How can I increase my CR Score?

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<p>I constantly get 730+ in math and 730+ in writing... </p>

<p>However my CR is always in the 600-630 range.. </p>

<p>I am good with the sentence completions because I've done the hit parade vocab.. </p>

<p>But the passages kill me.. I don't find any passage hard, but I always get 3-5 questions wrong a section.. </p>

<p>I narrow down the answer choices to 2 options (One is right and one is close)</p>

<p>What should I do?</p>

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<p>Please answer… bump</p>

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<p>Buy the blue collegeboard book if you haven’t already and do the practice tests a couple times. I have trouble with CR too but those have helped me. </p>

<p>Here is a site that has helped me a lot: [SAT/ACT</a> Study Guides](<a href=“http://thecriticalreader.com/sat-act-study-guides.html]SAT/ACT”>http://thecriticalreader.com/sat-act-study-guides.html)</p>

<p>Just practice with specific question types and yeah PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!
I guess my tips would be:

  1. Skim questions and bracket line numbers / underline words. Write blurbs next to passage if you need it (like if a question asks for main idea “MAIN IDEA” next to passage)
  2. Read the blurb before the passage. Put yourself in that time period
  3. Read the passage and love it. LOVE IT.
  4. Answer questions for the underlined/bracketed parts as you go along.
  5. Answer other questions after you finish reading and refer back to passage as much as time allows.</p>
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<p>Never write a “blurb” next to passages. The SAT is not meant to interpret so by doing so it actually increases your chance of marking the wrong answer. What I usually do for long passages is the following: </p>

<ul>
<li>Read through the questions in less than 10 seconds and circling the numbers that have a line reference. </li>
<li>Spend another 10 seconds marking the line references.</li>
<li>Skim and then focus on the previously marked line references. </li>
<li>As you approach the marked line reference, read the previous sentence and the sentence after it very carefully. Answer it.</li>
<li>Do this for all questions that have line references.</li>
<li>Save the big picture questions for last.</li>
<li>Answer the remaining questions which will be questions like: “What is the passage about.” </li>
</ul>

<p>What tips do you have for math and writing? I need help in those two sections.</p>

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<p>For math: I just do a lot of practice questions in my algebra/geometry textbooks to drill the equations/concepts into my head. Practice tests help here as well! </p>

<p>And for writing, this site has helped me a lot: [Complete</a> SAT Grammar Rules](<a href=“http://thecriticalreader.com/general-grammar-tips/sat-grammar/item/264-complete-sat-grammar-rules.html]Complete”>http://thecriticalreader.com/general-grammar-tips/sat-grammar/item/264-complete-sat-grammar-rules.html)
It just has all the rules and things that are on the SAT and outlines them nicely in one big post. And reading books and writing essays have helped me a lot, just in the sense of being aware of my own grammatical errors and applying some of the vocab I find in books into my own writing.</p>

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<p>Divide the two remaining answer choices into three parts, and scrutinize to make sure each is directly supported by the passage. (Barron’s Rule of Thirds)</p>