getting them wrong. Just deal with what they give you and don't think into it too much. When they give you a specific quote/line numbers that a question is based on, look at ONLY that section to answer.</p>