<p>Hey guys, so I just recently signed up to CC and I have been looking through a lot of incredible guides and responses. I am currently a Junior in high school and I am extremely motivated to get a high score on the SAT I. I am stuck at a 2100 (600 CR, 800 Math, 700 WS based on 5+ tests in Barron's and BB) and I would like to know how to close the 300 remaining in the gap. I have looked through lots of guides including Noit's guide to attacking the CR section. However, I feel like critical reading is my weakest link, so I brought the question to CC, what can I do to close my gap in Critical Reading?
All help will be appreciated!
Thanks!</p>
<p>~K</p>
<p>Hmmm depends on what your problems with CR are.
If it’s vocab that’s dragging you down, cram vocab. I’d recommend Direct Hits.
If it’s running out of time because of the long passages, then I’d recommend trying different methods of solving the questions (e.g. skimming passage, then looking at questions and going back to the passage, or reading questions first…etc.)</p>
<p>a friend of my son has taken SAT 4 times. all of his test scores are within 20 points of each other. Perhaps 600 is the best you can do. Have you taken any intensive SAT camp yet? Try it this summer and see if it helps.</p>
<p>I think it really depends on the person. I personally know someone who improved over 300 points in 4 months (~1800 to ~2150). Granted, the person I’m talking about took her first SAT with no prep, and studied pretty hard for her second one.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, I generally do fine on sentence completions unless I really just make a dumb decision. The longer passages generally get me, if anyone has any recommendations on that please share! (I have tried barrons 2400 and noit’s guide)</p>
<p>OP -
For longer passages, I’ve found it really helps to circle words that imply a tone - adjectives used by the author. Many of the CR questions pertain to the voice of the author or the mood of a character, etc. Writing is supposed to characterize events, places, people (and whatnot) and make an impression on it.
Hope that helps. :)</p>
<p>I used prepfactory.com as a base to get started and went from there. If you need need a good foundation, I’d highly recommend it.</p>