<p>I got a 650 on my June CR section and I wanna see if I can raise this to around a 700. What practice tests should I use, not including the Blue Book (I've already done those)? I have until October 1st, so I'm looking for any books that have practice tests, preferably more difficult than the actual SAT. Amount of practice tests don't matter either.</p>
<p>I'm trying to improve my passage based reading. I have Direct Hits for vocab. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Read. Read. and look at Silverturtle’s guide. That helped. </p>
<p>What I did is - mark off the line references so you know where to refer to
Know your hit parade words, but just understand, don’t memorize.
And Use Princeton Review
PR has a great 10 practice tests (the 11th is for PSAT). It gives you a reasonable range. My first actual SAT was 2000 –> 2200</p>
<p>Thanks, and yeah I’ve heard good things about PR’s 11 tests. Are there any other books that I can use?</p>
<p>Use the Blue Book (but you’ve said that you’ve already exhausted those tests). So try McGraw Hill for a Hit Parade Word List - Use PR’s actual SAT book, which as 4 more practice tests, all ten sections (which is great! because you can actually simulate testing conditions).</p>
<p>What I found is that I experienced more improvement testing with Blue Book’s Reading instead. And if you haven’t already, sign up for the online test. I don’t know what the fee is, but remember to use these tests wisely - YOU WANT IMPROVEMENT, NOT A STABILIZATION OF SCORE, so test every 2 - 3 weeks after preparing for individual sections. </p>
<p>Now, I know that all this seems really laborious, but it isn’t. Just allot maybe an hour to an hour and a half a day to studying vocab words, familiarizing yourself with the format of the test, and trying to find the best method for reading. One method I use is the line references, as well as following the words with my finger, so I can “feel” the text. It helps me engage in closer, more critical reading (idk whatever works for you man!)</p>
<p>And to justify that my advice is credible, I improved my March 2011 critical reading from 620 (6 wrong, 7 blank) to 740 (probably about 3-4 wrong, none left blank). And if it helps any I fell asleep during one of the reading sections (which may have impacted my score :P). So I rushed on a few questions. Just shows how far reading everything can help. Good luck man. </p>
<p>I’ll be retaking for 800 CR 800 math hopefully :S</p>
<p>740 in June 2011</p>
<p>You only used Blue Book for that improvement? I realized that for math if I use much harder tests as practice it helps a lot, and it contributed to a much higher score this time around. Are there tests out there that are more difficult than the Blue Book?</p>