<p>I have a friend who says reading Time (not the website) has helped her, but I’m not sure to what extent. It makes sense though, because Time features articles of all subjects covered in the CR section (science, arts, politics/history, etc) but its sentence structure and writing style are more contemporary than some of the selections the SAT might use.</p>
<p>I enjoy reading tremendously, but my cr score is still the worst. Most of the time, I come across questions that I could answer with my own mind, but my answer doesn’t match with any of the choices. I’m also a slow reader because I enjoy paying attention to passages, but I still can’t get my score up!</p>
<p>MrWheezy, gimme your 800 CR skills and I will trade you my 780-800 W skills! :P</p>
<p>Does it really become that much easier when you change your mindset and realize that every answer is in the passage? On the last test I wrote I got perfect on SC (19/19) but made 4 passage errors…so that is definitely my weak point.</p>
<p>Also, I have trouble with the ‘older’ English passages…like early 1900s. Anyone else like me? What did you do to improve on these passages? I love the science ones (esp. ones like string theory, etc.) and I usually get perfect on those ones, but the older English ones are the hardest for me. Trying to read a lot of early 1900s books isn’t really an option so what should I do?</p>
<p>This was definitely the case for me. Realizing that every answer is in the passage and practice brought my score from 540 to 780-800.</p>
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<p>Although I don’t really have a problem with these passages, I can tell you to focus more. I believe that it is not really the problem of “comprehending and analyzing” old literature, but lacking focus because it is not necessarily as interesting as a science package.</p>
<p>How do you read books, newspapers, articles, etc. that aren’t all that interesting to you? Also, is retaining information from newspaper articles and magazines important? I can read science magazines but I don’t really remember what I read a couple of days later.</p>
<p>Reading NY Times for CR is useless but certainly useful for the essay portion on Writing.</p>
<p>Goddangit can someone help me on CR (passage, not sentence completion)? I keep missing at least 10 each time and I’m using the mindset that the questions/answers are in the text no matter what and I’m using noitara’s line-reference underlining strategy… And this occurs on those longer passages - not on the shorter one. I’m not sure what the problem is. Is it my attention span from my lack of sleep due to insomnia that is preventing me from retaining the info? Or am I just approaching it the wrong way and need to alter my strategy? Or just give it more time and practice?</p>
<p>Same. I have done all that mindset stuff and I do all the underlining stuff and yes I check why I got a question wrong each time but after much practice with CR, I have only managed to increase by 10 points…</p>
<p>sorry to bump this up, but seriously CC, give me all your knowledge.</p>
<p>I am really stuck at low 700s in CR. I wrote another test today and got 730. I made 1 error in the first section, 1 in the second…but then 3 in the final one to give me -6 RAW. So, I was so confident that ‘this was it’ and that I could finally get high 700s for the first time, but then I did poorly on the last section.</p>
<p>I don’t know what to do. I make 1-2 W errors, and 0 or 1 math error. So, I have a shot at 800 in both of those and will try to just fine tune and make sure I understand everything to help get 800 but CR is really hurting me.</p>
<p>CR actually matters too. I mean, W doesn’t even really matter. </p>
<p>I’ve written 4 tests this summer (real conditions and everything) and on all I have gotten low 700s and I go right up to the 25 or 20 minute time limit for every CR section except a few. What should I do? Just keep practicing? I have the Online SAT Course and haven’t practiced any CR on there yet. Should I go through all the tutorials and practice questions, etc. on there then hit the practice tests again to see what I get?..</p>
<p>@Viggyram: Are you reviewing? I find that reviewing each and every question helps a LOT. Especially Vocab. I’ve read through Direct Hits one or two times and actually only memorized the first 30-40 words. But after practicing, and practicing, I brought my score from a 580 up to a consistent 680-700. I know that I am worse at CR than you, but my advice is to thoroughly review. It helps a lot. Especially with vocab, i miss like 1 each test, but I miss 2-3 passage based :/</p>
<p>Yea, I’m going to start going more all out on reviewing as lately I’ve just been reviewing wrong answers and doing so kind of superficially. But was anyone else stuck at low 700s like I am currently? I really don’t know what to do. I’m trying to look for wrong answers and such but I’m still stuck. I don’t think I’ve peaked because when I look over wrong answers I understand why they are wrong and usually it’s a dumb mistake or something that I overlooked in the passage and didn’t take into account when answering…</p>
<p>I took the SAT in the midst of my preparation for the AP English Language test. So the multiple choice questions on the SAT felt like cake in comparison. Otherwise, the only preparation I did was take about 4-5 practice sections in CR from previous tests. I ended up scoring a 790 on CR, and this was after I had projected myself to score in the 730-760 range. </p>
<p>(I would have gotten an 800 if not for my silly slip-up between “incontravertibly” and “ostensibly”)</p>
<p>For about 7-10 days prior to the test, I took practice sections out of my Kaplan 12 Full Length SAT Tests when I found the time (usually about an hour to an hour and a half per day). All in all, I probably took about 6-8 practice sections in each of the three books. Roughly the equivalent of three full length tests.</p>
<p>I have no AP or anything where I live, so I don’t have that advantage LOL. </p>
<p>I don’t know how to approach cutting down from about -5 to -6 RAW to about -2 (or less). I just need those last couple…and for vocab memorization is it best to memorize closer to the test date (to keep it fresh) or start a month before and review the words in intervals to make sure that you know them…?</p>
<p>enter your CC username and the channel will be CR800 </p>
<p>We need some legit high scorers to come on there and help us mortals out! It might be a good way to help each other out and get to know each other (Y). Let me know what you think and log on if you are interested.</p>