Is 600-680 a good place to start? (CR)

RhythmMeleon · 06-30-2012, 07:46 PM

I just took the CR section on Test 4 in the Blue Book and the estimated range for my performance was 600-680. Is that a good place to start? I hope to increase my score by 100 points at least...lol

EliKresses · 06-30-2012, 07:53 PM

Pretty good atarting point... How old are you?

RhythmMeleon · 06-30-2012, 07:56 PM

16..sophomore

EliKresses · 06-30-2012, 07:57 PM

Definitely a strong starting point then... You can definitely get it up to a 700+ before it comes time to apply to colleges.

RhythmMeleon · 06-30-2012, 07:59 PM

well actually, rising junior. thank you for giving me hope!

risubu · 06-30-2012, 10:29 PM

You are golden. When I was a rising junior, I scored a 580 on CR on the first practice test I took. With a TON of reading of newspapers like Wall Street Journal and NYT and by memorizing Direct Hits vocab, you can be on your way to a high 700!

RhythmMeleon · 07-01-2012, 02:18 AM

Thank you Risubu!!! how did you do eventually? I have loads of summer reading for APUSH so I'll be reading a lott...is direct hits vocab that helpful? (Vocab is my main weakness)

risubu · 07-01-2012, 10:24 AM

I got an 800

I got a detailed score report back, and although I missed two reading comp questions, I got all the sentence completion questions right because of direct hits!

RhythmMeleon · 07-01-2012, 11:58 AM

wow that is amazing!!
what is Direct Hits?

risubu · 07-01-2012, 11:13 PM

Direct Hits: there are two volumes of these magnificent books. Each volume has a separate list of 200 words. The fourth edition is the newest edition http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Co..._bxgy_b_text_b and volume 2: http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-To..._bxgy_b_text_b

Extremely helpful for vocab. I only got the words, but I'm pretty sure example sentences come with the words. Like, "opulent" may be a word. Sentence? Michelle Obama's parents must have been opulent because they sent her to Princeton.