<p>@SimplyOverdone HI ></p>
<p>i started with 1410 and now iam 1670 ( 460 cri )
is solving 6 critical sections a day till may sufficient to raise my score about 50+ ?
suggest for me some vocab lists ( iam learning from the 800barrons , 400 directits , essential 500 ) </p>
<p>260 points! that is a big improvement! You went from below average… to above average in just one test.</p>
<p>In regards to your question, the vocab list I used was this <a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/eduadv/kaplan/kart_ug_sat100.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/eduadv/kaplan/kart_ug_sat100.html</a> I learned as many words as I could from this list and It did help me on the test but only slightly. The real place where you’re going to see improvement will be from doing those critical reading sections. The more sections you do the better you’ll get because your mind will get used to reading long passages, scanning back for data, finding definitions through context clues, etc. </p>
<p>Oh and one more thing. <a href=“Introduction, SAT Critical Reading Bootcamp #1 - YouTube”>Introduction, SAT Critical Reading Bootcamp #1 - YouTube; </p>
<p>Go through this guy’s critical reading boot camp. It’s one of the best study resources I’ve ever stumbled across. Before the last test I went through a lot of it and I got really good at sentence completions. On my score report I got 18 out of 19 correct and just 1 omitted.</p>
<p>What is your score goal @zxm123?</p>
<p>Go through his videos I mean. A lot of it costs money on his site but skip around his videos and start here <a href=“SAT Foundations #7: Reading Passage Strategies - YouTube”>SAT Foundations #7: Reading Passage Strategies - YouTube;
<p>@SimplyOverdone my score goal is 1900+ ( in critical i really want 560 ) wbu ?<br>
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<p>How did the test go? I started with 1950 and did 1 year of SAT prep by myself and saw improvements. Good luck.</p>
<p>Hi, I honestly did what you have been doing at one point (all this review for specifics) and it is not as efficient. Instead pinpoint every single question you got wrong, don’t bother with the one’s right, go back to the ones you were unsure about and guessed though. Never think, why is this answer right? Think why are these answers wrong? Why can’t this be wrong? Also, never assume, remove all assumptions from your brain when doing CR. Answer the questions 100% on what you have read, leave your opinions out.</p>
<p>5) The Empire State Building , The Sears Tower , the Canadian Ntional Tower - each ( of these structures ) ( was ) the ( tallest ) int the world at the time ( they were ) built . ( Answer:- e but i answer it (a) caz as i think that each should take a singular noun and singular verb , so isn’t these a reference disagreement in number ? )
can any one explain it @SimplyOverdone </p>
<p>@SimplyOverdone i want to sharemy success wid u today it’s my first time tor each 600 in critical</p>
<p>MY FIRST PRACTICE SAT TEST (4/6/2014)</p>
<p><em>Blue Book Test 1</em> (All SAT Panda Scores are the ones I had the highest percentage of receiving)</p>
<p>Critical Reading </p>
<p>55 correct 11 incorrect 1 omitted
Raw score = 52
Blue Book Scale = 600-680</p>
<h2>SAT Panda = 650</h2>
<p>Math</p>
<p>34 correct 8 incorrect 8 omitted
Raw score = 32
Blue Book Scale = 520-600
SAT Panda = 580</p>
<hr>
<p>Writing </p>
<p>Essay = 8 (assumed)
30 correct 13 Incorrect 6 omitted
Blue Book Scale = 510-640
SAT Panda = 520</p>
<hr>
<h1><strong>RESULTS</strong></h1>
<p>Normal Score
CR 650
M 580</p>
<h2>W 520</h2>
<p>1750 Composite (1230 CR+M)</p>
<p>=======================</p>
<p>Super Score</p>
<p>CR 650
M 590</p>
<h2>W 540</h2>
<p>1780 Composite (1230 CR+M)</p>
<p>@MovingtoTexas my scores are up!! </p>
<p>Your ambition is admirable; although, I’m very glad that I never had to prep like this…</p>
<p>@zxm123 sorry I didn’t respond faster but my goal is at least 600 in every area if you go back a page you’ll see me talk about my goals more in depth. Also, I’m kind of confused about what your really trying to ask me with the question you posted earlier? but congrats on the 600!</p>
<p>@allude thanks for the advice. I specifically tried not to assume anything when I took my test earlier. Also, I agree with you. Although, maybe going over both correct and incorrect questions will help, it will definetly be more efficient for me to use your method.</p>
<p>The reason I think my CR score jumped so high is because I used a different strategy to attack the problems. Here’s what I did.</p>
<ol>
<li>Skipped passage and went to questons</li>
<li>Looked for “in line xx, “word” most nearly means…” questions and completed those.</li>
<li>Then instead of reading the whole passage I did the questions as I read instead of after I read. I feel like that allowed me to focus more on the actual text the questions were pertaining to.</li>
</ol>
<p>I promise I’m not paid by this man but here’s the strategy I used
<a href=“SAT Foundations #7: Reading Passage Strategies - YouTube”>SAT Foundations #7: Reading Passage Strategies - YouTube;
<p>@SimplyOverdone How are you doing on vocabulary? Free Rice could help. Just playing the vocabulary game helps a great deal. Make a notecard for each word you get wrong and study them in your spare time.</p>
<p>@observeaffect I definitely will. any help regarding the writing section? (improving sentences/paragraphs) I could order some workbooks. Could you or anyone else suggest some?</p>
<p>I recently just took the March SAT after about 3 weeks of studying. I went from a 1640 to a 1950. Although my score isn’t perfect, being that I was in the same position as you with writing, I might be of some help.</p>
<p>With Sentence completions I found that one of the most common errors is parallelism.
