<p>title explains everything^^</p>
<p>I think it does because, just like math, the more you read and understand and practice figuring out what the novel/passage is telling you, the easier it gets on the actual test</p>
<p>as for writing, reading can improve that too because your seeing how other people write, you can understand the combination of words and variety of sentences they use and that can REALLY improve your writing because then you start to adopt those ways of writing and those combinations :)</p>
<p>has anyone actually tried these methods and improved his/her scores?</p>
<p>If you read a lot, you'll do well. That's what it pretty much boils down to.</p>
<p>My son got an 800 on CR without studying, but he does something most kids don't do - he reads (and rereads) about 100 novels a year. It's all pretty junky stuff - sci fi and fantasy - but I really think the reading is the reason for his score.</p>
<p>100 novels per year ... oh gosh ... and on my shelf is just some Dan Brown's and movie tie-ins ... ... lol</p>
<p>OMG, 100 novels a year? Your son is definitely a super voracious reader.Accoring to Barron, 20-25 novels per year are quite sufficient to bolster up your reading (and writing) skills :). So, mathmom, approximately how many books does your son read per week ?
Ah, he even re-reads novels he's pored over ? Admirable !!!</p>
<p>100 books. i came close to that last year:
I read:</p>
<p>2 books.</p>
<p>I am planing to read 50 famous novel(old ones), and then crazily work on practice tests=)</p>
<p>^ wish i could do that.............................</p>
<p>"So, mathmom, approximately how many books does your son read per week ?
Ah, he even re-reads novels he's pored over ? Admirable !!!"</p>
<p>Do the math - two. ;-)</p>
<p>I don't read as much as he does, but I can usually manage two or three a month if they aren't too fat.</p>
<p>"I am planing to read 50 famous novel(old ones), and then crazily work on practice tests=)"</p>
<p>Of course reading "hard" material will certainly help, it might not in this case. If you aren't a fairly good reader or one who likes to read a lot, your SAT score might not improve at all.</p>
<p>I read stuff that I liked at first such as novels by Crichton, Brown, and Tolkien. For me, it was important to read books that I had actual interest in. </p>
<p>You're asking if reading will improve your critical READING & WRITING skills. I think the answer is obvious. Read about topics that you're interested in and then go from there.</p>
<p>I am reading harry potter..... for a warming up^^</p>
<p>the few people i know that are book worms and always have a book by their nightstand scored 750+.</p>
<p>lol i got some reading to do</p>
<p>Do you have to read a WHOLE book or just the fact that you're reading?</p>
<p>Like can I just read The New Yorker when it comes in, and it'll be enough?</p>
<p>the only whole books i think ive ever read are catcher in the rye and to kill a mockingbird and i got 770 in reading on my first try so i dont know how much reading helps</p>
<p>there are always exceptions.</p>
<p>jerseypete maybe you read many half-of-a-book or something like that or you are just in-born good at it,,, but since i am not...</p>
<p>Wow, mathmom, does your son speed-read or does he just read a lot?</p>