<p>HELP.</p>
<p>Hello. I'm really really bad at my CR, is there any way that i can improve?
I constantly lose many points on it. Any tips?</p>
<p>To improve your CR score, I think you should do lots of Vocabulary first. Sparknotes 1000 words will give you a base to start from. And Barron’s 3500 words is the ultimate Vocab source. Make sure you secure your Sentence Completion points. Try to get the strategy behind the SCs. Verbal inference will come with practice! So, first, secure those points. As you do Vocab, you will get better at passages as well. Remember there is a set pattern to the passages so practice and you will get it. </p>
<p>Most importantly, don’t lose heart! :)</p>
<p>@Qitong I beg to differ - the critical reading part is more important because it’s more points. Time management is the key to success on this test. I learned a lot of vocabulary but got a low score because of the passages.</p>
<p>I think Critical Reading passages are definitely more important than vocab, so I agree with the previous poster. I memorized about 500 words and hardly any appeared on the test. The chances of the vocab you memorize ending up on the test are very low, so focus on the word roots instead. You should focus on reading passages.</p>
<p>@stronkstudent Well, people have different opinions and sources of trouble, I guess. I was pretty good at vocabulary to begin with, so my score wasn’t much affected by learning more. The passages were scary, though.</p>
<p>well I raised my score from a 590 to a 760, and I can say that the vocab (especially when you get to the higher scores, plays a large role). </p>
<p>For vocab, all you really need to know are the direct hits words, the hot words, and krieger’s essential words. If you learn those, I can guarantee you can get all or nearly all vocab correct.</p>
<p>For passages, you just need to practice, and practice, and practice somre more doing timed sections. Then, when you finish a section, you must analyze EVERY question, not just the ones you got wrong. That’s really how you score well.</p>
<p>And by the way, by really bad at CR, do you mean like 600, cause you’re one of those crazy college confidential kids, or do you mean like 300. Cause if you mean 300, then these tips may not help too much…</p>
<p>I have an issue with CR too - it’s mainly the long passages because I don’t get any of the vocab or short passages wrong. My score just wont budge - its stagnant at 680. Any recommendations on how I should bump it up to a 750?</p>
<p>I took the October SAT and found that:</p>
<p>For vocab, I would study a minimum of 30 words a day (I really crammed)</p>
<p>For reading, spend more time on reading the passages than on answering the questions. Jot down little messages (2-3 words) on the margins per paragraph.</p>
<p>for long passages, I would underline THE ENTIRE THING. This would help me really focus on the passage, and noticing every word and every sentence. Overall, it helped me understand the entire passage as a whole which made doing the questions easier.</p>
<p>@ OP/other people reading: find a way that you feel comfortable/think is better.</p>
<p>Personally, I went to the questions and then underlined the points where the questions reference so I would pay more attention to the lines above and below that part.</p>