<p>So I just got my scores back and did pretty good on cr (770) and thought I would share some advice for the section. Just as a reference I got a 710 in math and a 700 in writing so im obviously still working on those</p>
<p>I started out with a 480 in reading on my psat in sophomore year and after alot of practice have managed to raise it 290 points. The reason I write these tips is because I know the frustration of going through many tests and having your cr stay the same. some general tips</p>
<p>-Get direct hits volume 1 and 2. This book will have almost every if not every word you need to know.</p>
<p>-Do practice tests-I did about 65 practice tests for this score.</p>
<p>-review your mistakes and rationalize why the correct answer is the correct answer.</p>
<p>-when reviewing the answer choices for cr try to find the subtle difference between similar answers. For instance I remember doing a cr where the author said he liked to get lost and he gave an example of some mountain where he skis. The question asked what does the mountain represent or something like that. The two answer choices were-it was a desolate place or a was it a place that the author liked to get lost. The answer was the latter as the passage never mentioned the place to be desolate but you would associate the mountain with the words desolate and isolated because mountains are inherently just that. Thus find the subtle diffrences supported by the passage.</p>
<p>-try lsat cr as it is harder and similar. I learned how to think better for cr with the lsat questions and passages.I found the lsat allowed me to learn how to find the subtle differences that are crucial for cr.</p>
<p>-Also try to read the questions first and then underline in the passage but dont read all the questions at once. go one by one. For instance if the questions says in lines 20-21 blah blah blah then underline those lines and read up to that point with careful analyses of those lines. If your struggling for time then this will most certainly help you. At the end of the passage answer the main theme questions. This saves time because you can read the passage once and answer the questions rather than read the passage then look at the questions and then reread the passage which wastes time. This might not work for everyone but it helped me.</p>
<p>The final and most important tip is to not give up on cr. Cr takes the longest to improve and is in my opinion the hardest section. If I can go from below 500 in cr to a 770 then anyone can. I am by no means an expert on cr but just some things that worked for me.</p>