<p>so i think i’m improving with math and writing little by little.
but CR kills me! i honestly have no idea how to improve with this section…
i practiced and practiced. any really effective ways?
thanks guys!</p>
<p>anyone? bump 10char</p>
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<li>Read more from varied sources–look for political, scientific and literary review magazines in your local library and see if you can find someone to talk to about what you read.</li>
<li>Try different strategies with practice tests at home–read the questions and then the passage or read the passage and then the questions–does one method work better than another? See if there’s a particular kind of question that you tend to miss frequently and figure out if you can omit those rather than being counted wrong?</li>
<li> I don’t think anyone really does this, but you could write down new vocabulary words every time you encounter them in things your read–write down the word and the context where you found it. Then look up alternate meanings. And if you aren’t reading anything that offers new vocabulary, go back to step 1.</li>
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<p>Hope that helps. :-)</p>
<p>Scan the questions before reading the passages to look for what you need to focus on. That, and reading from the above mentioned sources helped me improve my CR score 80 pts.</p>
<p>how should i work on paying closer attention to details?
SAT CR seems pretty detail oriented and inferences.</p>
<p>Getting better at paying attention to detail comes with loads of practice. Taking honors/AP english classes that drill you into close reading and coming up with inferences help a lot. If that’s not possible, you can try drilling yourself with practice tests- pretend that you’re hopelessly in love with the passage and don’t want to forget a single detail.</p>
<p>Alright. My suggestion is to pick up an anthology like the Norton Reader. It has passages very similar to those you will find in AP/SAT reading tests… In fact, some of the writings in my Norton were on AP tests… Just read those passages and get used to the type of reading on the test. Also, as mentioned above, read near a computer and whenever you happen upon an unfamiliar word, look it up.</p>
<p>carnacki, is that what you really did to improve your SAT score???
thanks caltech & carnacki.</p>