<p>My score as of now is a 590 on the CR section.<br>
I'm going to be a junior next year and I would like to know what is the FASTEST and most EFFICIENT way to bring my score up to a 700+ ?</p>
<p>Which book is best for improving the CR section?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Well I would say to READ. My score as of now is 350 on the CR section and I'm going tob e a junior this fall. But my math is 750 and writing is in 500s. Do I have the biggest gap between math and reading scores?</p>
<p>bump!.........</p>
<p>I don't know. You need to look at the things you got wrong and see how its explained. Apply it to all questions.</p>
<p>last bump. thanks</p>
<p>do a load of official cr questions and alalyze wrong answers... you will at first get many wrong but by the 6th section or so you will start to get the passage based questions and you will see gradual improvement. get acquainted with the test and good luck.</p>
<p>practice, practice, practice, practice. over and over again. seriously, you'll begin to catch mistakes and get how the questions are formulated.</p>
<p>it depends on where you're losing points. if you know you're getting all of the sentence completions wrong but are good on the passages (like me), study vocab/techniques and practice! if you're the opposite, practice passages!</p>
<p>to everyone who says to practice lots: unfortunately, practice material is very limited.</p>
<p>I've been studying vocab recently and my score is hovering around the 700 range now. (Previously 580)</p>
<p>thanks everyone!! the replies are mucho helpful :]</p>
<p>Read and buy Grammatix! Then practice.</p>
<p>Um...
Go over your answers. Get out a spiral notebook and rate a paragraph explanation about the question. Write out A,B,C,D,E and say why it's right or wrong. Pretend you are a member of ETS and you are trying to explain it to someone why that answer is "better".</p>
<p>One thing that has helped me raise my verbal up 50 pts or so... be familiar with literary "words" such as nostalgic, resentful, critical, etc...They may seem like easy words, but be able to distinguish the difference between them. For example, I knew admonishing meant "to reproach" but i didn't know it had a softer connotation than reproach... as in "to warn gently". </p>
<p>And remember to read critcally!!!</p>
<p>Theres tons of stuff to use for real practice</p>
<p>Remember, the old 10 Real SATs work just as well for CR reading passages</p>
<p>When you run out, you can do them again</p>
<p>Practice helped me to get 700+You just have to notice the question types and learn to eliminate the wrong answer choices without mercy</p>
<p>bump...................</p>
<p>Which list should I use for vocab? Would Sparknotes be okay?</p>
<p>Bump. Is Sparknotes's vocab list any good?</p>
<p>i used the 350 hot words book... i rarely miss a SC (maybe one or two a test) and i certainly don't want to bring that to 0 by studying an extra 1000+ words.. :S</p>
<p>time is better spent on making sure you get all the passage questions correct. That's the bulk of CR.</p>
<p>robot, where can I find that list?</p>
<p>bump..........</p>