<p>I took SAT in December with one month prepartion and I have scored only 1440. I did not have much guidance for it. what is the best book and approach for a 2000. I read the Barren. </p>
<p>I want someone to help me. My next test is on Jan 27. What can I do to achieve a goal of 2000. I know I performed poorly but please give me sincere advice.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Sohaib</p>
<p>Well reading Barron's was a good start. Why don't you obtain the The Official SAT Study Guide by The College Board? It has ten real practice tests which you can do. Using the stratagies you learned from the Barron's and practicing with these tests should help raise your scores. If you need more practice then you should get Princeton Review's eleven practice tests. Is it a possibility that you could also take a class?</p>
<p>I support TangyTart. Get the Blue Book and Princeton Review. PRACTICE!!! Subscribe to CB Online. READ!!! U r target defnitely requires tremendous amount of practice. It will be pretty tough to deal w/ CR at this time. So, give more time to W and M. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Yes. I am goin to join the Princeton review center. It has the 3 hour/day class schedule. i would get Princeton as well. Any suggestions about how to improve critical reading?</p>
<p>Thank you Asif. </p>
<p>I am going to join the Princeton Reveiw course based in Lahore. Any feedback on that if you know about it. What shoud I read to improve critical reading.. Give me an Idea.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Eh, personally, I think Princeton Review's just crap, but that's only on looking at some of my friends' scores after taking it. I have no actual experience with the center.</p>
<p>You don't need to read anything to get better at critical reading other than the review books. It should not be any harder to improve CR than M or W. I think taking the PR class should help you. Would you be able to obtain the official study guide as well, because it is a bit better than princeton's material? Good luck.</p>
<p>I think the class will definitely help. Ask your instructor for any recommendations on extra reading to do for CR. Is your English good enough that you can read classic literature written in English? That would help too.</p>
<p>"It should not be any harder to improve CR than M or W."
I can't agree w/ u! well, u r correct if someone has a year to prep for SAT. Then he can simply READ, READ and READ! But suppose u've just two months before ur SAT, now if u tell me how u should study, I would suggest u to go hard w/ M and W since u can STUDY for those (in COMPARISON to CR which tests ur comprehension of English) I hope that explains my stand point. Yeah, u can study for CR but that's rather extensive and I don't know what can actually guarantee u a good rise in CR. U may want to go w/ Grammatix (I haven't used it yet, but in CC, a lot of students recommend Grammatix--go to acethesat.com--for CR.) And then, u do have Barron's and PR. (don't even think about Kaplan! their practice questions are just a crap!)</p>
<p>Hmm since you are international obviously since you are taking the class in Lahore it may be harder to improve the CR score. The problem is, too many people look at CR as actual reading. It's more logic. It has less to do with how well you read as to whether you understand what the SAT is testing. That's why I believe you don't need to read outside literature or magazines to improve the CR. Just use the strategies provided in the PR or Barrons.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the major obstacle for an intl student (w/ english as second lang) must be able to comprehend the passages to the extent that they can then use 'logical reasoning'. (Since English is second language I can exactly see what makes CR so tough for an intl student.)</p>