What Should I Do Now?

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>So, my PSAT score last October for CR was a 56. I recently took a previously administered PSAT test at home and got a 72. Then, yesterday I took the reading part of the test in the BB and got a score of 710. So, I believe I'm getting better in my CR, but what should I do now? I got a total of 9 questions wrong in the CR test I took yesterday. 6/9 of the question I got wrong were Sentence Completions. I am currently, memorizing the 2011 DH, so I'm hoping that I wont get any SC wrong next time. However, what can I do in the meantime to increase my score? Do i just keep on practicing??</p>

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<p>Practice makes perfect! You’re improving quite a lot! Good job! :D</p>

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<p>But what workbook has almost the same questions and passages as the tests in the BB, so I can reinforce my CR?</p>

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<p>None of them do, thats why the BB is the best.</p>

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<p>Read a lot – this helps build your vocabulary without making you feel like you are hammering a list into your head. It also puts new words in context so you have better retention. Do at least all the sentence completion questions provided by the College Board because it gives you insight into their repertoire of vocabulary words, and learn the definitions of all the words they put out in their questions. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Livelikeali,</p>

<p>Awesome improvement! I’m glad to hear (well read) that you’re improving so well! Now its time to fine tune. Whatever passage-based questions you get wrong you harp on - don’t aim for the 700, its time to raise the bar to the 750 mark. Go for the 750 and you’ll give yourself a new goal to accomplish. As far as Sentence Completions, in the questions you get incorrect, get a journal (or MS word document, notepad file, etc.) and write down all the words in those incorrect sentence completions and define them. Then review those EVERY SINGLE DAY. They’ll not only help increase your lexicon (yeah, I’m punny), but they’ll remind you of your past mistakes; we need to look at the past to have a better future. They’ll serve as a reminder, and you’ll NEVER get them wrong again!
Keep up the great work buddy :)!</p>

<p>~Aceventura74</p>