What to do with scores like these?

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<p>I took the SAT twice. What to do now?</p>

<p>October SAT:</p>

<p>CR 390(15%)
Math 530(54%)
WR 510(57%)
Essay: 8</p>

<p>December SAT:</p>

<p>CR 370(11%)
Math 660(87%)
WR 640(89%)
Essay: 9</p>

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<p>Ok dude, where are you applying to?
thats 1670
Here is what i recommend.</p>

<p>WHen reading, skim the passages real fast, cuz it looks like whether you get bored or you just cant finish. Look at the questions, and Skim as fast and accurately as possible. The faster you read the faster your brain will attempt to process the information.</p>

<p>For math, do more practice tests. Your score will go up
Writing, know the rules of grammer. Keep on doing practice tests!!!</p>

<p>Silver turtle’s guide is real good. check it out. </p>

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<p>good luck.
PM me if you need more help</p>

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<p>I don’t care about university. All I need is full-ride aid. </p>

<p>Obviously, I need to improve my CR, right?</p>

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<p>From your previous posts I know that you are an international applicant who does not live in the U.S., that you are not a native English speaker and only started studying English seriously in the past year or two. The CR portion of the SAT was designed to be taken by native English speakers and it is not realistic for you to expect a high score in that portion of the test. American colleges and universities know this and do not give the CR score very much consideration for international applicants who are not native English speakers. That is why we have the TOEFL. The TOEFL is a test to determine whether your English language skills are sufficient to succeed at an American college. You need to stop obsessing about getting a high SAT CR score and instead focus on doing well on the TOEFL.</p>

<p>Your Writing score is extremely good for a non native English speaker and should convince most American colleges that you can function at a high level in an American academic environment. Your Math score is strong and since many of the questions are word problems that put you at somewhat of a disadvantage, most colleges will consider your Math score an underestimate of your real Math aptitude.</p>

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<p>Umm…if your saying that international students arent expected to get much on the SAT, should i take TOEFL with these scores?
WR: 720
Math:770
CR:670</p>

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<p>idk ask universities you’re applying for</p>

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<p>@Lemaintre
Already done. I will take the TOEFL in January 8, 2011. Moreover, I contacted with universities I will apply for and they told me that for them TOEFL=CR section.</p>

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<p>Good attitude to have…</p>

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<p>^You misunderstood me. I meant I don’t care to which university I should go, I care about full-ride aid.</p>

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<p>OK. So what do you want to know? Do you want to know how you can improve your score or where you can get a full-ride with that score?</p>

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<p>how can I improve my score</p>

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<p>Well from reading your previous posts, I see that you’re focusing a lot on more difficult vocabulary (Jane Austen, Direct Hits, etc) so I’d recommend focusing on more basic vocabulary. Often you can deduce the meaning of a more difficult word from the more basic words surrounding it. I think reading more basic English more often would probably help you a lot and prepare you for studying in an English-speaking country. </p>

<p>What’s the most difficult part of CR for you - vocabulary, short passage questions or long passage questions?</p>

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<p>No. I’ve already memorized both “Direct Hits” volumes along with Rocket Review. I was so stupid on my exam that I put my CR score down by making questions that I didn’t know. I guessed a lot. </p>

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1.sentence completion is somewhere easy because I can learn vocabulary needed
2. The hardest for me are dual passages.</p>

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<p>With passages, I’ve found this to be most helpful to me:</p>

<p>a) Skip ahead to the questions and in any that give line references “in line 14, the word ‘embezzle’…” highlight the word/phrase mentioned.
b) Read the passage slowly, summarising the main point of the paragraph in the margin.
c) Read it through a second time, answering the corresponding question as you get to any highlighted areas.
d) Go through the questions that you have left.</p>

<p>Reading English as often as you can will be helpful to you though - you’ll get a more intuitive grasp of it. Your English is a little confusing to read and this may well be having an effect on your score. </p>

<p>This sentence for example:</p>

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<p>would be better phrased like this:</p>

<p>I was so stupid on my exam. I brought down my CR score by answering questions that I didn’t know the answer to.</p>

<p>Good luck with your prep! :)</p>

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<p>^
Forgive me if I wasn’t aware that you eliminated […so…that…] phrase from English language!</p>

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<p>^He/she’s trying to help you, Suleyman. Stop being such a d–k. In reality, 7654321a’s way of rewriting your sentence clears up some ambiguities. “…so…that…” doesn’t quite fit your original sentence.</p>

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<p>^
why it doesn’t?</p>

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<p>These kinds of things are definitely not my strong point. You use just sounds a bit weird. I’ll try to explain:</p>

<p>“So…that” implies a kind of direct cause and effect. For example, “He was so happy that he jumped up in the air” sounds fine. I think what happened with your sentence was that the effect that you put after “that” was the wrong effect.</p>

<p>You wrote: “I was so stupid on my exam that I put my CR score down by making questions that I didn’t know.”</p>

<p>The cause is “stupid” and the effect is “put down my CR score.” It would sound better if your cause were “stupid” and your effect were “answered questions.”</p>

<p>So, this sounds better: “I was so stupid on my exam that I answered questions that I didn’t know, which brought down my CR score.”</p>

<p>Sorry I couldn’t give a technical explanation. Some of this stuff just sounds weird to us native speakers. I’m sure that if I tried to speak your native tongue, Suleyman, that some of the things I’d say would sound really awkward.</p>

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<p>^
Anyway, thanks.</p>

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<p>Suleyman95, I would suggest that you read newspapers and magazine articles to bring up your CR score. For the range where you are currently scoring, good magazines would be Time, Reader’s Digest (which includes condensed versions of longer articles), Discover, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, and Popular Mechanics, plus any that are more specialized to fields you find interesting (e.g., Scientific American, Car and Driver–whatever you like). As you move up, you might go on to the Economist and the New York Times.</p>