<p>okay, so on cb practice tests i've been missing 8 or 9. (the first one was taken a while ago, and i missed none of the vocab stuff, just the passages, the second i missed 3 of the vocab ones and 6 of the regular ones, so i think i may be slightly improving on the passage based reading q's) </p>
<p>does anyone know what score this would actually amount to on the actual scoring scale?</p>
<p>and does anyone have any tips for me to improve at this point? is it possible to actually go from missing -8/-9 to NONE?I have been practicing, but I don't know, i just tend to miss ones that seem obvious when i go back. </p>
<p>I do pretty okay on those ap english language passages, like some i miss 8 and one time i missed 4 and left 5 blank ( for those 5 i didn't get time to finish them- and that was because i was an idiot and forgot the passage was reprinted on every page and i kept on flipping back and forth) the weird thing is on the ap english passages i score the same as this one kid who gets nearly perfect on the CR. i know they're different, but it's weird that there's such a huge discrepancy. what the hell could my problem be?</p>
<p>Are you talking about for the SAT yesterday? Or strategies for improving on CR for tests in the future (October)? If tests in the future, then it’s definitely possible to improve to no missed questions in 3 months (but then idk why your situation would be desperate). If you’re talking about how well you did on yesterday’s SAT, then just go to the CR thread in the SAT prep section to compare your answers to the “consensus” ones here.</p>
<p>On a typical scoring scale, missing 8-9 MC would be about… a 680-710.</p>
<p>^ i’m talking about strategies for improving on CR for tests in the future. the reason why i’m asking is because i have been practicing and I don’t know what to do at this point. the vocab i know i can improve, it’s the reading based passages.</p>
<p>Oh ok. Well different strategies work for different people. Some people swear by reading the questions first, then referring back to the passages; others need to skim/read the whole passing, then read the questions, then refer back to the passages if necessary. If you haven’t already, experiment with both and see which takes more time & which is more accurate.</p>
<p>Vocab helps a lot with the passage-based questions too, because a lot of the questions are stuff like “What is the tone of the author in passage one?” where the answers are often “Curiously vindictive” or “Lavishly simpering” or something. So yeah, as you study more and more vocab certain questions will get easier and easier (not just SC). Other than that, if you continue practicing over the summer I’m sure your score will go way up. Oftentimes the best thing to do is to be able to recognize typical CollegeBoard answers (not too extreme or complex, often the mildest and just “right” answer); this comes with practice. If you read a lot of books over the summer, that will help too. CR is definitely the hardest section to improve in, but you’re doing the right thing and have plenty of time to practice… good luck!</p>
<p>Haha, I’m used to getting high 500s/low 600s on the CR section, and the day before the June test I took the october 2005 past paper (it was in the 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 prep booklet) and got a 680! Boy was I excited, it felt like a massive leap and it seemed like I had this massive CR revelation. I think it actually helped for the real test.</p>
<p>I don’t think the real test went as well as that practice paper, but it shows that it’s possible for your score to make a big leap. Just keep practising and your score will suddenly jump.</p>
<p>EDIT: It was the passages for which I had this revelation, but the vocab in that practice paper was pretty easy. Real test was much harder. Maybe I got lucky…</p>
<p>why is it that every recent thread is about CR? lol. well, i suppose im at fault, since my last few threads consisted of one cr thread. No one seems to fret about math or writing.</p>
<p>yes it’s quite frustrating, considering that although you can memorize “hot word lists” they only consist of about 16 questions out of about 60 or 70.</p>