<p>--I am currently a junior, and I took my first real SAT, and I got around 490 on the critical reading section. I mainly got the passage reading questions wrong on the critical reading section. I basically fell asleep when I got to the passage reading part. </p>
<p>--I am looking to get around 700+ on the critical reading, mainly the passage reading section.
--I know I can do it with some practice, because I never practiced for SAT and got 490, even though it is nothing to brag about.
The passage reading is hard for me because all the answer choices seem correct, even when I fully understand what the passage was about, and because I get so bored on reading these passages. </p>
<p>So what I need is some tips, advice, and shortcuts on the PASSAGE READING SECTION.
++Please do not post any following tips, advice, and shortcuts (Especially vague tips).++
-Just read everyday (I do not have time to read, and do not like reading)
-Just memorize vocabs everday (I can guess the vocab part and get it right most of the times)
-Just practice, practice, and practice (I know I need practicing)</p>
<p>++So please the tips, advice, and shortcuts on the PASSAGE READING SECTION that I <em>WANT</em> are... ++
-How to answer the questions quickly (Should I skim it? Should I only read a certain part of the passage?)
-Which answer choice is more likely to be correct (I heard from this website, from a person who got 2400 on the SAT, that there is a way to distinguish a right answer from the wrong by the way it is phrased)
-What kind of things should I look for in the passage (What should I underline? Annotate?)</p>
<h2>These are just few examples of what I would like to know. </h2>
<p>I <em>KNOW</em> that there are shortcuts in the passage reading section, ways to notice right answers right away, or what to look for.</p>
<p>Tips and tricks can only take you so far. 490-700+ is not going to happen overnight, so set short term goals for yourself like 490-mid 500-low 600-mid 600. Obviously a CR miracle isn't going to happen, where you suddenly start scoring 100 something points more than before. </p>
<p>There are no real shortcuts to the SAT. Noticing the right answers involves seeing past the wrong ones and this usually comes from experience or is innate. </p>
<p>You seem pretty new to the SAT so buy the Rocket Review book (a pretty good introduction). It gives you a good base to start from by teaching you the basic approaches to the CR, math and writing.</p>
<p>I know it will only take me so far. I know CR requires practice, and I am doing that. What I want is some tips and tricks on top of my practice to break the borderline score. I heard from numerous 2300+ SAT scorers that most of them found a pattern, or some shortcuts which helped them achieve those scores. CR is not all about practice, practice, and practice. I know practice is critical, but I also know that tips and tricks will greatly improve my score.</p>
<p>The pattern for the answers on the SAT is the following: take a function f(x), where x is the year month and date of the test in mmddyyyy format. f(x)= (x-1)^yyyy. take the log base 800 of the derivative of the function and plug in the primes of the fibonacci sequence that are above 100, and then take 5sin of that, and you will get the answers.</p>
<p>or, alternatively, you can get the college board's official sat book, and do the practice problems, as well as try being as active a participant in your literature/english class as possible. discussing problems you get wrong with other people is also good.</p>