<p>I have a strange recurring Critical Reading problem. On each practice exam I take, I do horrible on the first reading section (-6x) but do well on the next two sections (-2x per each section). I've done some calculating and I realized that if I also got 2 wrong on the first section, I would be around 700. But for some reason, I always bomb the first reading section which affects my score greatly. Thus, I am consistently getting a 640/650. Does anyone else experience this?</p>
<p>It could just be because it is the longest section and therefore there are more questions to get wrong and a bit more tiring</p>
<p>Maybe you’re not warmed up in the first section(s).</p>
<p>I had the same problem with CR. I’ve found it helps if I warm up by reading some thing enjoyable before hand. Pretty much any short interesting article works as long as it can hold my interest. I become far more interested in the boring CR passages after and now score much better on that first CR section.</p>
<p>I experience this now the opposite way in math most of the time. -1 maybe in the first 2 sections, a lot worse the last. Oi.</p>
<p>It is the “warming up”</p>
<p>Natural variation? Or perhaps it is just the warming up thing. What you can do is the day of the test look at a handful of CR questions just to warm your brain up beforehand.</p>