<p>well, even 770+...who had to work super hard for it?</p>
<p>I'm at 720-760...usually closer to 720. I can improve to around 740-750 consistently once I review all my vocab books....but I need those final 3-4 passage based questions and it is so hard right now to improve.</p>
<p>So, who had to overcome this just like I need to? What did you do?.....it seems to hard to get any better right now! I need the last 3-4 CR that I mess up on....usually level 5 q's.</p>
<p>I just used crazy bandit’s “take your time” approach + noitraprep’s mentality. Not sure if I qualify as hard work. Got 500’s with no study. Since then I’ve taken like like 8 tests, and I’m getting 700+ (most recent are a 770 and 740). If I get perfect vocab I think an 800 is possible.</p>
<p>^what’s the ‘take your time approach’? link pls…</p>
<p>When first starting to prepare for the SAT, I was missing 5-7 questions per sections. I had a breakthrough jump to 1-3 wrong, and now I’m in the range of 1-2 errors wrong for the entire CR portion. My first jump was made through one tweak; understand that all of the answers are found in the text, and my second jump was made through practice.</p>
<p>Basically give urself unlimited time and read the passage as much as you want. Reason through each question slowly. </p>
<p>But I think it’s more effective for people who don’t grasp CR and need to learn it. You already have 700’s</p>
<p>I’m working hard, hopefully I’ll get a above 750 on october!</p>
<p>I agree wholeheartedly with SandwichGirl. I did the same thing for my QAS’s. My score went up from 590 to 750 in 2 months. Required a lot of motivation, but still worth it :)</p>
<p>I did almost no work for a 780, not to be arrogant. I actually finished the sections in about 10 minutes and took a nap after I checked them. The proctor and other kids were giving me some pretty funny looks. But it comes naturally to me 
A 720 is a great score though, just work on those last couple questions and you could probably do 750+. </p>
<p>Math is another story. I had to work for 5 solid months for a 630…damn, that was hard…</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>^I can’t fathom that. Haha.</p>
<p>My 800 in CR was sort of lucky. On practice tests I consistently scored around 760.</p>
<p>I usually miss about 2 per section now, but whenever I do miss one, once I see the answer I’m like “DuH! that makes sense”. And usually the one I pick if I get it wrong is between a wrong one and the right one. Anybody have any suggestions on how not to make such dumb mistakes like this? I feel like if I have a great testing day then I’m capable of 780+.</p>
<p>yeah i have the same problem, not with vocab though, i can get the vocab right. I just never get a CR section perfect and afterwards they always feel like stupid mistakes 
is there any good CR prep book?</p>
<p>I’m like Circular. Math and writing are pretty difficult for me. But CR comes naturally to me, I regularly score 780-800 with time remaining on the clock.</p>
<p>I attribute the score to reading constantly due to AP classes, reading for fun, etc. My score jumped from low 600s to upper 700 just by making reading a habit. Read novels/books, understand it and look up the dictionary if you don’t know what a word means.</p>
<p>Of course this should be done when you aren’t studying for the SATs (ie on the bus or in the subway). Other than that, I do the problems and I go back and check. For vocabulary, I look up the definitions of all the words that I wasn’t sure of and write them down.</p>
<p>^OK, I do the definitions thing too.</p>
<p>I also have the same problem as Linger. I will get one wrong and it will be between 2 I was contemplating. When I read the answer explanation I will find out that I went about the thought process wrongly or I just didn’t seem to understand something from the passage that resulted in me getting the q. wrong.</p>
<p>As for reading, I’ve barely read my entire life so that is why CR is the hardest for me. I’ve only read stuff for English class (nothing like AP, just stuff for my below average Ontario curriculum…so nothing groundbreaking or sophisticated). I’ve only read a select few books outside of the class room. </p>
<p>Should I start reading ‘The Economist’ or ‘Time’? And how do I go about reading them?..as in, how do I read with a purpose to benefit me for the CR section of the SAT?</p>
<p>I have 2 weeks before school starts here and I’m hoping to be essentially done with the SAT I by then. I’d like to get my CR to 770-800 range, if possible.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>I’m kind of like you; I have barely read my entire life, and that was probably because I don’t give a **** about reading books. I read “The Economist”, “Time”, “The New York Times”, and many more news websites. I would just recommend reading them like you read anything; don’t analyze anything, just read them.</p>
<p>Anyone else read those websites? How do you all approach them…just as SandwichGirl does? </p>
<p>Can anyone say confidently that reading those sites has helped your score?</p>
<p>I doubt reading the times and NYTimes etc… is a direct and efficient way to improve CR but I think it should be done because it does indirectly improve your CR scores by making people like myself who never read, read… Also you should read the news or something from time to time not only to improve a score of a standardized test but also to become a citizen of the world and incorporate and improve your reading skills as reading is something we all do everyday.</p>
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<p>No. I don’t think so</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Yeah, I didn’t use those websites specifically to help with me with CR; I guess it can indirectly help as a byproduct. Although I don’t care about reading book, I like to be informed on what’s happening around me.</p>
<p>It does indirectly improve your score.</p>
<p>However, I find materials where you must be able to glean information from (ie historical textbooks used in AP classes) much more hopeful.</p>
<p>But other than reading extra material, the answer to every critical reading question is in the passage. Even I tend to forget this sometimes and I usually get one or two passage questions wrong when I do. However, I think when one realizes this simple fact, the CR section becomes quite easy. It’s just becomes a matter of how fast can you extract information from a passage.</p>
<p>By the way, my method is that I read the italicized blurb, read the first two paragraphs, and then go on to answer the question. Then I read the rest and answer the rest.</p>
<p>(Now if somebody can help me improve my horrible grammar then I’m set)</p>