<p>Definitely not intrinsic ability, I believe in working hard…I never liked to read …EVER…but two years ago I started to read “the Economist” …why you ask?..I wanted to become an economist…that pushed me to read that daily…in the first year, it was painful just to read 1/4 of it…This is non-fiction college level reading and exactly the kind level of reading the SAT loves to test! I read “The Economist” trying to figure out “What is the author’s main argument, or Why the heck did he write this article?” That kind of mentality would make the SAT passages EASY to understand…</p>
<p>I’ll tell you this…for those who say they simply practiced using the Blue Book and got an 800 are readers that have read this level of text prior to BB. Also, those that just say I never read and just practiced on BB, it is luck…they happened to get a easy CR section on their test with a harsh curve…all they did was not make a mistake…but I promise you this…they would not be able to consistently get 750+ on the Critical Reading…</p>