<p>On my last practice test, I got a 480 in CR using Noitaraperp's method.</p>
<p>However, this time I decided to try the old fashioned way of reading and digesting the passage, and then doing the questions after.</p>
<p>This time I scored a 580, but there is one thing I should mention, I went overtime on each section by about 3 minutes :(.</p>
<p>I got 2 out of 9 Level 1 questions wrong, 0 out of 10 level 2 questions wrong, 8 out of 31 Level 3 questions wrong, 1 our of 8 level four question wrong, and 7 out of 9 Level 5 questions wrong.</p>
<p>Those two level one questions I should have got right :P.
Comment on my level breakdown?</p>
<p>Anyways, thanks to crazybandit's advice I think I understand where I was going wrong on most of the questions in terms of my thinking. I think I'm starting to see that every answer is IN THE TEXT.</p>
<p>Since my score is still low, I hope I can increase it and eventually work on timing :D.
How are some of you people able to finish with 5-10 minutes left!?!
That's crazy lol. </p>
<p>I also annotate in the margin's to help me better comprehend the text. Is there any way I can quicken the time it takes me to read the passage, annotate, and answer the questions? Will I get quicker with practice?</p>
<p>The only thing is, and I’m sure you already know it, is practice.</p>
<p>With more and more practice, one can get accustomed to the type of questions, passage reading, and other things.</p>
<p>A great technique is to never spend more than 45 secs (try to get in in 30 secs) on a question. If it seems too hard, circle it to go back at the end, and move on. Questions are not weighted, so missing 3 possibly easy questions at the end, just to think about one hard questions (and possibly getting wrong) is not worth it.</p>
<p>I actually sometimes annotate, but never spend much time over the annotation. Write down random words or phrases mentioning the main person/idea/etc.</p>
<p>I usually read the whole passage, and answer the questions in order. I think I’d just be wasting time (and probably not get any better results) by answering the line reference questions without reading the passage and then answering the main idea ones. I know it works for some people, but eeeh, idk.</p>
<p>I don’t have high credentials in CR (I got 720, -3 in passages, -2 in sentence completion), but my score and speed went up with practice.</p>
<p>Additionally, I believe, school helps with CR. In English class, you do analyze more and more. If you are a sophomore, don’t worry about the relatively low CR.</p>
<p>thanks!! yeah im a sophomore, but i’ll be taking the october sat :)</p>
<p>Underline details that you think are more significant than the rest of the sentences.</p>
<p>As you finish a paragraph or the whole passage, put a + or - sign to indicate whether author of the passage(s) is critical or supportive. </p>
<p>Do not read the passages though, I’d recommend skimming, which is a settle technique.</p>
<p>All questions with answers will always come from the passage(s). None of them will ask you to make inferences from outside.</p>