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Old 09-25-2012, 02:04 AM   #1
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Raising 600~620 reading to 700s...

Ok.. I have like 2 weeks or less until my last SAT.

My past reading scores have been 600~620 and my highest is 640 (12 wrong: 5 wrong on sentence completion). And I really desperately... need to raise it to at least a 700.

I will do anything.. How should I start studying for this ?

Thanks !
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Old 09-25-2012, 02:57 AM   #2
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imo the only thing you can do now considering that there's only two weeks left is to try to learn some vocabulary for the sc section and hope that you'll get lucky and end up seeing those words on test day. Other than that just stay focused and don't panic and you'll be fine.
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Old 09-25-2012, 03:34 AM   #3
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Same to me. Once I got 670 on CR but in subsequent practice tests, my score just ranged between 570 to 630. (Sometimes this low score is caused by vocab, but most of the time there are other reasons). Perhaps I'm using too much intuition and sometimes crossing out 'right answers'. I'm not sure if I have credits to give you advices, but make sure that you don't assume anything. The answer is ALWAYS found in the passage and can be DEFENDED by context.
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Old 09-25-2012, 01:31 PM   #4
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I am in the similar situation with you. I think you make too many errors in completing sentences, which is easier than the passages.(At least I think so) Building your vocabulary is vital since vocabularies for completing sentences are not difficult. Good luck.
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