<p>is there a way to better understand the passages. because when i read the passage and really understand it i do amazing and get like one wrong but when i understand it a little bit, but dont really find it interesting i usually do alot worse. i also usually narrow down the passages to two correct answers but they both seem right. what should i do about that.</p>
<p>i also get half the sc questions wrong. what should i do to improve my sc score.</p>
<p>SC is all vocab. for me at least. You can use logic or wahtever, but when i upped my vocab skills, i knew which words to eliminate right away. SC = up vocab skills.</p>
<p>Passages = you know your problem. just focus, and find it interesting, though its not.</p>
<p>SC:</p>
<p>In order to answer the question you must understand the meaning and syntax of the sentence. Also, memorize vocabulary as there is no other sub for it.</p>
<p>Passages:</p>
<p>It doesn't matter if it's interesting or not. Pretend it's interesting and reading actively by marking down key words, etc.</p>
<p>If you are down to two questions then pick a question and try to find support for it in the passage. If you don't find support for it then it's wrong but if you do find support for it might be right but still check the other question.</p>
<p>The best thing is to just practice and read a lot.</p>
<p>@ryanc54, i have exactly the same problem as you, i get 500s in CR, and also i only do well on the passages if i find them interesting (which is very little of the time)</p>
<p>Read the questions first, then read the passage with the questions in mind.</p>
<p>That way, it doesn't matter what the passage is about, you now have a specific goal: find the answer to THIS and THIS and THIS.</p>
<p>If you read the passage first, you don't yet know what's important and what's not. You could easily get confused. Then when you finally do read the questions, you've probably already forgotten half of what you've read.</p>
<p>That's a waste of time.</p>
<p>So read the questions first — BUT NOT THE ANSWER CHOICES!</p>
<p>Then read the passage.</p>
<p>Turn your reading into a mystery game. You're a detective trying to solve a tough case. The clues are in the text. The questions are known in advance, and the answers are in there somewhere, waiting to be discovered.</p>
<p>Or think of it as a treasure hunt. There's gold buried that passage. Dig it out!</p>
<p>You've done word search puzzles, right? How do you solve them? First you look at the word list, then you look at the puzzle with a specific word (or group of words) fixed in your mind. But what if you looked at the puzzle first without reference to the word list? Total confusion!</p>
<p>So give yourself a goal: read the questions first.</p>
<p>And have fun with it.</p>