<p>So I'm currently roaming around 210 mark on the PSAT (and 2100 mark on the SAT). I really would like to score above 2200 by the end of summer (which for me is the beginning of august-> school starts beginning of August.</p>
<p>My recent score from the 2011 practice test PSAT is
CR: 620
W: 680
M: 800</p>
<p>As you can see, I don't need help in math. Writing is a bit iffy. But I think I can improve by reading and understanding all problems. However CR. Whoa, I used to be around 700! My problem is not SC, or short passages, or long passages, it's double passage. And I suck at them. How do you effectively read them without mixing opinions, facts, and blah.</p>
<p>thanks for reading my rant. Help would be wonderful :)</p>
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CR: read some WSJ or NYT articles before bed. The ones that interest you, not the boring financial ones (unless econ interests you, and in that case go ahead) I have noticed that many of the articles that discuss global affairs repeat themselves.</p>
<p>Don’t waste your time reading random articles like the above person said. The only surefire way to increase your Critical Reading score is to practice more. There is no more to it.</p>
<p>Thebonus, I would have had the exact same belief, but I’ve been practicing for a year now, and it’s not working.</p>
<p>risbu, I would think the boring ones would be beneficial? Since boring ones make me fail…</p>
<p>Well the reason I said to read the articles is that the writers at WSJ and NYT write very cryptically (in my eyes). They have a lot of unnecessary details, like the the SAT articles do. When reading those, I questioned every fact they presented. It’s like arguing. You have to argue with the article, question why it used a certain word, why it has a sarcastic tone. Those are the same questions on the SAT. When reading the articles, you won’t know the right answers. But by practicing this, you will be prepared for the SAT.
On the matter of topic for the articles, I guess you could read the ones that don’t interest you if nothing interests you on the SAT passages. I suppose it is not what the topic that matters, but how you argue with it XD</p>