Newspapers/Magazines to help for SAT CR?

Test Preparation
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<p>I heard that reading and analyzing articles from newspapers/magazines are helpful towards improving your score. I heard that the WSJ and The Economist are good? </p>

<p>Is Bloomberg Businessweek good? </p>

<p>What about Time Magazine?</p>

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<p>Not that these aren’t find publications, but I wouls focus on SAT prep books to prep for SAT. There are lots of sources out there that can enrich your vocabulary/reading skills and are designed specifically for the test. </p>

<p>Most important of all, do lots and lots and lots of practice tests.</p>

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<p>OK Thanks. My specific problem is not being able to find the main idea of the more difficult passage. Any tips on improving that?</p>

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<p>op-ed pieces!!!</p>

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<p>Sorry, what are those? Can you give me some links?</p>

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<p>The best prep for the SAT CR section is just to have a vast amount of reading experience over many years. Yes, you should practice with the prep books, but you should also read read and READ! But even though it doesn’t sound like you have 3 years to prepare for the SAT, reading newspapers and magazines are still helpful. I get the WSJ and I really like it. And The Economist is a really great magazine as well. The other two that you mentioned are good magazines as well, but all these focus largely on news/economics and variety matters for the SAT.
I suggest you also look at science magazines, like the Scientific American, Smithsonian, etc., because the SAT frequently has articles about something science related. Also, read biographies/autobiographies because the SAT gives you narratives as well.
CR is the one section of the SAT that cannot be vastly improved with practice, like you can do with math or even the writing MC. It’s based on your reading skills which you accumulate over time. But it’s not too late! Just read whatever you can get your hands on, but vary your reading. You’ll never go wrong with reading (:</p>

<p>Oh, and also about analyzing news articles, I would not suggest writing a 2 page analysis of every article you read. Just think it over, and maybe go online and read over some of others’ opinions about a specific event.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Most people recommend the NYT Op-Ed, here’s the link: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys!</p>