<p>Help me please is there any objective way to look at the verbal section. i got 780 math and 580 reading. i looked at my student answer service and it seems like i start to crack near the end of the test and in certain passages cause i get like 10 in a row right then i get like a few wrong cause i think it switched passages. also i missed my 1 math question on the last math section where i think i didnt check as carefully. help plz</p>
<p>also in writing 6 of the 7 wrong i got on the first section were in the last 11 problems. This was with 3 omits. Should I try to speed up on this. The last writing section i only missed a couple questions near the end help plz. I usually find that using my ear works but sometimes it can either be E or some other choice</p>
<p>in math i usually do really good cause i am really good with the calculator. without it i probably couldnt do half the problems and i usually have work for maybe 1 or 2 problems but it works so whatever. is there anyone here who can critically analyze the student answer service and find out what im doing wrong, if so ill let u see a copy.</p>
<p>tell me you weakneses and ill give you tips.</p>
<p>It seems like you get tired at the end of each section. I’m not sure how to advise you on how to build up endurance. I’m not gonna comment on math because you’re fine there, and reading there isn’t much to say because you didn’t specify much. My only advice for reading is to just be ready to switch passages and to forget the previous passage the second you turn the page. </p>
<p>Your strategy for writing will not help. DO NOT use your ear. ETS is smart, they can make sentence that sound right, but are wrong, and sentences that sound wrong, but are right. You just need to learn the rules. Study your mistakes, see where you go wrong. Get a Writing Workbook from one of the test companies and learn the rules. If you don’t think there’s an error, don’t be afraid to use the No Error choice. However, there should only be 4-6 No Error/Correct as written answers in the writing section. I have found that there’s usually one or two in the Correcting Sentences, and around three (sometimes four) in the Error ID part. The last couple questions are hard error ID’s, which explains why you got them wrong. No Error is rarely the correct choice (unless they’re tricky and make a very awkward sounding sentence that is correct) in the last four Error ID’s.</p>
<p>for writing/grammar section this might help:
for nouns: check to see if the corresponding verb agree in # (thank god english nouns don’t have masculine and feminine distinguishments)
for verbs: check for correct usage (affect, effect; good, well…ect), it’s noun, whether or not it’s separated by a long prepositional phrase or some other junk in the middle— if the verb and its noun are separated, which happends 99% of the time (that’s one of ETS’s slyest tricks), then make sure the verb AGREES with the noun it’s supposed to modify, not some other noun.</p>
<p>For adverbs/adjectives: check to see whether it’s used correctly. For example, if the sentence is: He improved his SAT score great.
The error in in great b/c it’s supposed to be greatLY, the adverb, not great (the adjective). </p>
<p>For idioms: MEMORIZE Them. If you are a native english speaker this is the ONLY section of the grammar portion that you can “go by ear.” but even so, many arcane idioms are hard to identify. Thus, to be sure that you have all the idioms correct, I suggest going to Google or using a dictionary to get a list of common english idioms. </p>
<p>other than that just practice. Do all the 8 tests in the blue book, timed. Go over EACH question- right or wrong. Then when you are done w/ the blue book buy the 11 practice tests from princeton review and come back and see if you haven’t improved.</p>
<p>Studying for the SAT’s is like trying to wear a hole in a rock with drops of water. It’s tedious and a pain in the ass, but eventually if the water trickles long enough you’ll get your hole.</p>
<p>has anyone tried working backwards on CR sections?</p>
<p>start with the long passage, then move on to the short passages, and then finish with the sentence completions</p>
<p>that seems like an interesting strategy</p>
<p>if it helps any i got a 22 on the reading subscore on the act.</p>