<p>is KILLING me. i really want that 2300+ score, but my 700 is holding me back. does anybody have score changing advice? i know that 700 isn't the worst score ever, but since it's already kinda high, it's been difficult for me to change anything. it's like i've hit a plateau.</p>
<p>You posted this at 11:11…maybe you’re going to be lucky. :)</p>
<p>What kinds of questions do you usually get wrong?</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>the passages. i think it’s a combination of using my time poorly and narrowing down to two answers, then choosing the wrong one.</p>
<p>I’ve plateaued with math, so I feel your pain, clementines :P</p>
<p>I feel that reading is the hardest to improve…</p>
<p>Are the few questions you’re missing usually centered on vocabulary or reading comprehension? If it’s vocabulary, then there’s a lot of good SAT vocab lists that you can study. If it’s comprehension, that’s tougher, but the best advice I can give is to simply practice out of the Blue Book if you haven’t already… the more you practice the more you get the hang of how CollegeBoard thinks and what kind of answers they’re looking for.</p>
<p>usually it’s the passage comprehensions. i hate those especially long passages the most. it’s like: am i supposed to read the whole thing, then answer questions? read the questions first, then the whole thing? read the questions first, then skim for the answers? </p>
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<p>IMO (and I got a 790), read the passage and then answer the questions. And don’t worry too much about the questions while you’re reading the passage.</p>
<p>why do you think so?</p>
<p>Because then you actually read the passage instead of just skimming through it looking for the answers. You’re more likely to see the big picture, and when you see the big picture you end up with more of an intuition for what the correct answers are. And sometimes you can almost predict the questions just from reading the passage.</p>
<p>ahhhh okay</p>
<p>any more 790er tips?? lol</p>
<p>If its time constraints, then this might help you. When you reach a passage, quickly look in the questions for the Line number that they reference and mark it in the passage. This shouldnt take you more than 50 seconds to do. Then read the passage and as you reach the lines that you marked, read the question associated with it and answer it, if possible. Continue reading until youve answered all the questions that pertain to specific lines. After doing so, the main idea of the passage and the passage it self will make a lot of sense, enough to answer the more general questions (i.e. primary purpose of the passage, etc.) I used this strategy yesterday and I would end up with 10 minutes to spare in each Reading section.</p>
<p>you have a completely different strategy from halcyonheather!</p>
<p>but now i’m getting conflicting advice lol. i know different things work for different people, but anyone else? i’m looking for the best way to attack the passages. </p>
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<p>It’s not completely different…I’ve done this sometimes, and I think it’s probably better than my original advice because then you don’t have to go searching through the text when you’re trying to answer the questions. But I do think you should read the part of the passage relevant to a certain question before you start worrying about what the answer is.</p>
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<p>but isn’t that completely different from what you said? </p>
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<p>so you’re saying that i should read the questions, just not the answers? it’s kind of inevitable to read the questions if you’re going to mark where to find the answer.</p>
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<p>Look at the first question and see if it refers to a line number. If it does, read the passage up to that point and then see if you can answer the question…but don’t worry too much about the question while you’re reading. </p>
<p>I think this strategy works best for the questions that ask about what a word means in context. Sometimes they’ll refer to a line number even though they’re asking about the passage as a whole, and in that case I think you should read the whole passage first. (You can do the “what does this word mean in context” questions without really reading the passage at all except for the part the word is in, so I suggest looking at those first.)</p>
<p>okay, thanks</p>
<p>but another problem i have is over thinking, especially in the “inferring” type questions. </p>
<p>like if you want an in depth example, you know on the sat website, where there are practice cr questions? </p>
<p>[Free</a> SAT Reading Practice Questions - Passage Based Reading](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>on this first question here, i wouldn’t be able to decide if the answer’s c or d. they say he’s not “passionate,” but, when i was reading, i got the impression that he was passionate because he was all over his wife about how their children were sick, etc. and how could he be “self centered” if he cared so much for his kids?? UGH ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ</p>
<p>Ugh…that’s from The Awakening. :D</p>
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<p>If he was really passionate about his kids, he would take care of the fever himself (and he wouldn’t leave them all the time), but he’s a man and therefore thinks taking care of his kids is beneath him. His complaining about the fever is mostly just a means toward the end of trying to get his wife to act more like what he thought a woman was supposed to act like. He’s patronizing her.</p>
<p>yeah but he was passionate about those beliefs</p>
<p>not to mention, it took me like five minutes to read that passage</p>
<p>I’m sure we can all agree that critical reading SUCKS</p>
<p>Math > Writing >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CR</p>