What's up with CR?

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<p>I'm just so ****ed right now. The exam is just impossible to pass with a high score. It's full of obscure and very similar answers. How can I determine an author's attitude? How the hell would I know his tone? It all depends on guessing, most of the section that is. The only logical questions are the sentence completion ones, where only one answer works. Not only this, but the test is also under a really short time limit that doesn't allow for such speculation in every question.</p>

<p>Bit of a rant. But the point is, for you geniuses out there who ace CR, how do you go about the questions, seriously? Do you choose the least likely answer? Do you look for the first and last sentences in the paragraph related to the question? Anything at all...</p>

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<p>Yeah, but sometimes, two answers or three (rarely) might fit. They all seem so very similar. It becomes a nuisance and costs a lot of points along the way.</p>

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<p>give me an example. You only get 1 or 2 that are ambigious per test.</p>

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<p>Nothing on my mind right now unfortunately. BTW, how much do you score on average? Do you use any other tactics other than elimination to get through sections effectively?</p>

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<p>Lol, sounds like me and the CR section…thankfully, I was able to balance it out with outstanding English Lit. SAT II and AP scores. the CR section always sucks. There’s an analytical essay for every answer.</p>

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<p>Haha, the CR section is terrible. My scores on that section have ranged from 600-800. I’d get a 760 on one test and then a 630 on the next. You pretty much just have to practice and read in order to raise your score.</p>

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<p>CR is the easiest section for me. Find me a passage and its questions. I’ll destroy it and show you how to do the same.</p>

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<p>It’s honestly just practice and finding the way that works for you. I started off trying to read the passage first then the questions, then skim the questions then the passage, and all sorts of techniques. After about ~10 full SAT practice tests I started making 700+ on CR consistently. Practice = the golden rule for the SAT and the best advice someone can give.</p>

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<p>that’s natural if you’ve just started studying the sats so don’t panic. you see, they(the answers) all have keywords that match! first, solve it and then find the lines or keywords you think refer to the answer AND THEN go to the answer sheets and see if your underlined lines correctly match, if not, don’t worry, just peruse the answer sheet and the lines mentioned. Keep practicing like this and you’ll get better.
GOOD LUCK :)</p>

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<p>I practiced, practiced and practiced. Burned through 12 Kaplan tests in 2 months and my CR scores are absolutely static! I cannot break the 700 mark! There are always a few ambiguous questions in the main passages that throws me off. CR, go to hell.</p>

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<p>314Jason, WORD OF ADVICE: DONTTTTT do KAPLAN tests, they are completely unlike the real SAT, My sat tutor who used to work for Kaplan agreed with me…stick to doing mcgrAw hills/barrons/princeton reviews and when the sat comes up, then switch to Blue Book</p>

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<p><em>facepalm</em>. Thanks for le advice. I’ll switch to the blue book, see what happens ;)</p>

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<p>You have to focus and comprehend the passage. I was at your stage once but now realize that it’s all about comprehension…and time…because there is a time limit for the comprehension, you dig?</p>

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<p>Okay so my score jumped like 10 points.
And all I did was read the passage XD</p>

<p>Like I used to just skim. Now I hard-core read it. :D</p>