How to improve critical reading (vocab + reading)

<p>so how do you guys do so well in critical reading, i really suck at the vocab part, always get half of them wrong in each section and so the reading too. what's your strategy, secrets to get better critical reading score? i got a 410 in my but planning on taking it again, so please i need help!</p>

<p>well im not nearly as smart as many of the people on here who consistenly score 800s in the CR section. i on the other hand generally score 650-680. when you start around a 410 in CR, you can easily pick up major points by studying vocab vocab vocab! go out and buy direct hits both books and memorize every word. also, if u simply look online for vocab list that always works well as a free alternative. in terms of the passage based reading i quickly skim questions for line references then underline in passage. while reading, i read 3 lines after underline then refer to question. do this until you finish passage then answer questions referring to overall passage. hope this helped!</p>