SAT, CR mainly please help.

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<p>I am taking the SAT in June (2 weeks) and i really need help.</p>

<p>Math I am okay, 650ish, but i can never go higher then 700? is it careless mistakes? Any suggestions?</p>

<p>Writing, I have improved alot, and i would like to keep improving. Is is practicing that just makes the writing score better? Does the Barron's Writing Workbook work?</p>

<p>Critical Reading, i suck. i can't get it higher then 540 (i got a 440 on the real SAT the first time i took it). How do i increase this score? (Barron's CR Workbook work?)</p>

<p>jamesyhr posted that there is a pattern/format for the CR section:</p>

<p>"""Sorry, I don't think you have not known what pattern is.
The format of the test means "LOOKING FOR THE PATTERN"</p>

<p>what that means you should be able to find a pattern for questions.</p>

<p>You should memorize the words a lot, as naidu90 said.</p>

<p>For specific questions, you should find for rephrasing</p>

<p>For main topic one, you should find for wishy washy answer</p>

<p>For vocab one, you should treat like it as a sentence completion</p>

<p>For inference question, it is similar to the specific one. Yet, sometimes, all my methods do not work for this question type. So, you have to be careful..</p>

<p>Give a break for your mind while taking a test. Well, think of this kind of thinking.
"Well, I can give it another shot."</p>

<p>When I felt this feeling at test center after section 2(which is hard cr section), I changed my mind into happy one. And suddenly Bam!!</p>

<p>all questions seem to be made up by formats, and I know I've got all other cr sections including experimental sections right, not missing a single one to go.</p>

<p>Give it a try for a bit, and take your mind at ease. Then, You will feel this CR is nothing after all.."""</p>

<p>is this true? i don't really understand it. can someone please help if possible or any other suggestions. thank you sooo sooo much. i really want to get a 2000+ this time (i got a 1630 the 1st time). please please.</p>

<p>thank you.</p>

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<p>Hey!</p>

<p>Most people find CR to be the hardest bit, so chill :D To do well on CR, you need to be able to read and understand very fast. The texts in the CR section are never direct or simple - they can be descriptive, narrative, argumentative etc - but they usually are quite ambivalent, i.e, not very clear. For example, an argumentative essay will contain both pros and cons so you're not quite sure which side the writer is supporting.</p>

<p>So, you HAVE to read a lot to overcome this problem. And you have to be able to trust your judgment. Good topics to read are (in my opinion based on my own SAT experience): history, literature, biology, anthropology, sociology and evolutionary science. Don't read them to memorize or remember anything. Read them to practice reading. You could try National Geographic or Times magazine or something.</p>

<p>As the tone of the essay changes, or the writer introduces new ideas, put a star mark near the margin. In effect, you're slicing the text into portions of similar ideas/points etc.</p>

<p>For the vocabulary questions, you need to know the words! So practice your words well because that's one surefire way to do well. Sometimes, when you don't know the word, you can get an idea of what it means from the way it is used as well. </p>

<p>The difficult questions are the inference, tone and rhetoric questions. There isn't a formula to get this right..it's not math! Since the texts never strongly support a point, the answers will not be extreme either. When there are four similar responses, chances are the one worded most strongly is not the correct answer. But there really is no escaping from trying to understand what the writer is saying. For that you need to practice. </p>

<p>Always be suspicious of the most obvious/strong answers but if you're gut feeling is A, then go with A. You don't have much time to ponder over one question. Sometimes, it's easier to read the questions first and then read the text...but this strategy works for only a few people. So try it out a few times and if it doesn't help during practice, don't use it in the test.</p>

<p>All the best! PM me if I couldn't explain something clearly. :D</p>

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<p>Oh, for the writing, the Barrons workbook does help! My advice is to never ever lose points on the writing section. It's really the easiest part of SAT. Practice all the grammar rules in the book! As for your essays, they don't need to be complex but they need to show a clear thought process and development. To help your argument, include lots of RELEVANT examples. Just stay away from Hitler, Gandhi and communism - not because there's something wrong with them, they've just been used too many times!</p>

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<p>i find CR to be the hardest. but i think that's only because simulation CRs suck</p>