<p>i haven<code>t taken the SAT yet. people say that studying vocabulary is needed to get a good CR score on the SAT. is that true? other sources say that you don</code>t need to study vocabulary because it isn`t necessary. </p>
<p>new SAT-takers, can you verify this?</p>
<p>Vocab isn't nearly as important as it was, but the Sentence Completion section still tests some pretty heavy vocabulary, and learning lots of new words can only help. Vocab can also help on the Critical Reading section, especially interpreting questions and answer choices. So, yeah, you should study vocab, but not to the exclusion of everything else...</p>
<p>If you have the time and patience, do it. But I didn't, and still got a 770; admittantly, I got pretty lucky too, but it still shows that vocab isn't nearly as important as it once was. I never took the old SAT junior year because analogies killed me.</p>
<p>yeah, i know some people who never studied for the vocabulary and got an 800. i guess some people are just talented like that.</p>
<p>Vocabulary is a waste of time and energy. there are strategies to handle questions where you do not know the meaning of a word.</p>
<p>that<code>s true, too, which is why i</code>m kinda confused on the whole "studying vocabulary" thing. is it more of a preparation, or is it more of a waste?</p>
<p>Waste Of Time!</p>
<p>I think vocab is important. Not just for the sentence completion, but also for the CR passages and stuff in general. Plus, throwing in a couple advanced words here and there on the essay couldn't hurt.</p>
<p>If you are a reader, I really wouldn't worry about it. If you aren't, it might not hurt to study some vocab. Although I am a reader, I studied a little vocab that I was not familiar with. Here's the link to a good list if you want it (courtesy of CC :)). Thank you College Board for using the same vocab words over and over again!</p>
<p>Total waste of time! I've never "studied" any vocab flashcards or anything and scored in the mid/high 700s. If you read higher level material, you're shown, well, higher level vocabulary. Just be sure to look up the words you don't know...kinda gets stuck in your head that way.</p>
<p>i found that studying vocabulary helped me immensely on the SAT. as a sophomore, i took the psat and received a 60 on the verbal section. on the march 12th SAT, i got a 770 critical reading, and before that i had gotten a 750 verbal. i don't think that this would have been possible without my studying vocabulary. i would also do it to increase your word power in essays. truly, no bad can come from studying vocab.</p>
<p>for those that studied, did you also use prep books and read a lot of stuff?</p>
<p>Studying vocab is helpful, regardless of what some may say. Study the huge word lists intensely and eventually, as well as read more high-quality publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, etc. Eventually the useful words will stick.</p>
<p>It all boils down to this: If you read A LOT, and higher level reading at that, you will probably know <em>most</em> of the vocab on the test. If your parents are very well educated and use good vocabulary, you will probably know <em>most</em> of the vocab on the test. Yes, there are great techniques to answer questions when you don't know the vocab, but having a great vocabulary can help immensely. One of my students scored an 800 (up from a 640!) on the old SAT mainly because he studied a lot of vocab and got lucky with the vocab he saw (about 14 words that he had recently learned appeared on that particular test.) That was, of course, the old SAT, and a pretty remarkable case. Vocab can't buy you nearly that many points on the new test, but hey, every question you get right that you wouldn't have gotten before is a help. Every question you get right more quickly than you would have before gives you more time for other questions. So study some vocab. It can't hurt.</p>
<p>It all depends on your strengths..is vocab not one of them? In that case, study..
I didn't study any vocab and got a 770. There was only one word I didn't recognize on the test--chicanery--but if you use process of elimination, you can generally narrow it down.</p>
<p>i didn't pick up a flashcard or read a vocab novel and i got an 800</p>