<p>I’m surprised that a lot of people benefited from it. I tried this on 5 CR practices and ended up scoring the same as usual. Wonder what is wrong.</p>
<p>Well I guess I haven’t applied all of his tips. There are really just two tips that I have applied, going through the questions first and kind of underlining all the line/passage references, and playing the Devil’s advocate (haven’t used it so much but I think it may have helped raise my score by at least 20 so credit is given where credit is due).</p>
<p>I’ll be sure to give this a read.</p>
<p>I wanted to sign up to this site just to thank the original poster for this. I saw this page a few months ago. </p>
<p>I had a 680 on my Critical reading the first time and a 690 the second time. However, using this method (and a lot of practice with an SAT Prep book), I got a 790 on my Critical Reading score. It says I am in the 99th percentile. Your idea of underlining sentences with a short word next to it is genius. It took a while to get used to but I can’t imagine doing it any other way now. I can’t thank you enough for posting this.</p>
<p>^I’m glad that it has worked well for you!</p>
<p>By the way, I didn’t realize I used “SAT vocab words” in my post! I guess I had internalized a lot of those things after doing SAT study, and having a good vocabulary has helped me a lot in college work.</p>
<p>I have been following this thread since day one and I’m so thankful to Noitaraperp. I got a 550 ish on my Junior year PSAT and after using this method, I got a 770 CR on the actual SAT! Thanks for saving my SAT score noitara… I would recommend this method to anyone</p>
<p>Glad I found this, CR has been holding me back for quite a while!</p>
<p>I tried this method on a practice test and my score went up from a 670 to a 700, the only thing holding me back now are the vocab sections. Also, is there a guide similair to this for the math section?</p>
<p>Just a quick question, does anyone uses any books that helps reading comprehension in general? I know for Writing section i printed out 2 inch thick worth of paper from a college’s grammar site. Is there anything like that for CR?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>noitaprep, I wanted to know what GPA is Harvard asking for. I am going to be a junior this year in high school and right now I’m practicing for the SAT. I only have two months before my first SAT test. I’m really not so good in Critical Reading. In this summer, I have been averaging 600s and I need to raise this score to that 800. I barely entered as a member in this website and saw your post. I am going to try your method. If you have any other suggestions, I am open for reply.</p>
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<p>Although there is no certain requirement, most Harvard acceptees will have almost all A’s in a rigorous curriculum. But a couple B’s will not kill your chances, especially if they are early in your high school career.</p>
<p>yes, but does Harvard specifically want the high 4.8 ranges or higher?</p>
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<p>Harvard does not specifically want anything other than good grades in tough courses. Grading systems vary significantly from high school to high school, with respect to both grade standards (i.e., grade inflation or grade deflation) and weighting systems. Therefore, no one can put a general number on it. At some high schools, achieving 4.8 is not possible.</p>
<p>thank you sir for your explanation.</p>
<p>some of the explanations for the critical reading passage in test #4 section 8 (SAT blue book 2nd edition) are not fully detailed into why the correct answer is right or maybe I didn’t understand the explanation. It will be helpful if anyone can give me some clarifications on why these answers were correct. </p>
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<p>What GPA Harvard is asking for?</p>
<p>Well, there isn’t any cutoff really but you should show consistent or at least improving excellence in courses in your high school that are challenging. If you are not taking challenging courses (the adcom can figure this out through your school profile and by talking to college counselors) you are not only hurting your chances of admission but also showing a lack of interest in a higher level of education. I would say a 3.7 or 3.8 in challenging courses already makes you quite competitive for Harvard as long as your other components are taken care of.</p>
<p>heyy…sry to sound so repetitive (b/c i already asked this in other posts)…but do you know where I can get access to other collegeboard tests besides those from the blue book and Online Course (which i used up too quickly 
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<p>thanks^^</p>
<p>I don’t think you can access any more official ones, but the Princton Review makes 11 Practice Tests that are slightly more challenging than the real tests. I think they are good preparation.</p>
<p>There are three official practice tests online that you can use. You can also buy old PSAT copies from the College Board store. Noitaraperp and I disagree on the effectiveness of using unofficial practice tests.</p>
<p>Do you think reading Opinion articles from NYTimes can be effective for CR?</p>