<p>Is this possible?
How do I have to study?
And..do I have to memorize the words? I really hate to memorize those things.. But if I have to, I would..Word Smart 1,2 maybe?
I tried Kaplan CR Workbook and I got 3 out of 10 on first practice of sentence completion..(And 2 of 3 were guessing!-which means I knew only 1 out of 10..I'm so depressed.)</p>
<p>Critical reading is hard to fix overnight. It's a general skill.</p>
<p>With that said, one thing to keep in mind is that many questions ask about the author's perspective. You have to try to remember what the author would think, not what you think. </p>
<p>Also, sometimes the correct answer borrows words exactly from the passage. That's usually a good giveaway. </p>
<p>Critical reading is the hardest to improve (in my opinion, although it was my worst...) because it's a skill. I'd say practice between now and the test. </p>
<p>Some people say that reading the questions first works well for them. Others say its a good idea to read the passages in paragraphs and answer the corresponding questions. Neither of those worked for me, but they may work for you.</p>
<p>yeah..practice...freshmen year i got 39, sophmore 45, junior 57, going for a 690-710</p>
<p>I think memorizing words is a bad idea but if you are having trouble with the sentence completetion then you probably do need to improve your vocabulary. The best way to do that is not to memorize words though, it's to read. Sit down with a good book (By this I mean a book with challenging vocabulary) and a dictionary for an hour every day, it will take a while (And it's hard) but it'll really help.</p>
<p>i have the SAME prob with CR..i mean My math is ok..my Writing needs a lil pracitce and it ll be ok.but the CR just kills me..so do u guys have any study tips for what i should do over this summer?</p>
<p>yeah, reading is excellent preparation.</p>
<p>If vocab is your most serious downfall, maybe you could just memorzie some common latin/greek root words. It's surprising how much English borrows from latin and greek. Also, I know when I'm reading, esp. when I'm reading in a foreign lang, I can work out the meaning of unfamiliar words by breaking them down into roots... </p>
<p>But I'm sorta talking out of my butt on that one, as I never heard of anyone doing that for the SAT.</p>
<p>If you work REALLY hard you might be able to. I got a 49 on my PSAT and a 610 on the SAT. Just be sure that when you do practice problems to look back at what you got wrong and make sure you understand your mistake.</p>
<p>do a lot of practice tests. it will defintely raise your score.
then, if you have time, learn vocab. it also helps.</p>
<p>from your nickname, i assume english is not your first language. colleges will understand that and give slack so don't overworry yourself.</p>
<p>I, too, got a 43 PSAT CR. Then I got a 380 on May SAT CR.</p>
<p>I got a 64 on CR for the PSAT and I got a 720 on the SATI.</p>
<p>I'm not a master at the SATs by any stretch of the mind, but knowing your tendencies and shifting your thinking to SAT passages helps immensely. The best thing to do is to see why you got things wrong and to figure out what your problem areas are.</p>
<p>For me, my problem areas were inference and whole idea questions, so I focused on those questions primarily and developed a state of mind to shift to while doing those questions. I also had a tendency to choose answers that were very extreme, so I also looked out for that.
I'm decent with the sentence completion, so I just generally went over a few.</p>
<p>I practiced for about 2 weeks and, honestly, practice is the best thing to do. Reading the classics, newspapers and novels also helps, but it generally helps when one reads consistently over a long period of time, I think. That being said, reading regularly will definitely help overall.</p>