<p>I've been studying only for CR, doing 6 sections a day, or two entire practice tests, excluding the math and writing sections. In addiiton, I jot down all the new vocabulary I see from these sentence completions and passsages, look them up, and make a huge list to memorize....</p>
<p>When I only did 3 sections a day, my score improved from low 600s to high 600s or even 700s within one or two weeks....now that I'm doing 6 sections, my score has "maxed out" at high 600s or even declines from time to time....am I overworking myself?</p>
<p>Generally doing 6 sections a day is too much. Do maybe 2 sections and review your answers. Your scores will fluctuate and may decline. It really depends on the passages on CR and whether you happen to know the vocab.</p>
<p>CR is very difficult to improve on. You should focus your efforts on getting 770+ for M and W, then focus on CR. Also, if you focus too much on CR and neglect the other sections, your scores on the other sections may decline.</p>
<p>What are you guys talking about? I do at least one full prectice test per day, broken into sections. While that seems like a lot, it really is only about 3.5 hours, which is not even a fourth of my day. However, my scores rose drastically. At around 7/19, my score was 2090. Now I barely miss any questions and my range is from 2340-2400. Keep working Dat Dude, I garuntee that your score wont max out as long as you work hard.</p>
<p>Diminishing returns... CR tests a lifetime's worth of reading practice, so there's only so much you can improve by memorizing vocab words and getting good and taking the test itself.</p>
<p>The thing is, I've already taken the SAT, and my math score is 800 and writing is 720...so I don't really see much room for improvement in anything besides CR....which happens to be a horrendous 630. Writing could use some improvement, but supposedly colleges don't really care about that sectoin. This is why I'm bustin my ass to get 750+ in CR....but I'm just not sure if doing so many CR sections daily is the most efficient way to get this score. </p>
<p>AznN3rd...how much did you improve your CR since 7/19? 300 point overall improvement is pretty fuggin' good</p>
<p>what book did you use? I'm using Barron's SAT book and PR 11 practice tests. Barron's 2400 is getting mad hype for 700+ in CR...dunno if i should get it though. Memorizing all this vocab is a ***** too....I've straight up memorized like 400 words in 2 weeks</p>
<p>"doing 6 sections a day, or two entire practice tests"
i think it's too much,i just only take 1 section and learn about 30 new vocabularies a day,so i can review my error and get experiences.</p>
<p>Azn, how can you possibly increase almost 250 points in the verbal section? doing well in CR requires a lifetime of reading practice..it's not so much the vocabulary you learn. im sure you can study hundreds of words...but how will you explain studying for reading comprehension? please teach me your methods, even though i already took the SAT</p>
<p>everybody is probably going to yell at me for saying this...but i don't think studying for the CR helps you at all.</p>
<p>my first time taking the SAT the ONLY practice i had done was the free collegeboard question of the day emails (so...every 3rd day was critical reading, but no passage comprehension, just vocab) and i got an 800. if i had bought books and tried to memorize vocab beforehand i think i would have just overworked myself and gotten confused while taking the test. maybe you should lighten up a little on your work, although your work ethic is amazing.</p>
<p>When I studied for the SAT, I took about 12 practice tests from start to finish (well I only did about 4 essays) and on the early tests, I was getting a range of about 600-700 on critical reading. Even on my last practice test, I only got 700-800. Maybe I got lucky on the vocab (probably my weakest point), but when the real deal came along, I got an 800 on CR. I think the best way to study for the SAT is to just take practice tests over and over, from start to finish. Maybe thats just me, and I realize that you don't really need to improve anything else, but those practice tests really got me doing better on the reading, which was always my lowest score. Its good to practice the other sections anyway; you don't want to trade your scores in math and writing for a higher reading.</p>