How do you take on passages?

Quicksandslowly
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:45:41 +0000

dchow08 is right.

I tried tackling passages using a similar method to dchow08 at first but it didn’t work out for me and I scored in the low 600s.

So I decided to try varying methods and decided upon reading the whole passage first and then answer the questions because this helps me get a better idea of the Main Idea of the whole passage and get the gist of what the author is talking about. I just took a practice SAT and received a 760 on CR and only missed 1 passage based question (guess I need to work on SC).

Anyways, it’s up to you whether a kind of method works for you. You just have to experiment and see because everyone is different.

Hope that helps!

P.S. I agree with dcho08; skimming is a waste of time.