<p>No really if you can perfect this, you'll do amazing. JFK did 1200 words per minute(20 words a second!); I can also do that, but I wouldn't understand anything. Comprehension is also the most important part. 1% of the population can read around 1000 words per minute and do 85% comprehension, which is where CollegeBoard does so well in testing CR passages. What do you think? Obviously this is what people need to work on, comprehension, and I think that this software can make people realize while these passages are hard to some and easy to others.</p>
<p>boooooooooooo. I only for 376, or something along that. And I did not catch all of it. I am known for my e.x.t.r.e.m.e.l.y. s.l.o.w. r.e.a.d.i.n.g. s.k.i.l.l.s.</p>
<p>The whole point isn't the # of words you read, I guess I should have given a better link. That test isn't the whole purpose, the thing to take from this is that you really need to know how you read. Most people assume that they can get better from doing a lot of practice tests, but if they read at that same level, they miss all those details. Lol 32 views in like 30 minutes, I sort of figured this would bring in attention, but this is really the secret to the passages because you can easily skim over those small details.</p>
<p>770wpm 100% comprehension, on that test... 690 CR on last practice test.....
so no reading very fast while comprehending the material is not the "Ultimate secret to success on Critical Reading" (then again i was forced to take the practice test and i didn't care so who knows).</p>
<p>Wow I only got 245wpm. . . . 100% comprehension rate though. </p>
<p>Fortunately for me, and other slow readers, the latter statistic is all that matters. 25 minutes may seem like a short amount of time to complete 5 sentence completion problems, read 2 paragraphs, answer 4 short passage questions, reading a 4 paragraph essay, answer 6 long passage questions, read another 4 paragraph essay, and answer ~9 long passages, but it's really not. If you take one CR section's passages and put it in a book, it's going to be two pages MAXIMUM. You want as much as time as possible for the questions, but, you don't need to rush reading. Honestly, if you don't daydream, there's plenty of time to read everything at a normal pace and still spend almost a minute on each question.</p>
<p>(For the record, my last test I scored 770 CR--REALLY should have 790, no bullsh1t)</p>
<p>I don't think there's any statistically significant correlation between how fast one reads and one's CR score. For example, I only read that passage at 260 WPM but nonetheless obtained an 800 on the CR subsection of the SAT. Comprehension is key; despite my slow reading pace, I finished the CR portion of the exam with ample time to spare. Don't speed through it; make sure you understand what you read.</p>
<p>I never tried to say there is a correlation between wpm and CR. If you can't comprehend well while reading somewhat quickly to finish it, then you won't get the things that the passages ask.</p>