<p>I scored a 2190 (M: 760, CR: 670, W: 760, essay:12) on my second time.
I'm currently a junior and shooting for a third and last time this Oct.</p>
<p>Which is better for me for the summer? Blue book (official guide) or barrons 2400?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>At this point you don't need strategies, you need practice. Get the blue book and do practice tests.</p>
<p>I second that.</p>
<p>Looks like you need to memorize some words.</p>
<p>Personally, I'd get both, because Barrons is so difficult that the real questions will seem like a piece of cake. Barrons isn't long enough to last you the whole summer by itself though</p>
<p>GET BOTH! You can get the best of both worlds and use them both to your advantage. Wow, that was tough.</p>
<p>well I ordered the student-answer form and it showed I only missed a total of 3 on the vocab...</p>
<p>Here's the breakdown I got
12: essay
-3: Spot-the-error
-3: sentence completion
-7: passages
-2: math (careless)</p>
<p>I'm shooting for 2300+, which means I'll need to improve at least 100 points by Oct..</p>
<p>Atomicbomb22 makes a good point.
Well, vocab helps a lot in passage comprehension too as I have felt.</p>
<p>I know that passage questions have vocab questions (e.g., in context, what does this mean), but how else can I raise my CR score? It's so hard, as I have no timeto read.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>reading reading reading reading reading reading reading </p></li>
<li><p>develope your own strategies (to take notes vs. not to take notes / to skim (and go back later) vs. to scrutinize (and seldom go back later), etc.)</p></li>
<li><p>practice practice practice practice</p></li>
</ul>
<p>reading what though?</p>
<p>(srry double post)</p>
<p>^^well theres this crazy thing called books that have been around for over 3 millennia. You could start there</p>
<p>Sorry couldn't resist :P</p>
<p>Seriously though, I haven't read a book in over 2 years and I still get over 730 in the CR. Just study the short passages that appear on SAT type exams and you'll be good to go. Also memorize the sparknotes "250 most difficult sat words" list (search google).</p>
<p>chopin, I've been reading the International Herald Tribune for a while since it's the only newspaper I have easy access to written in English.
Can't tell you yet if it was a good idea for I take the SAT the first time in a few days.</p>
<p>But hey, how about something you're interested in?</p>
<p>hey rister, thanks for the advise! But the thing is, SAT CR covers a bunch of passages on different topics... let's say I like history, but if I don't read novels, will that hurt me then? Because I've heard you've gotta read everything...</p>
<p>btw..thanks atomicbomb22! I'll definitely look into that list</p>