<p>Hi, so I'm in need of help for critical reading and math. I take a practice test from the blue book once every week, and my scores are consistently in the low 600's (600-630) for Critical reading and 650-680 in math. I really want to improve my math grade by around 50-100 points or at least to simply reach a 700, but I don't see how I can do it. Every day, when I'm not completing the practice tests, I would be doing practice questions out of the Princeton Review book and would time myself. Then, I would go back and understand the mistakes I've made. However, my math grade is remaining the same, or even worst, sometimes it drops. Same thing goes for my reading. For Critical reading, I would read time magazines on my spare time and then I would also practice with practice questions, but I feel as if my Critical reading is dropping for some reason.. Does anyone know a great way to improve critical reading and math? I've tried referring to certain lines for critical reading, but I really got into the habit of just reading the passage and then doing the questions (with a reference back to the passage anytime I need to). Also, for math, I tend to get at least 1 to two wrong in each section. Any help would be greatly appreciated! And yes, for the writing, I have a 730, so any tips for that would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>For math, something that will help greatly is to try to form equations for every question. You should write down all numbers that appear in the question and look for relationships among them. More often than not I will find an equation to use and then look at answer choices, and find that my equation is in fact an answer.</p>
<p>For critical reading, rather than practicing doing critical reading passages and answering questions, you should be reading more. Not just magazines, but full sized novels. When you get to a critical reading passage on the SAT it’s best to read it through once over, and then work to answer questions, as with this method you’ll have a complete and uninterrupted view of the passage. Another helpful strategy is also to look at questions with line references before you read the passage, mark those line references in the passage, and then answer questions as you get to those references.</p>
<p>i would say to read more. i am going to be taking the SAT in about a month. three months ago, my CR was a 520. but i didnt care how much time i had left to prepare, i droppped all my crittical reading wrokbooks and started reading. now with about a month left, i went from a 520 to mid-high 600’s. trust me, it comes naturally, most kids just feel taht they are wasting time when they could be doing practice questions. it doesnt matter how much practice you do if you dont know the bascics. ur score will be the same. good luck and READ!=)</p>
<p>I agree with what he said above. Reading more improves you’re reading speed, your comfort with words in general, and your innate ability to read. Think of it like running, in order to run fast you do have to develop form and technique, but at the end of the day, the best way to get faster is simply to just run. </p>
<p>For Math, I would suggest first learning and knowing all of the material. Then comes practicing a lot of problems. When you take your practice tests, circle any math problems your unsure of and go over the concepts for that problem in great detail. The 3 greatest strategies I found for the math section is to substitute and plug in numbers for certain questions, write out equations, and guess and check. For many geometry questions I recommend drawing out the models in detail, it doesn’t have to be drawn to scale but I do recommend you try to get it close to scale, this is especially helpful for Triangle questions where you aren’t given the picture.</p>
<p>What do you guys recommend to read aside from long novels? I kind of want to get politics into my readings for the essay portion, which led me to Time Magazine. I would read WSJ or NY Times, but they are just not as portable as magazines imo. Thanks for the advice guys!</p>