<p>I am now really trying to get a high score on the CR section on the SAT.
I'm confident in math but i really have no ideas on the CR and Writing sections.</p>
<p>Since it's now summer and all, im trying to memorize around 1000~2000 since i'm only a freshman after the break
I've got the so called "Word Smart" book from Amazon and now trying to study with it. I've studied words before but they just don't seem to stay in my mind for too long.</p>
<p>so does anyone have tips on memorizing SAT words?</p>
<p>i never tried to memorize words. i just read a lot, and i learn new words all the time. i try to use as many new words as i can in conversations... my friends gave me some weird looks, though, when i threw in "umbrageous." yeah :D</p>
<p>i used to write aobut 15-20 of them on flash cards or paper and really try to memorize just that chunk. then id spend the rest of the next 2-3 days running all the words and definitions through in my head whenever i could.
my friend used to take 5 SAT words at a time, and use them as much as he could that day in conversations, writing, IM, etc. in correct context of course =)</p>
<p>There are CDs that you can buy. My friends have bought them and said they are very useful. I believe the iTunes was going to come out with songs that you could buy as well. Catchy songs are easy to remember and if they have SAT words in them, all the better.</p>
<p>what i do that works extremely well is look at 5 words in a row, then memorize them. once u memorized the 1st 5, try the next 5, but test yourself from the 1st word u started with. after memorizing 20 in a row, start this process with the next 20. i tried this method today and i memorized more than 50 words. the day is far from over too!!!</p>
<p>(800 CR. But that was years ago. I know about flash cards because I tutor, not because I used them myself.)</p>
<p>You don't have to believe me. :) Just try this: learn 50 words from a list or from a book and time yourself. Then see if you remember the words the next day. Next, put 50 words on flash cards, learn them, and time yourself. Then see if you remember the words the next day.</p>
<p>Well, actually <em>making</em> the flash cards is kind of a waste of time, yes. The problem is that it's nearly impossible (in my experience) to effectively learn a large number of words without <em>using</em> flash cards. So the upfront card-making is a necessary investment sometimes.</p>
<p>If you can find a good set of pre-printed cards, that's usually your best bet. The problem is that until recently, a lot of those card sets have contained poorly selected cards. I hear that some of them are pretty good now though.</p>
<p>I print custom flash cards for all the students at our learning center. That's ideal. That's one thing you get when you pay for a tutor, I guess.</p>
<p>Last semester I had to pass a Harvard translation final and I needed to learn something like 1000 words in a week and a half. I spent about 20-30 hours making cards and only 5-10 hours memorizing. So in a sense making cards was a waste. In another sense, though, it was a good investment, because there would've been no way on God's green earth that I could have learned--and retained--1000 words without flash cards.</p>