Congratulations, @thetex ! That’s a great score!
my latest practice test score 800 math, 800 writing, but 690 in CR:( I noticed that i am running out of time on the passages. Is there a way i could counteract this problem to get an 800 CR for january? thanks!
@TheEpic2401Man How’s your Sentence Completion part? Perhaps you can work on vocab and do all Sen. Comp. of 10 tests in Blue book and make no errors in that part to raise the score?
I wonder if there is an inverse relationship between students capable of gaming SATs and interest in academics and scholarship, first filtering out those without a minimal aptitude that would allow a student to complete classes and those who are outstanding. Maybe admissions targeting mediocre scores (say 630ish) captures students who are good at gaming the tests but have little academic interests. I’ve noticed a distinct change in at least one school, where the interest in points and grades so outdistances interest in topics, material, and achievements it make me wonder if the students who are admitted and then select to attend are those who study the game rules but don’t bother to think about the topics they learn about in school. I am glad that the SATs have decided to change. Sad when private companies like the College Board have such a destructive impact on your school system. Hope things improve!
@TheEpic2401Man have you tried the strategy on this page?
I used it to bring my CR from high 600s to high 700s.
yea i did. im going to try this strategy: the same as the strategy above, but only bracket line references paragraph by paragraph(meaning bracket a pragraph, and answer corresponding q’s , bracket next, answer q’s). i feel this takes up less time than bracketing all at once. Would this be better for time management? oh and I literally never miss vocab q’s. thanks!
i was confused on this whole predicting the answer thing,does it really help? @thetex could you elucidate how you would predict an answer to a passage q? thanks
@TheEpic2401Man I think it means you answer the question in your own words and even write it out before looking at any answer choices first. Then look at the answer choices and identify the closest one to what you wrote.
You could definitely try just bracketing line references paragraph by paragraph - I encourage trying bracketing all at once at first, but if you find that your personalized method works better for you, I would do that method. Also, predicting the answer is meant to make you think of what the answer to the question should be in your words before looking at all of the answer choices and potentially getting confused. If you have a question on the main purpose of the passage, I would make sure to read the whole passage first before coming up with an answer. Then, compare what you have written to the answer choices to guide you into selecting the correct one. And above all, do not forget to play devil’s advocate! If a question lacks direct support from the passage, it is WRONG. Senior year at college has been ramping up, so I haven’t been able to comment on here as frequently as I’d like - hope my advice is helpful!