<p>I took my sat in june and got a 1510/1600. 800 in math and 710 in reading. I will be a senior in october when i will take the sat again. So i got like 3 months till the sat in october. Can you give me some tips as to improving my critical reading score?</p>
<p>1.) Pinpoint what you typically miss.
2.) DRILL!!!1!1!!!one1
3.) Read twenty collegiate papers a day. Be sure to fully comprehend EVERY word.
4.) Annotate the articles if possible.
5.) Summarize arguments presented in said articles.
6.) Read faster next time.
7.) DRILL!!!1!11!one!1 (Blue book recommended)
8.) Repeat steps 1-7 until you consistently score your standard.
9.) ???
10.) PROFIT!</p>
<p>As crazy as this may seem, this actually works. As you read, you will become more discerning, which is crucial to critical reading success. Collegiate papers involve higher-level vocabulary and heavily stress argument. Discerning is key to comprehension. Last, I simply cannot stress this enough, learn to overcome stress if you have any.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>Can you give me a couple of sites which have collegiate papers and articles so i can read them?Or can you tell me where i will be able to find them? Thank you for your help.</p>
<p>Take practice tests un-timed and try to get perfects. Then add time and improve from there.</p>
<p>i currently dont read the long passages first but i go to the answer choices and answer all the line questions. and then i take what i learned from answering those questions to answer the others</p>
<p>I always keep my pencil moving in order to maintain my focus. Reading those passages makes me to kill myself :)</p>
<p>learn vocab if you didn’t already get every sentence completion question correct. If you get all of those, you could still get 1 or 2 of the really hard reading comprehension ones wrong, which would make getting that 800 easier.</p>
<p>any random non-entertainment magazine (TIME, for example) is good enough for the method in #2.</p>
<p>Do you know where i can acquire a copy of time? Are they online? Or do i have to pay for a subscription?</p>
<p>I got one sentence completion wrong. But i got 5 passage questions wrong so that is my flaw.</p>
<p>The Washington and Huffington Posts are free to read online. If you enjoy mathematics, read articles on maa.org (mathematical association of america.) By the “collegiate papers,” I had research journals in mind (math journals such as pi mu epsilon, science journals, phychology journals, ect.) Your preference of journals depends on your field of study, and unfortunately, these aren’t free and are highly technical. As you can see, twenty of those articles would seem like overkill. The plan is that, if anyone could read these articles with ease, the SAT would seem like nothing. Instead of reading twenty articles, reading the articles posted on The Washington and Huffington posts would work better. Be so involved that you feel like arguing with the writers and feel like reading opposing views. The idea is to get used to reading and obtain a good sense of the writers’ arguments.</p>
<p>Further, you may even want to read the books or articles that the Collegeboard chooses exerpts from. For vocabulary, spend a good 30 minuites learning five new college-level words. Test youself the next morning.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, York.</p>
<p>I follow TIME, New York Times, and The Economist on twitter and just read every story that they post. Ends up being at least 20 a day but usually more. Most of the articles can actually be quite interesting as well. I got a 720 my first time in May so hopefully this will help increase that for October. This method also helps tons with writing. I consistently get 0-2 wrong on the questions.</p>
<p>Thank you, i will start following them.</p>
<p>Only 1 out of every 200 SAT test-takers gets an 800 on Reading, so getting that score is beyond the reach of most people. But it can’t hurt to try . . .</p>
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<p>Haha, that should do it. You might as well read the AOL public comments. Seriously, that is like telling someone to learn golf by watching a game of turf croquet.</p>
<p>Good point, as the HuffPos is noteriously liberal and has nearly the same side in every issue. Same could be said of the WashPos but to a lesser extent. Sorry for that, I was just listing the first papers that came to mind.</p>
<p>anyone recommend the onion?</p>
<p>Also might be helpful to go to the library and pick a few books. It will no doubt help your reading skills but also give you substance to use in the essay section and just overall make you a more educated person.</p>
<p>@York00 I think xiggi isn’t criticizing Huffington Post but rather stating that the overall approach of reading online articles to improve SAT Reading score isn’t at all effective.</p>