<p>I’m confident in Math and Writing, however I’m nervous about my CR score. In the blue book, I know raw scores convert into ranges, but I generally just take the average of the ranges and round down, giving me a 670. I really want to get CR above 30 points, and I have 2 main problems:</p>
<li><p>I can’t pay attention to the passages unless they are science/math/history because I just think they are incredibly boring</p></li>
<li><p>I have trouble discerning whether they want a literal answer or an inference</p></li>
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<p>Do you have any advice on how to deal with these 2 parts? Additionally, this is my strategy for CR, so please tell me if you can improve it:</p>
<li>I just go number by number through the test</li>
<li>For “blank” questions I just figure out a sample word that would work before looking at answers</li>
<li>For multiple blank questions I eliminate by looking first at the former blank, then the latter, and finally in combination.</li>
<li>On the passages, I read them thoroughly the first time and I underline important phrases or things I am certain will be questioned</li>
<li>On paired passages, I always answer questions regarding the first passage after I read it, then the second, and then at the end of those I answer the comparative questions</li>
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<p>It’s brief because I must run some errands, but what do you think? Any other advice? Is 30 points manageable, or should I strive for less/more?</p>
<p>Every single question on SAT CR is completely ,completely bullet-proof.YOu are not supposed to interpreter anything.If we were supposed to interpreter than everyone would have different answers ,and the collegeboard will not be able to score the test.So keep in mind that EVERY single question has its explanation so that when asked about an answer,collegeboard can easily explain why certain answer is correct or incorrect.</p>
<p>I’ve read a prep book, but when I take the test, it just seems like various answers work. I guess I just need to be more literal when analyzing the questions?</p>
<p>This portion of the test is measuring your ability to derive knowledge from material you read. You are in no way to be “critical” of the passages. That title is a misnomer.</p>
<p>The questions are to be answered based on the information in the passages. They are not measureing your prior knowledge and are only partially concerned with your reasoning ability. They want to know if you can read something and then answer questions based on that transfer of information. </p>
<p>The information in the passages is to be considered completely factual and true. If you are religious, each passage must be treated as if it is a direct revelation from God. From a scientific world view each passage is to be considered to be as true as the Law of Gravity, the First, Second and Zeroth Laws of Thermodynamics, and Maxwell’s equations.</p>
<p>There is only one correct answer to each question. That is the answer that is supported by the revelant passage.</p>
<p>This is what I told my children, over and over. Their scores on CR were 800 and 760. I scored 740 myself coming from a very disadvantaged background back in the dim mists of antiquity.</p>
<p>yes, be literal at times when u think 2 answers work. If one isnt NECESSARILYtrue or is only sometimes true, etc, its WRONG! think about the answers logically if u cant choose between 2 write answers</p>