<p>Rather than doing the whole critical reading test, then go over all the answers, I am reading the whole passage, then going over my answers. I go over all of them, rather I got then right or wrong. I do this, because the story of the reading passage is fresh in my mind. What do you think? Is this a good way?? </p>
<p>Also, lets say I suck in critical reading. If I study on just the reading passages in various Sat books for like 8 hours a day, in two weeks I should have a good score. Right? I read somewhere on here, that someone read 25 practice test. It will take me awhile to do 25 of these test, because I go over all the answers. How long does it take the adverage person to complete one of these test, with going over all the answers??? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>That’s what I do now. That method has been money for me. It varies for everyone, though.</p>
<p>I’d take the full 25/20 minutes per section, then spend a considerable amount of time going over each question you get wrong and understand not only why you missed the question, but what mental error you made that gave you the wrong answer. So I’d say… 80 minutes per 3 sections?</p>
<p>I think you are using the right method to practice. When i took my first practice test for SATs i scored low 600s in critical reading but after doing practice critical reading sections and thoroughly going over each question i got wrong and understanding why i got the others right i ended up scoring an 800 on the real test. So as long as you continue practicing this way im sure youll be fine. Good luck :)</p>
<p>p.s. i studied from princeton review, barrons, and kaplan</p>
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Do you think online princeton classes help??? and is it worth going to the nearby princeton review classes or just the book is enough?
Please hrry i have limited time.</p>
<p>Well going to any type of class will help but if you end up paying a lot of money for a class that may only slightly raise your score then i think that just studying from the book will be fine. I don’t know too much about the Princeton review classes to make any type of accurate judgement though, sorry</p>
<p>Pay special attention to patterns in your wrong answers as they develop. Are you picking a lot of choices that you later find are not actually mentioned in the passage? Are you picking choices that are contradicted in the passage? Is your vocabulary a weakness?</p>
<p>As you work through all those practice tests, try to eliminate one kind of error at a time. By the time you’re done, you should be looking at a nice improvement.</p>
<p>I used to have so much trouble on this section when I took the SAT. But one of my best friends who was awesome at this section gave me a few words of advice that helped me a lot. </p>
<p>First, she told me that she actually read the entire passage first and as she read, she tried to think of things that the test would ask (so yes your method works well). Then the thing that helped me most, she said that when you are answering the multiple choice, instead of trying to figure out which of the answers is CORRECT, assume that all the answers are wrong in some way or another and pick the one that is the LEAST wrong.</p>
<p>This seemed kind of counterintuitive, but honestly, it really helped. I went from a 620 to a 760 in reading with this advice. I worked really hard at this section and when I took my last SAT, I actually finished each reading section with atleast 5-6 minutes left to go. And also another piece of advice, study from the OFFICIAL COLLEGEBOARD book and try doing each critical reading section atleast twice. This helps you know the types of questions that you are getting wrong and by the time you take the test, you will be able to just know the answer as soon as you see the answer choices.</p>
<p>But of course, everyone has there own strategies so try things out before you pick one way to do it. </p>
<p>What I personally do, which has helped me considerably, is read the passages in chunks. The questions generally go in order from questions pertaining to the beginning of the passage to questions pertaining to the passage holistically. Therefore, I tend to read about three lines, look at the questions, answer, read another chunk and look for an answer, and continue this process until I’ve read the whole passage. I find that skimming over the questions and marking in lines and specific words is just a major waste of time, and that method cost me a lot of points on the PSAT. When chunking, the information read is fresh and you save time, overall.</p>
<p>I also think prep classes and using any other resource other than the Blue Book are a waste. I read over Barron’s 2400 and the CR section of Gruber’s 2400, and that didn’t help me at all. If anything, taking the Blue Book tests and going over ALL the answers (yes, all) helped the most. After a few practice tests, you get a gist of what Collegeboard wants in your answers.</p>