<p>This is my story. I always get some inference questions wrong in the beginning of the CR portion of the SAT. As the test drags on and I get tired, I start to read answers quicker and pay less attention. One might think I would get more questions wrong on latter half of the CR portion. Oddly enough, however, as I checked my score, I didn’t miss any of the questions in the end of the reading. This always happens to me!! </p>
<p>Anyone else experience this? And how can I capitalize on this so that I will also get the beginning portions of the CR right too?</p>
<p>Yes, this happened to me too. In january I got a 640 on cr having studied intensely for months, omitting only one, and focusing hard on the passages. In may I got a 700 without studying at all, omitting, and basically just reading the passages for enjoyment (they were really good, especially the one about the portrait). However, this happened to me in writing too, but better (610–>750). Math is the only one I studied for at all and really tried seriously hard on and that went DOWN. So it is my consensus that studying HARD only makes your score go down because you are too anxious and focusing too much.</p>