Improving Critical Reading...

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<p>So I took the SAT in March and got 600CR/ 700M/ 780W and I have been trying to improve my CR since then; I want to retake in October. </p>

<p>My problem is that I just can't increase my CR score above 650 on practice exams (I got 660 once, but it was luck IMO). I have read most, if not all, of the posts on how to improve CR, but I just can't get the hang of it. I have generally been doing practice CR exams from previous SATs every week; I check my answers and rationalize why I got each question right or wrong. I rarely miss sentence completion questions, but I miss like 4-8 reading comprehension questions on each section(It all adds up to like 12-20 wrong)</p>

<p>So my questions is, should I just start reading more book, rather than simply taking practice CR sections 1-2 time(s) a week? I usually do the exams reading the passages of the computer, will that affect me? I know CR is hard to improve, but I feel like I'm going no where. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>If you are confident that your method of attacking the critical reading section is the most effective and efficient, then it boils down to practice. – also, don’t lose too many points because of vocab - make sure that you study some good word lists.</p>

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<p>Well I have been trying the method in which you mark the lines and then answer questions as you go… It might not be working well for me since I get a lot wrong… Should I try other methods like reading the passage first and then answering the questions? I feel pretty confident in the vocab part, but I still study words either way.</p>