<p>What do you do when you just can't understand a particular CR passage? For practice tests, if I understand the reading, I usually miss 0-1 questions but on certain passages, I completely DO NOT understand if it's some technological thing like black holes/gravity in physics or something else crazy like that. If that happens, I can sometimes have like 5-6 wrong answers because the passage went way over my head. </p>
<p>I'm a pretty avid reader (if I have the time=winter break, etc) so I guess it's not really a matter of CR strategies and all but really comprehending what the reading is trying to say that makes the difference between a 710 and 780 for me. What do you guys do when this happens? Any ways to improve the chances?</p>
<p>You are the total opposite of me in terms of what I miss, when it is something technological I do fine but when it is something with deeper meaning than facts, I miss quite a few. I too would like to know as to how I can do well in both.</p>
<p>I donno. Honestly, I love both philosophical and technological passagies. I would suggest just find the ones that you are weak in, and do a hundred of them. I bet you'll start to have an idea of it. Go brute force!</p>
<p>Well, I think reading a hundred SAT passages would just be a waste of time. In the time it takes you to read that many pointless 2 page SAT passages, you could have read a nice, succulent 500pg. book on Philosophy, thereby improving not only your comprehension, but your focus.</p>
<p>I used to have the same problem, but I realized that if I pretended like I enjoyed the topic the passage was on I would focus more and understand the passage, actually boosted my CR score like 60 points with no studying.</p>
<p>Godfatherbob and Academy provided some very good suggestions, and I totally agree. But again, reading a hundred SAT passages aren't always a waste of time.. ;) Improved my score from mid-600s to 800.. So take it for what it's worth.</p>