<p>so i got 590 on my CR and i really don't understand how to approach it. i'm trying to learn a lot of good sat vocab so i think i may be getting that part down. but for the passages, what would you guys recommend i do to improve my score? i actually read a lot and i enjoy it too (novels, time magazine, nytimes, magazines, etc) and it's not like im terrible at english, i actually like it. i really need a miracle. please help me???</p>
<p>Analyze and know why you picked your answer (if it is wrong) and why you did not pick the right answer. Develope a full supporting theory for the right answer and a reason your picked answer was wrong. There is support in the passage do NOT draw drastic conclusions, pick the best fitting answer. It can sometimes be hard to develope the decisive technique for eliminating wrong answers so take 12-15 reading passages without time making sure that you have picked the best supporting answer. Lastly try always to first show how (during the test) when going down the answer choices a question is wrong rather than how it might be right. Due to common mind games it is always better to come up with a reason an answer choice is wrong rather than right, proccess of elimination and when down to the last answer choice only then do you try to prove it wrong and if it can't be ruled out only then do you confirm it is right by its veracity to the passage and question.</p>
<p>If i was unclear on any of this feel free to post it.</p>
<p>bump bump?</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with everything that Jetmaster1 said.</p>
<p>I'd like to add to it though. For me, the long passages are the hardest. I used to read the whole thing and then go to the questions. However, by then, I'd just forget all the little details needed to answer them correctly, so I'd waste my time going back and searching. After lots of practice, I realize that there is a better way. My strategy is to go straight to the questions and use them to help me read the passage. If I see that the first question is a theme or "what did the author intend" type of question, I skip it. Go on to the specific line questions. Read until those lines and answer the question. Look at the next question and do the same thing. It saves time, and the details are fresh in my mind. These specifics questions always go in order, so I'll be done with the passage and done with the questions. Then, I'll just have to go back to the couple general questions that I skipped over.
It's a great strategy, especially for those that don't absorb the textual information too well or for those that run out of time.</p>
<p>I began with a 620 CR score, and it has gone up to about 760 on practice tests. Hoping my studying pays off in October..</p>
<p>wow I have the same problem and you guys definitely gave some great advice! thanx! this thread was great!</p>
<p>"For me, the long passages are the hardest. I used to read the whole thing and then go to the questions. However, by then, I'd just forget all the little details needed to answer them correctly,"</p>
<p>I had the same problem, until I figured out another way. I read the passage as quickly as I can and take in as many details as possible. Then I go to the questions but instead of answering them in order, I start from the very last one. This helps alot because the last questions ask about information that I've just read (so it's fresh in my mind). And I don't need to refer back to the passage as much. The "main idea" questions are easy to figure out because I already have some impression from reading the whole passage. I'm not sure this strategy may work for you guys, but it worked for me. I raised my CR score by 210 points this way.</p>
<p>Lerm89, your strategy sounds good as well, and it probably takes less time than mine. However, if you encounter a 19th century passage on the test (or maybe some other historical document), the language and style would be to confusing to go straight for the question w/o reading the whole text first.</p>
<p>Hope this helps,
clocks</p>
<p>wow thanks guys!</p>