<p>What is it when after the test you feel you did pretty well with the CR section but the actual results are way off your expectations? I mean WAY off. For practice tests with the same sensation my results were somewhat consistent with my feelings but this December test results are just…wow.</p>
<p>And by the way, which book is good for CR practicing besides the blue book and the official practice tests? …or should I solve them again?</p>
<p>By the way, Merry Christmas :)</p>
<p>What’s your score?</p>
<p>670 for critical reading on the actual test
I usually was in my 700’s in practice tests but…well there is some discrepancy
Was expecting near the mid 700’s</p>
<p>That’s what happened to me too. After doing the blue book, I was pretty confident that I could get a high 700, and maybe a 50% shot at an 800. However, when I got my score back I had only gotten a 690. This was in October. To prepare for the December retake, I did a lot of critical reading sets from the online course tests (which, fortunately, I found for free). After this practice, I got a 750. Still not an 800, but I’ll take it.</p>
<p>Guess I will have to solve more…
The online course tests you talked about… Were they official ones by collegeboard?
In my case i solved almost every official test possible open to public by college board so thinking of solving them again</p>
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<p>As far as I know, these are official tests made by College Board as part of the online course.</p>
<p>Oh and don’t bother trying to redo critical readings that you have already done, because you will still have some memory of the first time you took it and the right answers. I tried doing that, and it wasn’t an accurate assessment of my abilities because I was slightly familiar with the passages.</p>
<p>Thanks a ton!! Most of them I have solved before but at least I have some fresh tests to solve :)</p>
<p>TBH I think simple and plain reading (The Economist, online articles, junior/senior level books) is the best way to go. I read a ton of articles from the weekly Economist, Time, and occasionally Scientific American and National Geographic, and this constant habit hugely helped me in jumping my CR score from a 620 to a 740.</p>
<p>Doing loads of tests will only help you so much if you dont do much reading outside of your SAT practice schedules. Doing tests/practice sessions is like applying the Icing on the cake, the cake itself is baked from al the reading you’ve done over the months (or years).</p>
<p>Already reading The Economist these days
Planning to read loads through winter :)</p>
<p>@gintonic good to know ^^ you’ll pick up some SAT level vocab as well. also after you read the passages ask yourself</p>
<p>“whats the point of the passage?”
“what is the tone of the author”
“Who is the intended audience?”</p>
<p>“Doing loads of tests will only help you so much if you dont do much reading outside of your SAT practice schedules.” - debatable</p>
<p>@CHD indeed it’s debatable. At least from personal experience, if you are unable to derive the author’s tone, recognize the point of the article, intended audience, what the author will say on another related issue etc etc (all of these skills are developed by reading good literature and articles), doing an entire practice book wont help you much.</p>
<p>Actually it might help you in creating a test strategy (which can boost scores substantially), but it doesnt mean your reading comprehension skills will improve.</p>
<p>Reading is necessary for university studies so I guess it would help either way lol :)</p>
<p>xDDDD top lel</p>