<p>Hey guys! So I'm avidly prepping for the SAT on October 1st, in the hope of gaining a 2300+. I took the sat once, and this is my score breakdown -
2170
CR - 660
M - 760
W - 750 (essay - 11)</p>
<p>Clearly, CR is my downfall. So, this summer I memorized the PR "direct hits," and am now working through several CR specialty books, which give just plain practice CR tests. In addition, I'm taking whole practice tests. I took one yesterday and only got 5 wrong (yipee! the fourth test, in the blue book!) then took one today and got 7 wrong :(.
In any case, is there any chance of me hitting a score of 750+ on the CR given the studying I will continue to do in addition to the my drop in ~10 wrong, to only 5?
I know this is totally random and there is no possible way for you guys to know the answer to this, but I suppose I'm just looking for some words of wisdom and advice.</p>
<p>just keep doing practice tests. I did them all summer long - once you do enough you’ll see that the tests keep getting easier and easier. You’ll be able to find your own method of tackling the questions which fits YOUR style, not someone else’s. You’ll look at the choices and say “that’s such a STUPID choice” and “makes no sense …” lol. Usually when I mess up now it’s because I got stuck between two “good” choices but there’s one that’s supported by the text - I’m working on asking myself “where is this in the text?” to prove that one is right over the other. (I’m at around 730 at the moment)</p>
<p>That’s pretty good. My math score is only a little lower than yours (about a solid 700), my writing score is about the same as yours, and my critical reading score stinks compared to yours (about 120 points lower).</p>
<p>I got a 740 on my CR in January, but that was because I messed up on the vocabulary. I had 100% on the passage-based reading questions (48/48). I’m aiming for an 800 now, after having memorized Direct Hits.</p>
<p>Anyways, here are some tips that might help you:
1.)When starting a reading passage, scan the questions. For every question which mentions a line and/or a word in that line, underline the line in the passage and circle the word(s). Do this for all of the questions.
2.)Start reading the passage. When you finish a paragraph check if there are any underlines in that paragraph. If there are, do the questions that correspond to them.</p>
<p>Repeat that process for all of the passage questions. Oh, and this is the order that I usually do sections:
Sentence Completions
Flip to the end of the section and start working backwards in terms of passages. This is because the longest passages are at the end of the section. </p>
<p>Anyways, that’s just my advice. Feel free to make use of it if you think it will help you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips Maz! I’ll try them next time!</p>
<p>Cortana, I’m applying to Northwestern ED, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, UChicago, NYU, Boston University, Drexel, Drew, and maybe Harvard if I feel like it for fun (cause I know I won’t get in!). I just want the best possible chances of getting in!</p>
<p>ecohyjeff, I can later, but unfortunately not right now. My essay, however, filled both pages, was five paragraphs, and contained a literary example (Hamlet), a historical example (the civil war), and a musical example (Hairspray). I’m just a good writer, for whatever reason :)</p>
<p>PR and McGraw Hall publish books that are just reading/writing. My PR book is called “Reading and Writing workout” and the McGraw hill books are titled SAT Critical Reading and SAT Writing. Kaplan also publishes some, as does Barrons.</p>
<p>I just finished up a practice section for CR and had 3 minutes to spare AFTER looking over EVERY answer - and the review saved me a point! (ended up acing it)</p>
<p>^^ this comes with practice. Once you do enough CR questions, they become secondhand, like I said earlier. You’ll feel calmer throughout the section and you won’t have to rush through each. You’ll even have time to review the questions which will save you from going to a high 600 or low 700.</p>
<p>Ecohy, thanks! I normally get done with a lot of time left over (generally about 5 minutes) but I don’t use that time on practice tests. I would during the actual test, but for practice, I feel like it’s overkill and would rather continue.</p>
<p>Lose Yourself, whatever the PR vocab list is called. It’s something like that…I forget off the top of my head…</p>
<p>Floridadad55, thanks, that is re-assuring yeah, 750 may be pushing it, but I’d still love to get somewhere above 700. 2300 is also most likely pushing it and out of my ability, but I can still dream, haha!</p>
I’ll try them next time!</p>