To Those with 800 in Literature: How did you do it?!

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<p>I'm starting to get really frustrated preparing for the SAT II Literature test.
I really want to get over a 750, but I can't seem to do it on any of the practice tests!</p>

<p>I'm upset because Literature is my best subject in high school, I was ranked #1 in my Literature class all year and the AP test was a piece of cake. I'm a voracious reader of both fiction and nonfiction, in and out of school, and I easily got a 780 in Critical Reading.</p>

<p>But I can't seem to consistently get less than 10 questions wrong on any SAT II Literature practice test. I just took the real CollegeBoard released test that's in the Real SAT II's book, and got 10 wrong, answering all - which is a 740 according to the curve. My biggest problem was the poems about the two rats, which I missed 4 questions on. I missed 0-2 on all the other passages. I need 4 wrong on the entire test for an 800, and I don't seem to be getting close to that goal.</p>

<p>Prior to the official test, I took 6 practice tests in Kaplan's SAT II Literature book, 2006-2007 Edition, and my number of questions wrong, in order, has been like this: 10,9,8,6,10,10. I don't get it! I thought I was getting better when I got 6 wrong, then I start getting 10 wrong again, then 10 wrong on the real test.</p>

<p>So for those of you who got perfect or near perfect scores on the Literature test: Please tell me, How on earth did you do it??</p>

<p>Thanks,
A Concerned Reader</p>

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<p>I think it's just a natural problem arising from the fact that the CB uses an objective test to gauge your skill in a subjective area. I got an 800 for CR, but I'm getting ~750 on practice tests. Reportedly 750 is a good score for most humanities SAT IIs (e.g. history, etc.).</p>

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<p>what are your methods of going through the test?</p>

<p>do you read the questions before the passage?
or do you read a passage once quickly and then go to the questions?
or do you read a passage thoroughly then go ot the questions?</p>

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<p>Yes, what are your SECRETS?!</p>

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<p>I always read the passage thoroughly and then go to the questions.</p>

<p>This has always worked for me on other reading tests, but maybe I should adopt a different approach for the SAT II...?</p>

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<p>O how I WISH that they hadn't taken out the writing satii T_T</p>

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<p>^^ word. </p>

<p>word.</p>

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<p>i second that</p>