<p>Hi all, I know there are a million threads out there regarding raising CR score. Most of them only deal with generic advices such as reading more and memorizing vocab. While I know that these methods are truly effective, I would like to know if there are any means I can raise my CR score in a month for october SATs!
I took the SATs twice already and this is surely my last time regardless of the score. My math score is 740 and my writing score is a respectable 660. My reading score is a completely different story. The first time I got a 580, second time actually went down to a 550.
I've always had a tough time with reading. English is my second language (picked it up at 11 yrs old). Altho i am in english honors in school, I underperform whenever any type of assessment is given regarding reading comprehension (not just plot, themes and all the other stuff too).
I've been doing practice tests and it just dosn't seem to be working.
Any advices will be VERY MUCH appreciated!</p>
<p>Hey! This strategy isn't particularly profound, so I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but have you ever tried summarizing each paragraph as you read, especially for the longer passages? It helps you ascertain that you've really grasped the material, and, after a while, you start doing it mentally. I know it seems as if it would take too much time, but three or four words is all it takes. This method also helps you find info quickly if the questions become more specific.</p>
<p>A lot of people also suggest going through the long passages in bits, which is what I used to do, but I've found that doing a quick read of the whole thing works much better for me. Because of this, I also ditched the "scanning the questions first" strategy pretty early on; I'd just forget them as I was reading the passage, so it was a big waste of time. Doing this (along with what's mentioned above) helped me raise my CR score 200 points over a little more than a year (two testings total). Hope it helps!</p>
<p>help :((((((((</p>
<p>yea same problem here for someone in pretty much the same situation, help pleasee!</p>
<p>OMG me tooooooo! I absolutely despise CR! I dont know what to do....my score went down 30 points also! pleaseee someone helppp ahhhhh!</p>
<p>cr truly sucks doesnt it???</p>
<p>I like to quickly look at the questions and where it's like "in lines #-#," I like to underline those lines so I know to pay attention to them while I'm reading. I also like to underline words in the same manner if the question is asking "in line # what does ____ mean?"</p>
<p>I think, the only way to raise ur CR score is to improve ur vocabulary. that too only works when ur main problem is the sentence completion questions. If on the other hand, u have a problem with the paragraphs, there is little that can be done. Psychological Methods may work. Pretend to be a genius or forget ur past scores. : P
No, but seriously they work.</p>
<p>Haha, "Pretend to be a genius" . But yeah, be confident.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm having problems too with CR. Does anyone have any strategies for the persuasive and narrative LPs?</p>
<p>Note that my current official CR score is a 720, but I scored an 800 on one of the college board practice tests recently. Here's what I did...</p>
<p>1) Stop studying vocab. If you notice that a word keeps coming up in life that you've heard before but you just don't quite know the definition, look it up. That's the only vocab studying you should be doing. The rest is a ton of time for minimal gains.</p>
<p>2) On the single passages (short or long), read the whole passage first (but force yourself not to take forever on it) and then answer the questions, going back to the passage as needed.</p>
<p>3) On split passages, read the first passage first, and then answer the questions related to it. Then read the second passage, and read the questions related to it. Then answer the questions that refer to both passages.</p>
<p>4) When answering the passage-based reading questions, it's important to remember that the test lies to you. It's not actually asking you to interpret the passage. If an answer has a little more information than the passage provides, it's wrong. Don't read between the lines. Likewise, if an answer has a little less information than the passage provides, it's also wrong provided another answer has more info.</p>
<p>Using those techniques took me from a 680 to a 720, and then from a 720 to an 800 on the practice test.</p>
<p>But hey, everyone's different...</p>
<p>keep your pace when reading, feel like you are riding on a pony and keep forwarding.</p>
<p>Do you run out of time on the CR sections?</p>
<p>on ocassions i do, on those sections that contain 1 short paired passage, and two medium to long passages :(
but if its just the generic format (2 short, 1 long), then i am fine</p>