Common Approaches to All 4 Sections

Beavers66
Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:20:21 +0000

Can you guys list what your main approaches are to tackling each of the 4 sections and how successful you are. Also, if there are any drawbacks that you get from doing this strategy. There are some sections I might not be approaching the best way so it may be helpful to change it up

My approach and success level:

English: Not really any strategy to this one as I just take the questions as they come. I need to improve on my English usage and mechanics (I don’t know how I get these wrong) but I also tend to miss questions on improving the order of paragraphs or sentences. Score: 26-28 ; Goal: 30-32

Math: Strongest topic for me and I usually just go through all of the questions that I can immediately answer leaving maybe 5 at the most to come back to. Score: 33-34 ; Goal: 35-36

Reading: I usually read most of the whole passage and really absorb what the passage is about. Then just answer the questions based on the flow of the passage and just reference back to passage for questions about certain words or lines. Score: 30-32 ; Goal: 32-34

Science: If it’s a Data/Table type question then I just look at the questions and answer off what is presented. If it’s a passage comparing 2 different hypoteses points then I skim to find the main difference and usually thats enough. Score: 30-32 ; Goal: 32-34

Like I said earlier, these are the strategies that have worked (or havent worked depending on the person) for me but I am willing to experiment with some new strategies. Usually I spend the maximum time on English and Reading but not the other 2 sections. Please post whats the best strategy for you.