<p>Include your latest critical reading score (timed practice/or real test score).</p>
<p>Let’s see if we can see a correlation between the two.</p>
<p>I feel like subvocalization is keeping many of us from achieving a good score in the CR section by keeping us a slow reader.</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>I’m case you don’t know what subvocalaizing means… subvocalizing is saying each word (verbalizing each word) in your mind while reading. People who dont subvocalize read words as ideas directly interpreted by their brains.</p>
<p>I do and I don’t. I initially did all the time, but after reading an article on how to read faster (because I’m admittedly a slow reader), I’ve learned that not sub-vocalizing speeds up my reading by A LOT. However, the ability to comprehend the details and get a clearer image is inhibited a bit, and sometimes I have to read back over lines because I didn’t actually “read” them and merely “looked at” them.</p>
<p>Basically, though, I don’t sub-vocalize for the really short passages and sub-vocalize for… almost everything else. I can speak quickly, however, so it’s still not that bad. I usually finish the first couple CR sections with a good 10 minutes; when it’s a massive passage on something extremely complex (like cognitive science) or boring with tons of questions, it takes me a bit longer.</p>
<p>I generally get 780-800 on my practice tests, but I still tend to miss a few questions here and there, regardless.</p>
<p>NOTE: I will mention that these are on practice tests, taken under conditions that do not induce stress. This contrasts greatly with the actual test, during which I for some reason cannot think clearly, as the first time I took it in January, I got ~720 or so on CR.</p>