<p>I have only lived in Canada for 3.5 years and English is my second language. I got a 650 on my October SAT.</p>
<p>I got 3 wrong on the sentence completion section of the CR and approximately 8 wrong on the reading comprehension part. I need some advice on how to prepare for the reading comprehension part of the SAT.</p>
<p>I understand that reading for a long period of time might be the best way to improve reading ability, but unfortunately, I do not have that amount of time right now. I am trying to learn approaches that might assist me in receiving higher scores. </p>
<p>Here are some helpful information:<br>
SAT Writing 710 (12/12 on essay)
TOEFL: 103/120 (took this in early 2006)
[27/30 in Reading, 27/30 in Writing, 27/30 in Listening, 22/30 in Speaking (weird... I always consider myself a fluent English speaker with no Chinese accent...-.-)]</p>
<p>Any comments or recommendations would be extremely helpful and deeply appreciated. Thank you for spending your time.</p>
<p>I raised my CR from 65 on PSAT to 800 on SAT. Here's what I did... who knows if it will work for you. All right, maybe I didn't actually <em>do</em> all that much, but I did change my approach.</p>
<p>When it comes to the passages, they are not trying to trick you... everything you need to know is in the passage, and the questions are completely straightforward. All the answers are completely obvious (stated outright or supplemented with a lot of supporting evidence). If you think the question is ambiguous, you're wrong. Reread it, reread whatever you need to to get an obvious answer--that will be the right answer.</p>
<p>I chose to read the passage first. I read the passage and focus as hard as I can, not caring how boring or long the passage is. I react to the passage, set up a thesis in my mind, and think about why the author chooses to say what they say. Then I read the questions, and they seem absurdly easy. Hopefully, this will be the case with anyone who does the same as me.</p>
<p>And by the way, you don't need to read for a long time... I never read (of course I was born in the US, but still).</p>
<p>Here's what I did to get a perfect score in CR on both the PSAT and the SAT
1. Read the passage
2. Say "crap! this is easy" EDIT: just think it, don't say it
3. Answer the questions</p>