<p>What was your SAT/ACT score?</p>
<p>And how often do you read?</p>
<p>I got a 1440 (708 verbal). I try to read an hour of literature every day, and I didn't do any SAT-specific preparation. I would say that reading (especially older literary works) increases vocabulary, reading comprehension, and reading speed considerably. And it's a lot more fun than memorizing words (I can't imagine how people do that).</p>
<p>I'm only a junior, so I've only taken the PSAT, but I don't read at all outside of school and I only missed 2 questions on the sentence completion/reading part of the test (out of 48).</p>
<p>I have a friend who got a 780 and reads less than I do.</p>
<p>It probably does help, but it's not going to kill you if you don't read.</p>
<p>708 verbal?? is that possible?</p>
<p>no it's prolly a typo</p>
<p>ehh...sorry...that's 780...and I thought that I was a competent writer :)</p>
<p>I read like crazy, and I got a 770. I'd say that it helps a lot.</p>
<p>730 verbal...I used to read a ton, now not so much.</p>
<p>I read more then the normal individual but not a ton. I got a 31 and 32 on the english portions of the ACT... so I don't think it really helped me. BUT, alot of the stuff I read is more research based and nonfiction then true literature.</p>
<p>i've always been a huge bookworm, and it has definitely helped me with vocab, speed, and comprehension (i would say this the most) i got an 800 verbal on the SATs, literature sat ii pending</p>
<p>I feel that reading plays a more important part in increasing verbal scores than taking prep courses. My daughter spent about two hours per day reading classics throughout her junior year in high school. Her senior verbal SAT was 790 without any prep or study whatsoever.</p>
<p>I read so much, its crazy...I think I read the most of all the people I know (not just magazines and eay romance books, but classics and literature)...but I got a 690 verbal, which seems bad seeing some of your scores.</p>
<p>Yes, reading definitely helps, much more than memorizing vocab or anything like that. I've always liked to read, and got an 800 verbal without much other preparation. Even if you don't think it's helped you, I'm sure that it has.</p>
<p>I agree that reading increases your SAT/ACT score. Although I have not taken these tests, I have seen first hand by watching others who read on a regular basis and performed very well on their SATs. In my school, as part of the English curriculum for the juniors and seniors, the book Tooth and Nail, an SAT vocabulary study guide that is incorporated in a novel form, is used as a vocab book. In the relatively short time this book has been used by my school, the PSAT and SAT verbal test scores of the juniors and seniors have rose considerably. Coincidence? I think not.</p>
<p>I read a lot (moreso during summer, when I have time). I agree with previous posters that reading, although it is a much more long-term investment, is a much better way to study for verbal than is studying words from some random word list. I definitely think that reading let me get my scores of:
780 Nov 03
790 Oct 04
800 Nov 04</p>
<p>Yes, reading should help a lot.</p>
<p>Well, being able to read would definately help a person on either the ACT or SAT.</p>
<p>Myself, I usually resign myself to stuff we read in school, the newspaper, blogs, US News and World Report, CNN.com, and any other interesting articles I may run across. I usually stay away from non-school assigned fiction- I'll read an actual book when I see one that catches my fancy (humorous, political, etc.) and is not too expenseive. </p>
<p>ACT: 35, and I believe I got a 36 on the English section.</p>
<p>I would say reading would increase verbal scores more often than not. If you think about it, you're 'reading' directions, passages, equations throughout the test</p>
<p>I read a lot and got a 760 on verbal</p>
<p>I got a 770, 34 English, and 36 Reading and I used to read a lot. Not so much anymore.</p>