<p>Has anyone gotten a 700+ on CR without studying vocab or isn't a person who reads a lot but moderately (read books mostly for school but isn't a hobby)? I'm trying to improve, but it seems like vocabulary might be my greatest hinderance, and I still get a few reading questions wrong. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks!!</p>
<p>yeah heres what i did--look at a test prep book write out the types of questions, theme, vocab in context, etc. look yp answers, see how they are worded and how they are correct. then apply this to other questions, most likely they are all the same just different passages. its like a logic thing, i got an 800 by basically figuring out the test, im not a literary genius or even a huge reader.</p>
<p>I got a 740. Didn't do that much. If you truly need to improve vocab, buy an SAT vocab book and just read it.</p>
<p>I really think thw whole vocab/reading thing helps. I got a 680 in March and then studied like crazy for two months, took it in May and got a 730. I found a good vocab list, made vocab flashcards and just used them every night. I also used read editorials online everyday which helps you with the type of passages on the SAT because you have to figure out what the author is trying to say and what he thinks of the subjct being adressed. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I don't read at all, xcept for internet + newspaper everyday. i get around 750, currently. Hoping it'll stay at this level.</p>
<p>Totallysweet, after finishing the CR portion of the entire test, I check my answers and see why I got it wrong, and it all makes sense afterwards. However, while I'm taking the actual test, I keep missing them :( I only have two more tests in the blue book, and I'll probably have to order the online tutorial at College Board's website. </p>
<p>Also, for anyone who has already posted or will post, can you tell me how many you got wrong to get the score that you received? And can you tell me which types of questions you got wrong-- sentence completion or reading passages. Thanks so much guys! I hope this will help me and others!</p>
<p>I got a 740 on the Critical Reading (the March SAT), and I got 5 wrong and omitted 0 out of 67 questions. I studied Princeton Review's word list a little, but spent most of my time working on the paragraph stuff. The sentence completion seems like it's just about whether or not you're lucky enough to have memorized the words that they give you, and the sole purpose of the paragraph stuff is to bore you to death, so that you don't pick up on the answers if you try to read through them. The most useful piece of advice that I got was to read 5-10 lines above and below where I thought the answer was, to make sure that I wasn't reading only a fragment of the correct answer.
Good Luck on the test!</p>
<p>no...... 690 ...tear....... WHY MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol
i suck at vocab, i wish i could use my being deaf as an excuse but nah im just stupid lol jk</p>
<p>b u m p</p>
<p>770
I haven't read that much since i came to the US about year and a half ago. So how did i get it? Practice and with strategy. My strategy was RocketReview and with practice i bumped it up from the late 600s. Oh yeh 2 wrong and 1 omit was 770 for June 2005</p>
<p>I think I've identified a big part of my problem: finding the author's tone. There are just times where I don't know what the tone of the author is. When I look at the answer and review the question, it makes sense, but when I look at the question initially, usually two of them will stand out to look like the right answers. Help!!</p>
<p>By the way, for all that have responded to the title question:</p>
<p>What were your scores before practicing? </p>
<p>How much did you improve?</p>
<p>In which section were you making the most errors?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>I literally don't read literature, ever (lol... I just don't really like it), and I got an 800. I didn't study vocabulary either, unless you count my attempt to memorize word lists starting at 11:00 Friday night (before the test), which quickly succumbed to a far more entertaining pursuit - instant messaging. </p>
<p>However, I do read newspapers and magazines like the Economist fairly frequently, so I guess that counts as reading. Just don't think that being an avid reader is some kind of requirement - read something, but read what you enjoy (hey, Playboy has good articles, too!).</p>
<p>yeah to be honest you won't improve THAT much with practice--id say 50 points, my system worked for me but i had a 760 to begin. a lot of its a ming game, knowing what they want you to answer.</p>
<p>Yeh it will. I improved from the late 600s to 770 in June in about two weeks or so with practice. That's like at least 80 points. I did have problems getting problems wrong that I knew the answer to if I looked at it again.</p>
<p>There is a Vietnamese student who had got 800 on SAT Verbal (similar to Critical Reading). Anyone else in the world?</p>
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<li>First try, no studying, but I do read a lot in my free time.</li>
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<p>edit: And yes, I'm international (Swedish), but I've lived in the US for four years now.</p>
<p>800 first try. I actually had been doing very poorly on all my practice tests. I probably just wasn't concentrating as much as I did on the test. </p>
<p>As for vocab, I didn't study, but I do know a lot of latin which really helped.</p>
<p>yeah--i didnt look over that much vocab maybe a list of words that were used on previous tests and i also did some practice tests. besides that i think you really must love to read and write even though its not the writing section. i think that if you like to write you can put pieces of a passage together quicker and be more receptive to certain writing styles and tones that authors use to convey meaning.</p>
<p>Just curious.. have any of you looked at the Critical Reading sections from the 8th test in TCB's blue book?</p>
<p>I have some mucho questions about them.</p>