<p>I have taken 12 practice tests, gone over 2 Direct Hit Vocab Books, and worked through 2 Reading Prep Books (Kaplan and McGraw-Hills) but my reading score is NEVER improving!
I currently get from 620-650 and I want to get 700+.</p>
<p>I started actively reading too (reading articles, newspapers, classics).. I also practiced strategies like crossing out wrong answers I know and breaking down sections with the questions.
My area of problem differs in every test. One test I do bad in sentence completion because I get words I don't know... Another test I do bad on the long passages....</p>
<p>Can anyone who does well on reading tell me how you improved or succeed in the section?</p>
<p>I took my CR score from a 660 in June to a perfect 800 in October. </p>
<p>It’s all about beating the Test-makers. The Writing section is written to confuse you. The Math is written to annoy you. The Reading is written to exhaust you. It’s about knowing how to take the test.</p>
<p>There are certain questions on certain parts of the page that are more difficult than any others in the section. You have to be able to identify these and, if need be, omit them. Omitting is NOT A BAD THING. Omitting can help you retain precious points. </p>
<p>Don’t study test content so much. If you are scoring in the 620-650 range, it means you DO know what you’re testing on. Study the test mechanics along WITH the content, and outsmart the Collegeboard. </p>
<p>Take a practice test. On the FIRST PAGE of any reading section, look at the very last question. It’s usually like number 8 or something. That particular question is the most difficult on that page. Can you tell? Same goes for the first page of the writing section.</p>
<p>I’ve seen many people struggle with this problem and I have to say that you need to keep reading a lot for at least a year. CR comes with years of reading and hard work, and the most it improves over a short period of time is 10-30 points on average. For my 800 this December, I learnt to read all over again. You need to read objectively and analyze every single word and its meaning in the passage. Attentiveness is key.</p>