I Hate Cr

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Wow...I've been working my *** off for the last week working on reading comprehension, but it doesn't seem to be working....Arg....I just keep missing some problems. In the blue book, in the 1st test, section 5, problems:
6, 8, 24. </p>

<p>(I missed 3/18 or 1/6= 16.7%). </p>

<p>On the 1st test I missed
(10/38), which is 5/19 or 26.3%.</p>

<p>Then again, I only took one reading comp section and compared it to another, and this was untimed. Hmm....</p>

<p>They were the only reading comp I missed in that section. I previously had a score of 580 on CR. but I suck at sentence completions. </p>

<p>Any reccomendations???(I would love answer explanations!) Thanks for taking the time to read my speil...or whatever.</p>

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<p>especially the CR section, you will only see marginal, if any, improvements by just prepping for a week. what i suggest is prepping a little daily, dissecting the reading passages and sentence comp's meticulously and getting used to the tone and format of the test. the prepping has to be gradual and consistent. you will see improvements sooner or later. it all depends on the kind of person you are i guess--some people see improvements earlier and some later. just be diligent and dedicated =) good luck</p>

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<p>Read in your spare time.</p>

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<p>azsxdc is right, read in your spare time and look up words you don't know</p>

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<p>do everything...read in your spare time...learn vocabulary....reading will improve slowly...probably the slowest subject improvement out of all three sections....just have patience and practice...see what you get right and what you get wrong so you know what you did right and what you can improve upon</p>

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<p>I wonder reading what prepares the best for the SAT. Some say magazines like Times and The Econimists are good for SAT preparations.</p>

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<p>do the sparknotes novels help vocab?</p>

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<p>the new yorker is good. Vocab...I'd say your time is better spent reading than memorizing huge vocab lists... but hey, if your losing the most points in that part, be my guest, give it a try. Oh yeah, another small tip, if you guys know another language like say spanish ( in my case) that helps a lot for figuring out tons of vocab.</p>

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<p>the classics are always a good read as well =)</p>

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<p>yeah ummm... learn the SAT high frequency word list.... big help</p>

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<p>where could you find this list?</p>

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<p>the economist is deathly boring. try reading the atlantic monthly</p>

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<p>the reading in lit class i think is enough. In the blue blue i always get around 60+ on CR practice tests. Writing is the hard section</p>

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<p>I'm going to have to disagree with all of you. If someone has to improve their CR score on the SAT in a half a year, they won't do it by reading novels or magazines because they don't offer the questions to practice. Answering questions right directly increases your score.</p>

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<p>i hate cr too.</p>

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<p>yeah, cr just wasn't for me, but oh well you get used to not doing well i guess :p</p>

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<p>haha, I'm actually starting to like CR. It's the only thing I'm improving on. My writing is basically staying the same, and my math is getting WORSE. XD</p>

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<p>memorize vocab. For people who doesn't think vocab is important, they either got an 800 or they underestimate how tricky ETS can be w/ vocab, even the mundane words.</p>

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<p>yea, cr's not bad when you're steadily improving. does anyone know how i can get collegeboard questions beside the blue book and online course? i guess i can start on the old prep book..</p>

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<p>
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the new yorker is good.

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<p>everyone keeps telling me about that. What is the New Yorker exactly? Is it a newspaper or what? How would it help with CR?</p>