<p>Hello I am a rising junior and Critical Reading has really been my downfall in the practice tests I have been taking and I have decided to try to use this summer in order to improve my score. So far I have been averaging 7 wrong in all three sections which comes out to around a 700. I really want to get this to a solid 750 if possible. Currently I am reading a paragraph and then answering any questions that relate back to it. However, there always seems to be one or two questions in which I narrow it down to two answers and then just have to guess. I understand that every answer will be supported in the text, but on some of the questions it just seems impossible to find the supporting evidence. Should I just continue to use my method and eventually I will naturally be able to find the evidence?</p>
<p>Also in writing I have been doing decently missing around 5 totally, but in order to improve that should I just learn all the grammar rules? I have already previously learned the rules from Rocket Review and Barron's 2400 so I am assuming that like Critical Reading I will see a score improvement with practice? And lastly what should I practice with once I have completed the BB, while waiting for the new edition to come in July? I plan to take my first real SAT in October.</p>
<p>I honestly think that there is little that people can help you in this case because you are already scoring pretty high to start off. My recommendation is that stick with your method, but try to be more attentive on the types of questions you miss. Is it line-specific questions, general purpose/main idea, or inference questions? If there is a pattern, then I would mark those questions with circles before you do any question so you can do other questions first and then give more focus on the ones that are hard to you. By doing this, you will get more time on the questions that you are weak on and maybe, you will be able to pick the right answer after narrowing it down.</p>
<p>With Writing, again, look at where you are scoring poorly and read through the questions that you got wrong in CollegeBoard’s Blue Book. You should spend a thorough amount of time trying to figure out what grammar rules are tested often, so that when you pick an answer in Writing Section, you can base your answer with a rule that you know off from my bed (i.e. wait, this is wrong because of parallelism).</p>
<p>In both sections, the key is to make sure that you have evidences to support your answer. And these evidences must be concrete, and CB is narrow on what it requires.</p>
<p>For the questions with two very good answers, try paying very close attention to the wording of the answer choices. Very often there is just a word or two in one of the choices that’s not properly reflected in the passage.</p>
<p>Mostly, though, once you’re in that range all you can do is keep practicing and reviewing your mistakes. I hovered around 700 for a little while before suddenly shooting up into the 750-800 range.</p>
<p>I personally like your method of reading one or two paragraphs at a time. Experimenting with different methods can’t hurt though. You may find that something else works better for you.</p>
<p>Thanks so much. I think that I need to start reviewing a little bit more cause once i start i go on a somewhat SAT high and I just want to continue doing questions instead of actually taking the time to review the ones I got wrong. This, however, has led to me only having 3 practice tests left in the BB and I only started doing BB tests at the beginning of this month :(. I think I will take a week or so in order to go through every question I got wrong on the 5 tests I have done so far. I am sure it can’t hurt, but would it be advisable to also go over every question (even the ones I got right) as well? It would take a considerable more amount of time though. Also do you guys have any advice for the SC on the Reading? I have Direct Hits and plan to go through them both carefully, I keep reading about PR Hit Parade, but I can’t find it anywhere. Sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Spending time reviewing your answers is very important. You don’t necessarily have to go over all of them, but make sure you review all the ones you were unsure of or thought were hard, even if you got them right. (If you circle these questions as you take the test, it’ll be easier to come back to them.)</p>
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