<p>My question is for those slow test takers, how did you succeed on the SAT? Is it really just practice?</p>
<p>Learn to speed read.</p>
<p>It’s a skill thats invaluable on the SAT, in high school, college, and for the rest of your life. And anybody-- slow readers included-- can learn to do it.</p>
<p>It’s not hard, either. There’s very little involved; just hammer it down with repetition. </p>
<p>Start reading a passage in an article. Now, the idea is to <em>not</em> say the words in your mind. This is what slows people down. The only thing you need to do to read is to see the words. Your brain automatically makes the connections needed to comprehend.</p>
<p>Once you can comfortably read without pronunciations in your head, move on to the next step. Do the same thing, but this time, repeatedly say “coffee” in your head. Literally. Over and over and over. The entire time you are reading, you should be saying the word “coffee.” You are forcing your mind to <em>not</em> say the words. </p>
<p>The important thing is to make sure that you are still comprehending what’s being said in the passages, though. Take this process gradually if need be.</p>
<p>Speed reading made the road to an 800 pretty simple for me :)</p>
<p>I found that reading more slowly and remembering the content helps you answer the questions more quickly.</p>
<p>Read the questions first and mark the line numbers. Check out noiteraperp’s CR method (method I used to 630 -> 730 -> 760).</p>
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<p>Exactly! Our son reads at 300 words per minute, which is about average. Yet he got an 800 on SAT Critical Reading on his first try. So you don’t need speed reading, but instead you need to understand and remember what you read.</p>
<p>Lol, 300 wpm is fairly quick…Above average, most definitely. I’m hinting at below average.</p>
<p>Lol 300 wpm is really fast… I read at around 190 ish.</p>