<p>So after taking the PSAT recently, I realized my CR strategy wasnt efficient. One strategy stated that I should mark the line references, read until i get to the marked section, and then attempt to answer the questions. Tried it multiple times but it only works if I get a good understanding, or just a gist of the passage, because some of the questions require a good understanding even for questions involving specific line references. I found that I do better on the questions I skipped after reading the full passage. So then, at school, I got a PR book for the SAT and it said to go straight to the questions, reword them (doesn’t sound efficient), and start answering. Then ANOTHER book said that it was very ill-advised. I am super stumped; what do you guys usually do?</p>
<p>Oh and if its not too much to ask, how do you calm yourself down during the test? Like as soon as the test started, I felt my heart beating a lot. That killed my concentration.</p>
<p>Typically, I use intuition to see whether I can answer the question based on simply reading the given lines. If it asks a more general question, such as what is “_”(line 33), then I leave it to the end.
I know what it’s like to be nervous and have your heart pumping. In swim meets and cross country, my nervousness greatly negatively influences my performance and leads me to do poorly. However, when I take a SAT, my heartbeat is normal. I think one reason for this is that after being nervous like 1000x due to swim meets and cross country meets, I’ve learned to become less nervous. So I guess that’s just me. I would suggest you to not to pressure yourself and just take the test.</p>
<p>Thanks so much,
So basically you just answer whatever u can right then and leave the generals for the last
How do you read the passage, or do you just not read it at all?
I may need some more views on my nervous situation though considering you’ve faced it so many times</p>