<p>For reading, he said that if you mentally pretend to "enjoy" the subject of the passage, then you are more than likely to not have your mind wander off and lose focus and possibly even feel more comfortable with it. has anybody ever tried this?</p>
<p>This is a very good strategy.</p>
<p>The goal is the SAT CR is not to enjoy reading the passage. Once you get that straight in your head then you’re good to go.</p>
<p>That is why I am very happy that CR isn’t the first section because I need to have my mind stimulated before I can focus on a passage.</p>
<p>Another tip: In each writing section, about 10-15% of the answers are “No error.” This means that there are 2-3 no errors–no more. You should have that in the back of your mind while working on each section, and should check your work accordingly.</p>
<p>I think this would be useful if it was practiced, because it can be hard to pretend that a passage is interesting throughout the entire passage if it is clearly not interesting. I’ve tried it, and since I lose focus at times, I forget that I’m pretending it’s interesting and then I don’t remember anything from the passage. </p>
<p>If you find something interesting, you are more likely to remember the details and content of the passage; if you can force yourself to pretend the passage is interesting, it could produce similar results. </p>
<p>I think your attitude towards the passage can drastically shape how well you will retain its content.</p>
<p>On a side note, doesn’t the writer of the “Tips from 2400er” thread use this strategy?</p>
<p>crazybandit;
you are completely right. I have realized this and saw it in many tests</p>
<p>In the sections involving sentence structure & grammar, it helps to read them out loud. There’s a good chance that the innate grammar we all learn as toddlers from normal speech will kick in, and something will sound wrong that doesn’t look wrong on the page. Don’t be afraid to write in the test book if you need to - it’s not just for the math sections.</p>
<p>Usually it’s 3-4 NE’s, not 2-3.</p>
<p>Don’t limit yourself to those constraints, however. On the March SAT, I believe there was only 1 NE.</p>
<p>Wow, that seems awfully limited.
I think there was 5 on the June one. May have been an experimental section though, and I believe I only put 4 NE’s in each section (which was probably true.) Intl. version by the way.</p>
<p>Oh. I must have been mistaken then.</p>