<p>I am looking for ........................................CR 800(now 600)
Wr--700(now 520)</p>
<p>Do some serious work with a prep book. Read a ton. Read the questions carefully and slowly and make sure you know what they're asking for. On the sentence corrections in writing--if you can't find something wrong with the sentence, read it out loud to yourself under your breath.</p>
<p>thats a hard j ump to make! I had a 630 and went upto 750. I just focused on test day, and got a lot of sleep....</p>
<p>I suggest u to search CC since there r many threads on how to get 800 in CR.</p>
<p>I can't say much for the CR (660, then 720, then... 660. I seriously ****ed up but whatever) but the W jump is very possible. I jumped from 540 to 630 and am now sitting at a 710. I didn't actually do any preparation for this time around, though, other than getting a decent amount of sleep and eating breakfast. I can't really give you any advice, in that regard; I'm definitely an English person and the reason I probably scored so low to begin with was due to a lack of familiarity. I write A LOT and I have a habit of correcting everyone's grammar without even thinking about it, as well as my own. This probably helped.</p>
<p>I also think analyzing the way I speak helped because if you speak incorrectly and aren't aware of it, it will probably seep into your writing and consequently, you won't be able to detect it on the test. In fact, my friends and I had a conversation as to why we end some of our sentences with prepositions (i.e. "do you want to come with?") and that sort of thing.</p>
<p>I guess it is kind of dorky but maybe it will help since you're not only learning those textbook grammar rules, you're applying them.</p>
<p>If anything, just take heart in that it's definitely not impossible. Good luck!</p>
<p>Writing: just study basic grammar rules, like preposition use and subject-verb agreement. I jumped from middle 50s to 70 on PSAT between sophomore and jr. year by knowing those rules and taking a few practice tests. But be careful because plenty of bad writing, such as passive voice and ending sentences with prepositions, are "correct" by SAT standards on the identifying errors part.</p>
<p>Reading: do a lot of practice tests. Do one subsection at a time and review the answers (do all the sentence completion, check answers, then one passage at a time, check answers, etc.). Find patterns in your mistakes and find out what you missed, why you missed it, and how to improve. Look up all the words you do not know. This isn't easy and will take a lot of time, but certainly doable. I jumped from middle 600s jr. year to 800 sr. year. Do not set your sights only on 800 because it's really hard to attain.</p>
<p>the only piece of advice i can give is to have confidence. im serious. have confidence when you're taking the test and i guarantee an increase of 100 pts without studying. take another practice and believe in yourself- it works wonders</p>
<p>read a lot, study vocab for CR. For wrinting, just practice writing essays and get them graded (like Kaplans or PR sometimes grade essay for you if you pay for an hour of tutoring - you usually only have to pay for one hour of tutoring adn then the tutor will say I'll grade any essays you do or something - give it a try) otherwise get a teacher to grade them. You can grade your own essays, you are either extremely critical or too lenient. Also, go through grammer section of a PR or Kaplans SAT prep book - it helps. (went from 590 to 770) </p>
<p>So its possible, good luck!</p>
<p>first things first = get really familiar with the test itself. anticipate what type of questions might come after e/a question. and yes, a lot of practice + good breakfast + 8-9hrs of sleep + some luck = solutioon</p>
<p>Hey, I haven't taken the SATs yet per se. But I took the PSAT's and got an 80 (perfect score) in CR. How to do it you ask, memorize vocab (not too much, but there are words that appear on 10% of the tests-you'll want to know these) and use CollegeBoard's blue book. Seriously, do every test and see why you got each answer wrong. Tutoring can only help to a certain extent (~700), if that is the way you wish to go. Also, I am assuming you're good at the math section so you probably have a good enough analytical mind to achieve a 750+. (P.S. that avid reader myth is crap- I haven't read a book outside of school for at least 3 mths)</p>
<p>Over a period of 6 months, I was able to improve my CR from a 560 to a 700. I barely used any prep...I looked up some SAT terms, but I mostly started reading more again. That helps more than anything else.</p>
<p>CR ain't that bad. Just learn the vocab and answer the question they ask -- which is evidently harder than it sounds.</p>
<p>Writing's just easy -- learn the grammar rules, yes, but also practice a bit. Doing actual problems helps loads.</p>