<p>So I have the Sats in less than a month. I'm taking them for the second time. The first time I didn't do too well, and I only got a 570 :(. If I can raise my scores to a 680, it'd make my score (assuming no decreases in my other subjects) a 2200. I know I have the ability to get it, cuz I got a 68 on the PSAT, but I'm not consistent enough. What are some tips to help do well on the CR section?</p>
<p><em>disclaimer</em> work on sentence completion first. only answer the ones you know, and come back to the rest at the end of each section. for sentence completion, look at the roots. also, if it is double fill in the blanks, look for words like “although, also”. Answer every question to. It goes against wisdom, but if you can pick up more from answering the questions, your chances go up. passage based if something is not supported in the text, don’t choose it. don’t inference outside the lines either. that is a trap. 2-3 wrong answers will be found just outside the lines you are inferencing from.</p>
<p>Get Direct Hits Volumes 1 and 2. And look at Sparknote’s 1000 most common SAT words. You should get most if not all sentence completion/vocab questions on the SAT’s if you study and absorb the words really well. I went from around a 650 to a 750 by doing this. For the passages, always look for support from the text. And read.critically. You’ll be surprised how many people don’t do this. You have to find support in the text. That’s what all the right answers are based on. The right answer is never an “interpretation”. The “inferences” or “suggestions” that some questions ask you to identify are ALWAYS supported in the text. If they weren’t, there would be no right answer, as anyone can have their own way to interpret something.</p>
<p>Need major help in the CR. I have to take the test in les than a month and need any help that can be given to help me to stop frecking halfway through the test and improve my score</p>
<p>i agree with gazoz that you should use direct hits its a great vocabulary book!</p>
<p>Like other posters have said:</p>
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<li><p>Look for direct evidence. If an answer isn’t supported in a passage in any way, it’s wrong. Once I actually understood this concept, I went from ~60% accuracy to ~85% accuracy. On the practice test I just took, 3 out of the 8 passage based readings I got wrong would’ve been correct, had I not second guessed myself & actually gone with the one with the most support.</p></li>
<li><p>Look up SAT words. You can go on Studystack or Quizlet or a myriad of other websites for SAT vocabulary flashcards and/or you could get Direct Hits or other books. </p></li>
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<p>My English teacher is also an SAT tutor, so she gave us a packet of the Princeton Review’s Hit Parade (250 SAT words), & I’ve gone thru the first 50 words (week 1) a couple of times (not enough to recite the definitions word for word, but enough to have a vague sense of their definitions). Coincidentally, I saw many of those 50 words in the practice test I just took.</p>
<p>For example,
(Blue Book edition 2, test 7, question 8)</p>
<p>Because postmodernist critics often rely on ----- language, their prose frequently seems ------ to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning.</p>
<p>A) accessible . . [abstruse]
B) [arcane] . . unequivocal
C) [esoteric] . . impenetrable
D) hackneyed … exotic
E) [lucid] . . grating</p>
<p>All of the bracketed words were in week 1.</p>
<p>Also, the answer is (C). The questions are less intimidating once you recognize the words.</p>
<p>the problem with me is that i often see more than 1 so-called correct answers to the questions. and what i believe is right mostly turns out be wrong. is there any solution to this? Im also trying to read more. Im reading 2 articles in the NY Times a day. Is is enough and necessary and useful at all?</p>