<p>I need some help on my preparation plans. I have been scoring in the 700s on math and almost always know how to solve every problem; the mistakes I make are either from misreading the question or from accidentally bubbling in the wrong answer. On the writing section, I have been scoring in the 700s also, but there are always those 1-3 questions that I answer incorrectly. The critical reading section is my weakest section. On my last test date I managed to score a 630, which I attribute a bit of to luck, since I had never scored above 610 in practice. This 630 was achieved with a large amount of preparation. Should I work on getting my 700 math and writing to 800? I feel like at this stage of critical reading, it requires a bit more of luck and can't really be prepared for. For the reading questions I get wrong, I can't even get myself to understand why the correct answer is correct. That's why I feel maybe I should stop preparing for CR since I got lucky with the 630, and work on getting my math and writing score to 800. Any thoughts?</p>
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<p>Read silverturtle’s guide on this forum.</p>
<p>To help you avoid bubbling in the wrong answer: circle the answer in the test booklet. Then, before you turn to the next page, quickly double check that your answer matches your bubble. Or if you consistently finished with time left over, cross check all your answers at that time.</p>
<p>Some people suggest working all the problems on a page (or on a two-page spread) and bubbling them all in at once. But, I sometimes hear horror stories of people running out of time and being forced to leave 4 or 5 questions blank even though they solved them.</p>
<p>Critical Reading Strategy </p>
<p>[Practice moving your eyes up and down as this will eventually lead to faster eye movement and that means you can read faster.]</p>
<ul>
<li>Read the blurb quickly</li>
<li>Go to the questions and look for line references</li>
<li>Look for questions with quotations and find the words in them that you can look for in the passage</li>
<li>Go to the passage and underline line references, key words, and phrases</li>
<li>Scan the passage quickly</li>
<li>As you read, look for the passage’s tone and force yourself to love the passage</li>
<li>Deep breathing can help with concentration and being focus </li>
<li>Passage mapping help but is time consuming</li>
<li>Answer underlined questions</li>
<li>Answer the rest of the questions after you’ve finished reading</li>
<li>If a question is giving you trouble, skip it</li>
<li>Do all of these steps very quickly</li>
<li>Do not slow down or you will lose time
*Try your best to review quickly</li>
</ul>
<p>For Vocabulary, all I suggest is to not try to learn tons of vocabulary words. You will probably not even see one on test day. Instead, learn a few and focus on learning a ton of suffixes and prefixes. </p>
<p>Also, can you tell me how you got a 700 on your math score? I am having trouble and would like to know what I should review and practice.</p>
<p>Thats it and I hope helped.</p>
<p>"* As you read, look for the passage’s tone and force yourself to love the passage
- Deep breathing can help with concentration and being focus "
Oh my god that is actually the most helpful tip for CR.</p>