How to Attack the SAT Critical Reading Section Effectively

<p>noitaraperp can you make video of this strategy ? . do you think first Q then passage is the best way to attack Qs ? Thank you :slight_smile: </p>

<p>^Some people have such a sense of entitlement. You like the work that someone has done for free - to help you and others. This person has devoted countless hours to sharing effective strategies. Now youā€™ve decided another project would help you so you just ask someone to devote countless more hours. </p>

<p>Why donā€™t you hang out a bit and contribute before directing other peopleā€™s time? </p>

<p>Sorry for the rant, but really?</p>

<p>Do you suggest to take practice reading test timed or untimed? Also I know you used Princeton word smart , but which one do you think is better direct hits or the previous one? </p>

<p>^I think its helpful to start with some untamed, open book practice tests. Move to closed book after youā€™ve learned enough of the info in the books and then at some point, you should switch to timed tests to prepare for the timing constraint.</p>

<p>Alright thanks and what do you do for reviewing writing?</p>

<p>^I suggest Erica Meltzerā€™s Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar and a lot of practice tests with review.</p>

<p>I got a 690 on my first try without studying much at all and was wondering if you believe I can get to high 700s using your method? Thanks so much for your help!</p>

<p>just try it!. how can he know your improvement ? if you use this method properly , its effective</p>

<p>Awesome Job!!! Thanks for putting up all the necessary points together</p>

<p>By the way, Iā€™m somewhat free this coming month and I am looking to make money for my grad school costs. If you need any personalized tutoring for critical reading, or know anyone who does, that would be super awesome. I know this sounds a little mercenary, but itā€™s hard for me to give extremely personalized tutoring to a lot of people, since I get PMā€™ed about it quite a lot (especially around this time of year).</p>

<p>@Noitaraperpā€Œ
In what area are you in?</p>

<p>I was actually thinking of Skype tutoring.</p>

<p>Oh, that makes a lot more sense. Lol</p>

<p>Iā€™ve done about 15 full Critical Reading sections (60 total) and Iā€™ve only jumped from 580 in june to 630 (however I occasionally score more on practice tests). I usually get 5-6 total vocab wrong, and around 6 passage based wrongā€¦ Iā€™ve tried every different method but none of it has been working wonders for me :confused: My last shot at the SAT is in December and I really need a 700+
One of my main problems in passage based is that sometimes I donā€™t even understand some of the choices that they give me, itā€™s weird. Any tips? :s</p>

<p>@Noitaraperpā€Œ I remember reading somewhere (donā€™t remember exactly) that when picking an answer or choosing between two seemingly similar/ possibly correct answers you should find the exact phrase/sentence/ line in the passage that directly supports an answer and pick that one. Would that be an effective way to approach the CR?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>ThIs was so helpful guys. Thanks</p>

This is amazing!!! You just saved my lifeā€¦
I had already taken the test in November and didnā€™t do so well on the reading section (730). Iā€™m aiming for above a 750 in January this week! Thanks so much!!!

Hey, I found this post very helpful. However, Iā€™m confused about how you didnā€™t exhaust all of your blue book resources. If you took around 25 practice tests, you would transparently need another resource. What did you use?

should I take a class to help me with the critical reading section? or is it not worth it? how else can you prepare for this section??

how much do you tutor for??