<p>I've taken the hardest courses in my grade, on practice tests I get 780-800 on both writing and math, I read just as much as anyone does, but I always get like around 500.</p>
<p>I read a passage and its like in 1 ear and out the other type of thing, I can't really remember what I read. I'm I like dyslexic or something?</p>
<p>any help offered on CR would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>please help :)</p>
<p>Maybe you should dissect the passage a little more. For example, when you read a long passage, go to the questions and circle all the main idea questions....or any other question that requires information from the whole passage. Do those questions at the end.</p>
<p>And taking advantage of the fact that questions appear in chronological order of the passage, read a paragraph and answer the line reference question that appears in that paragraph. This allows you to answer the questions as they come and not be overwhelmed by the passage as a whole.
After you've done all the line references, the main idea should be easy because you have an idea of what the passage is about and most importantly, you know which section to look.</p>
<p>Or... you can just practice reading at a moderate pace but with accuracy. Focus more on getting the questions right and less on rushing through the passage.</p>
<p>i know how you feel, i used to be the same way too
sometimes you just think too much about the question because that's what you're trained to do in an english class. so step back a little and try not to go too in depth into the question. for the most part the questions are supposed to see if you have an elementary grasp on the passage.</p>
<p>also what helped me was by taking advantage that the questions appeared in chronological order, like physics08 said. i went through all the questions, and just looked up the answer in the passage, and left the main idea for last. for the ones that don't ask you to infer, or that such and such implies, THE ANSWER WILL BE IN THE PASSAGE. you just have to look for it.</p>
<p>hope i helped</p>
<p>My gap is similar to yours. My math is at in the 700s but sadly my verbal is in the 360-400 range.</p>
<p>thanks for the help guys :)</p>
<p>hoolly crap *** mate?</p>
<p>sorry i dont meant o make fun of you but seriously go out and get a good study book, i reccomend barrons for the SATII and read all their tips and stuff</p>
<p>Active reading, underline everything, and ask yourself what the passage means as you read it. It's helped me immensely, I started out getting 530's in critical reading on practice tests, now I'm consistently scoring between 650 and 700 in that area.</p>
<p>''Active reading, underline everything, and ask yourself'' -------></p>
<p>Read actively, underline everything, and ask yourself</p>
<p>Might want to pull that writing score up:)</p>
<p>underline everything? like what the things i don't understand?</p>
<p>Underline main ideas, important quotes, characters, etc. I'd also reccomend writing all around the passage. After each paragraph I try and write the main idea of it in the margin which generally helps a lot. Just keep practicing, it takes some time, but eventually you'll get it.</p>
<p>thanks, any ideas on which books to purchase?</p>
<p>What SAT prep books to purchase?</p>
<p>yeah reading</p>
<p>What i do when reading is bracket off each sentence. Like box in each sentence almost and it actually helps me. Maybe its a bit overboard though....</p>
<p>That is wasting a lot of time IMHO.</p>
<p>Dive into the questions first. Answer all of them that ask you to refer to a specific line, and they almost always ask for the line references in the order that they appear <em>hint hint</em>. The hint is, if you read a little bit at a time, each part before a line reference, you'll have read 80% of the passage by the time you've answered all of the line reference questions. Now, start from the beginning of the section and answer the main idea questions, reading the proper portion (which should now be easier to find) when necessary. Try underlining people, places, similes, and quotations if you must.</p>
<p>so wait when doing CR</p>
<p>and the passage Qs</p>
<p>NOT to read the entire passage first, because thats what I am doing</p>
<p>I understand your logic but I am trying to clarify it right now:</p>
<ol>
<li>Answer the line ref. Qs Go to each of the lines given and read a lil ahead and a little behind and answer the Q</li>
<li>Answer the main idea Qs based on what you know from line ref.?</li>
</ol>
<p>Yes. And if there's more you need to know that you haven't gotten, try reading what you haven't read yet. But remember, practice is the most important tool, and if you don't feel that this works best for you, you should stick to what you feel is best.</p>