<p>Some of the prep books tell you to only read the fist and last paragraph to get the point of the author. I know this works up to a a certain degree, but if you want to get a full 2400, this technique will not work will it?</p>
<p>2400 is extremely rare, an 800 on cr is extremely rare, if u want to get it than more than likely u’ll have to have a very good understanding of each passage so no, reading the first and last paragraph will most likely not get u an 800 on cr</p>
<p>no dont. it’s called critical reading, not critical skimming or critical skipping. i got an 800 CR and i read every passage. lol im a nerd, i find them interesting. and anyway, it’s important to get a sense of what the whole passage is like so that you can answer theme questions. and also if you read the whole thing, you can easily recall the bits that you are asked about. it takes you less time in the end.
learn to read and absorb quickly. don’t cheat yourself by skipping.</p>
<p>jimbob, the beijing hater, hit the nail on the head.</p>
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<li><p>read the ENTIRE passage. I went up from a 55/67 to a 65/67 raw score in the CR section just by reading the entire passage before answering the questions. Doesnt take up time ‘AT ALL’. Matter of fact you’ll have way more time left to go over your work than you would if you just looked for the answers without reading the passages entirely.</p></li>
<li><p>read a high frequency SAT vocab list.</p></li>
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<p>haha how did you know i didn’t like beijing? For the record shanghai rocks my socks!!!</p>
<p>Read the entire passage. Beijing > Shanghai. Shanghai is too westernized. Exploited by the whites. Jimbob = white or taiwanese?</p>
<p>too many tai-pans in shanghai</p>
<p>If you want to get anywhere above 700, don’t do this. Too many of the questions relate to specific sentences, even specific words, within the passage. Also the “overall message” questions can only be grasped by reading the entire passage. What I do is read the whole passage straight through, answer any overall questions, than go through each specific question going back to the area of the passage it addresses, and rereading 3-4 sentences around it.</p>
<p>First off, read the entire passage. If you’re even semi-fast at reading you’ll have plenty of time to do this and have 5-10 mins at the end to check over. Besides reading the entire passage my advice for the Critical reading is to get in the right mindset. You really can’t go on what you think the right answer is because that is usually based on your prior knowledge. You have to fill your mind with what is just in the passage and look for specfic evidence to support the answer. if you have doubt after answering the question then you’re probably not seeing something. As for the vocab, that can only be helped by vocab books and reading.</p>
<p>I have tried two ways and I find it very not helpful
- Read the entire passage and after reading it, begin to answer questions—> I end up not remember anything after reading the passage, I have to read it again and it takes me sso much time.
- Read the questions first, then read the passage—> the result is after reading the passage. I do not remember any question, what do questions ask… and I have to read those questions again, then read part of the passage to find answer.</p>
<p>I come into these problems any time I do CR, what should I do now? Can anyone give me some advice?</p>
<p>skim through the passage so that you get the main idea/ tone of the essay. Then answer the questions. This time actually critical read the passage. As long as you dont lose concentration, it should work for you.</p>
<p>Or we should read question 1 first, then read the paragraph that contains the answer to the question. Then read the 2nd question, so on.</p>
<p>I am so confused now because I can’t find myself an effective way to deal with CR. I hope to hear more from you, AznN3rd.Thanx</p>
<p>I think reading the first and last passage will get you arounnd the 655-710 range. I think reading the whole thing is a must for the potential 800. There is rarely a time issue in CR</p>
<p>If we just read the 1st and last passages, how can we answer other question, by skimming? And how can we understand what the passage abput, what the tone of the author?</p>
<p>Ithgiang- you wont have to rush if you read the passages entirely. Thats something people dont know. Everyone just quickly dismisses the idea of reading the passages because they think it takes up a lot of time. But it does the complete opposite-It saves you a lot of time. Even if you’re a slow reader.</p>
<p>Basically what you should do is
1)read the passages thoroughly(even is you’re a fairly slow reader). Understand it. Dont panic while you’re reading because you think you’re wasting time…you are not wasting any time
2)Read the questions and look for the answers. Dont re-read the passages.</p>
<p>This is the best ‘strategy’. Just keep using it and you should definitely see a drastic improvement.</p>
<p>get gruber’s complete guide to the new sat… it is by far the best review, and completely owns Kablam and Princeton ■■■■■■. you should be able to pull a 200 pt increase using dr. gruber’s critical thinking skills and some common sense. remember, if you have about 3 months til the next exam (october 06) just do a test every saturday from the blue book (tcb official guide) and that will guarantee a 100 pt increase for most students. they also say that an estimated 100 pt increase occurs for every 6 months in high school (your brain cultures and matures, i guess). best of luck, and get them books crackin!</p>
<p>Is the online course from collegeboard worth it? It sounds good…and is somewhat cheap compared to other online programs from Kaplan and PR, so is it really worth it, and are the tests official tests from years ago, or just tests made up from the collegeboard?</p>