<p>Hi, i'm a junior this year and currently studying for the SATs for more then 3 months. I took prep class for 1 1/2 month and still, my SAT scores are around the same. I don't know why my CR won't improve. First it was 300, then 350, then 430, the best was 480. I took the real SAT in march and got a 460. I'm stuck in the 400 range. The problem I have is that I run out of time for the second passage reading in the critical reading section and I end up guessing for the other questions... My sentence completion is fine, I get like 8/10 correct or 7/10 correct. The short passage readings are much easier for me, I get all of them right. Once it gets to the second passage I run out of time and I lose it... My math is 600 and my writing is 470, but I understand the writing section much more. I believe that CR is more important in most colleges, so what can I do to improve?</p>
<p>try to read faster? read more books, reread text from test in order to improve your reading speed?</p>
<p>See if you can read just part of the text:</p>
<p>just a paragraph and then answer the questions for that paragraph , so at least you will get some right</p>
<p>or read the first and the last sentence of each paragraph so you will know the gist of the text?</p>
<p>i’ve heard of that method which is outline reading but, the problem with that is that you may not get the author’s tone and such. I read this method from barrons, and i will consider it. I’m starting to read more and improve my speed. from prep, i learned some parts you can skim through.</p>