<p>Hey guys. I'm a junior and I just took my first full-length SAT practice test. The Results (scores are given in ranges):</p>
<p>CR: 600-660
Writing: 760-800, 12 Essay
Math: 610-670</p>
<p>Since it's only my first practice test, I'm not too worried. But: how can I fix the strange discrepancy between the CR and writing scores? How do you even study for CR? Will my writing score make up for my CR score? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Read the NY Times or some big shot newspaper. Memorize vocabulary. Practice using CR workbooks & Kaplan/Barrons 2400 techniques & Grammatix.</p>
<p>Writing is entirely different from CR. In general i believe that writing is the most formula-based section. U memorize a few rules/tricks, write a good essay and your good to go.</p>
<p>Math is also easy to improve on if you brush up on your basic skills. However, the later questions get very tricky and i also tend to make stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>I think that CR is the hardest section and almost impossible to improve on in a short amount of time (my vocab has always been very good so i think memorizing vocab might help others). Since my first practice test, CR is the only section I haven't improved on (it's actually getting a little worse).</p>
<p>My score change since first practice test (approximately)</p>
<p>Writing 600 -> 760
Math 680 -> 720
CR 740-> 720 :(</p>
<p>for CR</p>
<p>it could be you're already doing this, but if you go through every question of every section in something like the blue book after you do them and verbalize in your head or out loud clearly what is wrong about 4 of the 5 choices, it'll really help you to not ever make those kinds of mistakes, identify your errors, figure out why you made them</p>
<p>the questions arent that different really, practice shouldve helped a lot by now, maybe it already did, i dont know</p>
<p>if you need more tests, theres always the 10 real sat books, theres 12 different tests between the second and third editions</p>
<p>the analogy sections are different, but other than that they are exactly the smae as the new tests in respect to the CR sections.</p>
<p>and plus theres the online course that you vould try and use</p>
<p>good luck</p>