Ex: In the mountains, I went swimming, biking and I hiked. (This is overly simplified).
You have to keep the “ing”, so you would have to change it to “hiking”.</p>
<p>Ex: The Spirit of the honor code to which each student subscribes requires academic honesty, respectful behavior, and it demands responsibility in action.
It should be: The Spirit of the honor code to which each student subscribes requires academic honesty, respectful behavior, and responsible action.</p>
<p>Another common mistake is, well… I don’t know what this is called but here are some examples.</p>
<p>Ex: As an undergraduate at Rutgers University, where Paul Robeson developed… etc.
If you look at the sentence, the beginning of the sentence is talking about the “undergraduate”. After this comes a comma. The comma tells you that the first phrase of the next sentence is the subject or the “undergraduate”.
If the sentence was talking about “Rutgers University” the correct phrase would be “where Paul Robeson developed”
But because it’s talking about the undergraduate, the correct sentence is:
“As an undergraduate at Rutgers University, Paul Robeson developed…”</p>
<p>Also I see this error a lot, typically on the harder questions:</p>
<p>Ex: The Roman Empire, often by questionable means, attempted to bring their… etc
The Roman Empire is not a their, neither are words such as “community, team, committee”.
If it had said “The members of the Roman Empire”, then they would be a “their” because it’d be talking about the “members” which is plural.
Answer: The Roman Empire, often by questionable means, attempted to bring its…</p>
<p>Identifying sentence errors (My favorite part of the SAT)</p>
<p>Same Concepts as improving sentences</p>
<p>But, I almost always find the most tense errors and verb errors here</p>
<p>A tense error
Ex: The use of irrigation in the once-arid region have increased the production of alfalfa
You might just hear this with your ear, but it should be “has increased”</p>
<p>A Verb error:
Ex: The professor’s insistence on high standards and rigorous exams are not part of a plan to withhold high grades from them.
This might be hard to hear because “High standards and rigorous exams” is plural, but the subject of the sentence is “The professors insistence”, which is singular.
So it should be: The professors insistence on high standards and rigorous exams is not part of… etc.</p>
<p>Hope this helped, you might have known all of this already, but then again, oh well.
If you have any questions, ask them because I’m still learning as well.</p>
<p>Btw, writing is the easiest to improve… Nothing beats taking practice sections.</p>
<p>@ThanksIKnow what did you focus your studying around when exploring the writing section. It’s my weakest area in both my ACT and my SAT. Or this might be a better way to put it. "How exactly did you study? Practice tests? practice sections? I’ve got side tracked from my everyday studying but starting tommorow and the rest of this week I’m focusing on writing especially before my weekly practice test on Saturday. </p>
<p>By the way your advice is pure gold. I wrote down most of it in my notes.</p>
<p>I used the blue book. I just took the writing section’s one after another, skipping the reading/math sections (and the essay). My first practice test I got a 530 on writing; by my 5th test I was scoring 700’s. I looked up some grammar tips and such in my spare time, but I would say the most of my success was due to the practice sections.</p>
<p>Other tips:
Comparison errors
Ex: “At the art show, Amy enjoyed looking at her friend Mark’s innovative paintings, which she thought were more original than the other artists.”
This sounds like she is thought the artists were more original than a painting
It should be: “At the art show, Amy enjoyed looking at her friend Mark’s innovative paintings, which she thought were more original than THOSE of the other artists.”
Now it comparing paintings to paintings.</p>
<p>Just another little tip (I’ve seen this come up a couple times on practice tests)</p>
<p>When talking about a person, you have to use “who”, not “which”
Ex: “Jeremy, which is my co-worker… etc”
It should be: “Jeremy, who is my co-worker… etc”</p>
<p>I’m glad I can help.</p>