<p>hey i have a 500 verbal. If i memorize barrons 3500 word list, how many points do you think i can improve my verbal score?? i have 2 years left to improve that incredibly low verbal. any suggestions?? i've heard that some people improved their scores drastically by memorizing the Barron's word list, should i put forth the effort to do it? is it worth it? has anyone done and experienced a score raise?? plz tell me..thnx</p>
<p>retarded,....... i memorized 500 words and got a 620 i know friends who reads three magazines everyday(Times, the NY Times, and the onion) and they got 800's</p>
<p>Do a practice test once a week along with the following:</p>
<p>Reading from these and other sources such as conservative intellectual or mises institute are much better- you can download the merriam webster toolbar to instantly look up a word while reading the article.
Also check out acethesat dot com for killer SAT reading strategies purchasable for 50 bucks and there is another post in this forum about the acethesat product Grammatix, read the post and get hooked.
OVER THE SUMMER:
I also recommend reading "wuthering heights" version by Kaplan with all the tough words defined on the very page they appear in addition to reading the above in order to solidify your comprehension as well as vocab. If wuthering heights doesn't satisfy you, try "test of Time", an SAT vocab mystery that will teach you 2000+ words through context with all the words defined and linked through loads of synonyms!, CONTEXT is the best way to increase score
DOING ALL OF THE ABOVE ENABLED ME TO GO FROM A 280/800 IN VERBAL 4 YEARS AGO TO A 660/800 IN CRITICAL READING THIS PAST MARCH, but I am still going to continue to read from the mises site and study grammatix till my score hits 750 (which I am confident it will with these resources)</p>
<p>I definatley wouldn't do it. Memorizing vocabulary will only help you on the sentence completions, and only on the hardest ones at that. The vocab in the reading passages is basic, and even the words you don't know can be identified by context. In fact, a whole genre of questions is dedicated to defining words by context. If you wan't to improve your CR score, the way to go is practice. Not practicing vocab, not even practicing reading, but practicing the SAT. After all, the SAT is only a measure of how well you take the SAT. Just keep taking tests until you've developed a strategy that works for you (this is very important for the long reading passages), and until you're so familiar with the test that nothing suprises you. In addition to learning the nuances of the SAT, this approach will give you one very important thing: confidence.</p>
<p>No. Go here--<a href="http://aldaily.com/">http://aldaily.com/</a> and read.</p>
<p>hey kilini...that website looks good. So if i just read stuff from there for 1 year, my verbal will go up from a 510 to a 640?</p>
<p>There's no guarantee that your score will go up or down. However, improving your reading comprehension is a skill that will benefit you far beyond the SAT.</p>
<p>The reading passages on the SAT are elementary. Its not your comprehension you need to work on, its your strategy. And that comes from practicing the SAT, not practicing reading an arts and literature publication.</p>