<p>I’m trying to make tips so that I can raise my CR score.</p>
<p>One of my friends was helping me. She thinks my biggest problem is that I overanalyze the passages. Do you think this is true or possible? She asked me to read something and briefly tell what it was about. I said about the sea and how it was able to shape something a rather. She said that the SAT is simple, and the summary they’d want is: the passage is about the sea.</p>
<p>Definetely don’t overanalyze. What I do is read a paragraph and quickly summarize what I just read quickly in my mind. Different interpretations are possible but go with the straight-forward and well-supported ones.</p>
<p>Not really the CR portion, but still fairly relevant:</p>
<p>I got an 800 on verbal first shot, no studying. Didn’t leave anything blank, and got every question right. I probably sound like a jerk, but it’s just a lead in to the next part.</p>
<p>The first time I took the SAT, on the essay, I wrote a really good essay, an AP English level essay. Obviously, looking at my CR score, I kind of know what I’m doing when it comes to the English language. Anyway, I wrote the good essay. Got a 6/12. I was ****ed. The next time, I went in there, wrote a stupid essay to which I was ashamed to have my name attached. Got a 12/12.</p>
<p>The SAT baseline is like lowest common demoninator. Don’t overanalyze.</p>
<p>I’m the opposite…I got a 12/12 on the essay, and like a 550 on CR…my CR needs help</p>
<p>It is very possible to overanalyze. Analyze, but the most basic analysis possible. If you think too much, you’ll be able to justify more than one answer or disqualify the right answer, and that’s never good. Learn which instincts to trust by going by instinct for the practice passages, then seeing which were right and wrong. Try practicing different time saving methods–I read the line references first and then tackle the main idea questions ( I usually read 75% of the passage, I got a 770)</p>
<p>I raised my CR by 80 points just by memorizing about 400 vocab words (it was required for English class) and I also did lots of practice w/ passages and stuff. go with the main idea and the obvious ones… and one thing to definitely keep in mind, the SAT doesn’t test outside knowledge so if an answer choice is about something NOT in the passage, it can’t be the correct answer.</p>
<p>I know I definitely overanyalyze. I’ll come up with one answer and then switch it three times… I’m able to make up arguments for each answer.
I’m usually right the first time too.</p>
<p>Me also… :-</p>
<p>Sometimes though I get carried away on what I think the passage is trying to say. My friend told me not to think.</p>
<p>lol, that’s what I should do!</p>