<p>So after loads and loads of work I raised my CR from 670 to 740 . But I'm stuck now, I consistently make 3-4 errors ( it's usually 1 sentence completion and rest are passage) ... How do I perfect it now ? I know the strategies : Devil's advocate is the one I find most useful.
How am I supposed to reduce 3-4 error to 0-2 ? Thanks</p>
<p>It is the same thing for my child. Take a test and very carefully review the wrong answers. Used Barrons, Grubers, Direct Hits and many advices in CollegeConfidential. In 30 tests in the row in Sparknotes, Princeton review and College Board, always get 4 or 5 wrong answers in Critical Reading, no improvement, most are in passages, even knew all words , so the problem is not in vocabulary. Can someone give us the idea what is going on? How to get better?
Or it is personal issue, just give up and accept what it is? Thanks.</p>
<p>It is truly annoying.
I know the vocab and so I don’t make mistakes in sentence completions but somehow or the other I always make 3-4 errors.
Some people say it’s ‘normal’ to make at least 3-4 errors out of 65 questions but the curve isn’t so generous. I need some tips to reduce it to 0-2 . Is it just luck then ? Have I reached my limit and just leave it to luck from this point in CR ?</p>
<p>happened to me too. just practice like crazy.</p>
<p>After 20 full practice tests + more than 10 Critical Reading additional tests , practice helps a lot to bring up to 4-5 wrong answers and it stops there. No more improvement in the last 10 practice tests.
Please advise for trying something else, I have 1 month left to fix it. Thanks.
I knew many kids get 800 in CR, so 800 is doable.</p>
<p>I got a low 700 on my first SAT in CR. I asked one of my friends who got an 800 how he did it. He explained his method, but said that he had gone to tutoring for a while to practice CR, and didn’t reach high 700 until “it clicked.” </p>
<p>I think after a lot of practice and maybe a bit of a break your score will go up. I practiced a bunch of CR after my first SAT and was bummed when on my second SAT my CR score went down. But lately, I haven’t even been doing much CR practice, but when I do practice tests I am scoring 750+. For some reason, I think I just got the hang of the passages eventually. And I sometimes get one vocab wrong, so I am studying a bunch of vocab words.</p>
<p>@Rookie56: really? I started the summer with a 740; practicing like crazy now I’m missing 1-3 in entire test (and those are dumb mistakes).</p>
<p>And I also agree about it “clicking.” Clicked for me only after going through both Kaplan & Barron’s CR wbks.</p>
<p>I can’t really advise you to do anything else without knowing any more details about your problem. Which questions are you missing? Why? etc.</p>
<p>After read the result and the explanation, understand it. Make mistake because just mis-understanding even know all words . Why it stops to improve? I am asking because Hypnosys has the same issue.
Kirix1,
Do you say practice more will improve to reach 1-2 wrong answer? I already did 30 + and school year will start soon, 4 APs and sport season will prevent to keep working crazily in SAT. Will take October test for my first time. Maybe it is my limit.</p>
<p>Guys help me out here. I am a junior and I am stuck on 600 and below.</p>
<p>It’s mainly from the passages where I sometimes get 8 wrongs in a row. please give me some advice.</p>
<p>If it’s to do more practice, then should i just rip out critical reading sections from books and do it>? as opposed to doing a practice test a week?</p>
<p>So it seems I just need to keep at it…
Oh well , hope lady luck favors me.</p>
<p>Oh and for the above person , I suggest you do vocab words and check out Noitaperp’s “How to attack critical reading effectively”</p>
<p>to practice I never took a full test; that means sitting down all concentrated for a long period of time (while also doing math and writing, breaking focus on CR).</p>
<p>I always had my PR 11 tests book in my backpack with me, and whenever I felt like it (which tbh wasn’t often) I did all the questions from 1 section. I never had trouble with time so I never timed myself. I think this on-the-go stuff helped because I could think more critically even when my mind wasn’t all focused on the test, so when I was actually focused, I would do much better.</p>