<p>wow.............</p>
<p>I didn't study for the reading part of the SAT, ever -- at least not on purpose. I like to read-- books, magazines, movie/book reviews, whatever-- and I figured my background in reading comprehension was good enough (I spent my time focusing on my math which is atrocious). </p>
<p>I read NY Times, the New Yorker, Time magazine and various movie reviews and music reviews from online sources a lot, for fun. I never sat down and studied SAT vocab-- ever. A few of my friends were doing a lot of vocab flash-cards and doing memory games/tricks. Some just sat down with a list and a dictionary for hours. </p>
<p>But if you read a lot in general, and focus on understanding more difficult stories/articles/passages-- the average New Yorker piece of fiction, understandably, is more dense and complex than something out of Gossip Girls or Seventeen magazine-- you really benefit. You pick up a lot of words, and figure out their meanings based on the context in which they're used, the tone of the passage etc. It's pretty easy, and everyone does it to a degree when they read an unfamiliar word.</p>
<p>My English ACT score was in the 30s. My SAT score was 790. I never studied for the English section, just read a lot.</p>