<p>I got a 690 on the CR on the June Test. I have a few months before the October test and I was wondering what are some good tips (prep book tips can only get you up to 700 in my opinion).</p>
<p>I have the Barron's CR Workbook and I am almost done with it. I thought the practice questions were amazing and I learned a lot from them. Other than reading newspapers/books/etc and practicing from the blue book how do you get that elsive 800-CR?</p>
<p>I would REALLY appreciate comments from those that got an 800-CR or close to it. (Sorry, I know this must be a repeated thread.)</p>
<p>No honestly, a lifelong reading habit helps you in more ways than one...try develop it. It'll definitely help you get a great CR score, give you an impressive (and intimidating) vocabulary, greatly reflect in your essays, and overall just makes you a lot more philosophical</p>
<p>Pfft, you don't need to read to get an 800 CR. I've never really read much throughout my life, but got an 800 March CR (perfect MC).</p>
<p>Remember that the SAT is completely straightforward, they're not trying to trick you... just answer the questions. All the answers are in the passage, don't use any outside information.</p>
<p>All I did for prep was look over prefixes, suffixes, and roots in Gruber's (a 10+ year old one... idk if they're still in the new books). Then I took 3 practice tests, and got a 2400 on the third, so I quite practicing.</p>
<p>CCer's are getting on my nerves. I see so many posts where people are legitimately trying to get advice and all the replies are like this:</p>
<p>Yeah, studying is pointless...I got an 800 CR with no practice...It just came naturally...just visualize the 800 and it will come to you...GL ;)</p>
<p>"Remember that the SAT is completely straightforward, they're not trying to trick you..."</p>
<p>I'll disagree with this, the SAT is trying to trick you. I had to learn how to think how they (the exam makers) thought. The most obvious answer for me was not always the right one, I had to check back numerous times to see if the answer I choose contradicted the reading passage at all. </p>
<p>Doing practice tests helps a lot. SAT official blue book helped a lot. </p>
<p>March SAT</p>
<pre><code>Critical Reading 640
Math 680
Writing 700
</code></pre>
<p>May SAT
Critical Reading 730<br>
Math 800<br>
Writing 700</p>
<p>i do practice tests from blue book. this helps a lot. i notice that i read a lot faster and i answer more questions correctly. my CR score from my 1st practice test to the 3rd went from 630 to 710 and my 3rd practice test score was a crazy 2310!!! i just hope that i can concentrate during the october test</p>
<p>I took the SAT only once, and I got 760 M, 800 CR, and 800 WR. And let me tell you, the SAT DOES TRY TO TRICK YOU!!! The best possible thing for you to do would be to go through practice sections. Tons of them. Also, when you're practicing, try and think like the test makers do. Not so much, "What is the right answer?" but "What seems like something that the test makers would write as the right answer?" I know it sounds convoluted, but it works, because it takes you out of your own head and makes you leave your personal knowledge behind. A lot of times, your own perceptions, experiences, and overall knowledge will actually HURT you on the SAT, because the questions are geared exclusively towards the passages themselves EVEN THOUGH your own knowledge will make an incorrect answer choice look appealing. </p>
<p>But bottom line, you have to practice. Good luck!</p>