<p>I dont mean just the essay. i get 5s and 6s but it doesnt count for that much. I get sooo confused with the grammar though! i practice only to find that i get worse. i’d like to raise my score which used to be 580 and is now 500 to something like 600 consistently.</p>
<p>I don’t understand because I get 720s on the critical reading section yet only 500s on the acursed grammar.</p>
<p>Grammar=paying attention to petty details.</p>
<p>If you have a prep book, it’ll tell you what to watch out for. The grammar isn’t too deep. I think there’s only a few categories you need to focus on.</p>
<p>The thing that I always remember is that ETS loves parallelism, subject-verb agreement, and antecedent agreements.</p>
<p>Don’t give up. After you get used to the patterns, it’ll be easier to do that writing section.</p>
<p>aaaaccccchhkkkk!!! i wish english was more like spanish. i do really well in spanish… and elvish.</p>
<p>whats antecedent agreements? I have workbooks but I’ve mainly taken practice tests from them and I’ve found the explanations unhelpful.
thanks!</p>
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<p>I think this is pretty helpful, it was compiled by taggart.</p>
<p>muchas gracias!</p>
<p>practice, practice, practice.
laern the types of errors that they test. they tend to test the same types of errors each year, and once you get use to it they become rather second nature. simply practicing and recognizing the similar types of errors (parallelism, comparing two illogical things) are best. if you are native speaker of the language they’re difficult at first sight; you may find youreslf circling “no error” like, 7 or 8 times and wonder if that’s really correct.</p>
<p>after practice, you’ll find that those no errors are actually in fact errors. writing i think is the most systematic component of the SAT where you just hav to sit down and memorize, learn and practice. </p>
<p>which is why its so flawed.</p>
<p>"they tend to test the same types of errors each year, and once you get use to it they become rather second nature. simply practicing and recognizing the similar types of errors (parallelism, comparing two illogical things) are best. "</p>
<p>agree</p>
<p>Grammar, IMO, is the easiest to improve.</p>
<p>Most of the stuff you can get right just by saying it yourself and see if it “sounds” right. If it sounds weird, then you know something is wrong. And then if you want the really good scores you have to know all the miniscule things that will get you in the high 700’s. A lot of the stuff gets repeated throughout the sections as well (parallelism, idioms)</p>
<p>Writing is my best section which kinda sucks since people say colleges tend to look at CR and Math more.</p>
<p>This is going to sound really stupid, especially in comparison to the insight that other people have given you, but I feel that the key to doing really well in the CR sections is to make sure you get the passage perfectly registered in your head. If while reading it, even a small part doesnt stick, the whole things gets screwed up. If you read the whole thing and FULLY understand it (which is possible with 100% concentration) however difficult the question is you should be able to answer it. This is what I’ve gathered from my own experiences.</p>
<p>^ wut does that have to do with the writing portion</p>