<p>crazymiler08 and MallomarCookie, I completely agree. :) AP English Language was the best thing I did for my CR score. I really did not study for CR—I was focusing all my energy on improving my math score—but my CR score jumped from a 700 to an 800. I really think it's because of the skills I learned in that class.</p>
<p>I typically do pretty well in essay problems.
However, most of the problems I miss are sentence completion....what should I do?
2 months left before June SAT...should I start memorize vocabs from a book such as "Word smart"?</p>
<p>I am also trying to use Word Smart. Do you all know if it is a good book for SAT Vocab?</p>
<p>I agree with a lot of the other memebers that it's typically best to stick with your gut instinct, since a lot of the answers after reading them through make you look back on the passage and infer things that you might not have noticed the first time around- typically, these answers are wrong and the ones where you stuck with your gut are correct.</p>
<p>Another good method I use is "chunking". On the SAT, the questions that follow the passage are typically in sequential order (lines 1-10 first, etc.). First, read lines 1-10 and then answer those questions, then do the same for the next bit. You should save all questions that talk about the general feel or theme until the end (even if it's listed as the first question). This way, you can read more carefully each part of the passage. It's an okay method on the short passages, but works REALLY WELL on the long ones.</p>
<p>If you have questions about it, I'd be happy to help ;)</p>
<p>I do really well on the CR from the practice books (around mid-700s) but somehow I got a 670 on the real SAT...but anyway. Here's my two cents:</p>
<p>Like someone has already mentioned, make sure you can find justification for your answer in lines or phrases of the passage. In the PR book, every correct answer is given an explanation along with a direct quote from the passage. I find this to help a lot.</p>