<p>I got 3 wrong on the March test and got a 740. When I practiced I was between 760 and frequent 800s, so I figure that I do around the same regardless of the test, meaning that an easier test will yield a bad curve as in my case. To a certain point, no matter how hard or easy it is, I usually get 2-4 wrong on every test, so I’m hoping for a better curve when I take it later. Message: work to become consistent, to think clearly, to anticipate the tricky choice, and to find support for questions that require it.</p>
<p>Hope you guys are doing fine in your SAT preparation. Sorry I haven’t been active on this thread for a while now, but I’ll try to answer questions that you pose here. </p>
<p>Doodlebug333, why do you seem to score lower on the actual test than the practice tests? Is it because of the anxiety you experience on the actual test day and then you seem time-crunched? If this is part of it, then I just recommend practicing improving your speed reading comprehension so that on the actual test day you have ample time to complete the questions. Sometimes when I cannot immediately reason out an answer I just skip it and continue with the easier questions. Then I return and try to really dig deep into the passage to find evidence and support for an answer choice to make sure it works; if there isn’t support but you just “inferred” or “assumed” it worked then cross the answer out and continue until you pick the right answer. I just suggest working more with the passages and really trying to understand why an answer is correct when reviewing the questions after taking the test.</p>
<p>Good luck on the Oct. 1 SAT, guys!</p>
<p>Yea, aiming for a 700+. 800 will never happen for me…</p>
<p>Try not to get too into the passage, keep your mind fresh and active. Reading the passage EFFICIENTLY, not too quickly or too slowly, will help. Also read the introduction carefully to get a good idea of where the passage is going, so It will help your reading flow. PRACTICE PRACTICE< eventually you can immediately spot out bogus answers, and be left with one which ends up being right.</p>
<p>Make sure the answer is stated or support in the passage! EVERY WORD OF THE ANSWER, sometimes you read it quickly, but a single word can make the answer wrong.</p>
<p>Good luck tomorrow.</p>
<p>I just did a practice section. I’m stuck at 20/24: 2 completing the sentences and 2 reading comprehension questions wrong. I always get this pattern.</p>
<p>Seems useful, thanks for sharing, ill. Try the bracket line numbers on tmrw’s test</p>
<p>This is great! I agree, #9 is probably the most insightful tip on this guide</p>
<p>Good luck to all SAT/SAT Subject Test takers on Saturday!</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks for this guide … I’m hovering around 600-650 :(, but trying to make 700+. This well definitely help!!! 
THANK YOU!</p>
<p>Thanks for the guide! #9 sounds like what i need to get into the high 700s</p>
<p>I have been preparing for the SAT for about 2months now and my CR score was not improving (Current Cr score 570). Although i read alot of strategies and tips on how to tackle it, my score was not improving. The most it increased by was 30pts, but then last week, idk what happened, but like you said something “clicked” and all of a sudden I was getting high 600s to low 700s. </p>
<p>So i’m hoping the trend stays true for Saturday!</p>
<p>Happy Thanksgiving!</p>
<p>I think trying to know why, for example, A is right and B is wrong is a great way to improve your reading score. Because when similar questions pop up on the next test, most likely, one will falter on those questions. so when you get a question wrong, or even get it right with uncertainty, i think it’s important to see why you got it wrong, and why choices except the one correct choice are wrong. </p>
<p>Always refer back to the text!</p>
<p>Hope everyone’s doing well in their semester and all! And that’s always good advice, tlsgur1!</p>
<p>I’m trying this on Saturday. Wish me luck!</p>
<p>Hope you did well!</p>
<p>hey apoc314 i just took the sat for the second time and i found your guide really helpful for the cr section. A couple of days ago after I read your post my cr scores on practice tests went up from the low 700’s which is what i got last time i took the sat to close to an 800. I don’t know yet if I did well. I might have really did poorly. But that guide was really helpfull and might have helped me relly up my score. I’ll know in two weeks i guess.</p>
<p>I would like to thank Apoc, I used a variation of your strategy to bump my CR from the low 600s to 700s! Here is my variation of the strategy</p>
<ol>
<li>Underline the lines that correspond to the line number questions</li>
<li>As you read the passage and see and underlined word or line, flip to the corresponding question and complete it right then and there.</li>
<li>If you have a general gist of the passage, don’t read all of the info between the underlined lines. </li>
<li>Answer the “general idea” questions after you feel you have comprehended the main idea of the passage.</li>
</ol>
<p>Any advice for long linked passages… questions comparing two long passages?
I really messed up on those in the Jan 2012 SAT</p>