I"M BAD at CR

TORONTO1
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:43:02 +0000

The best thing to do is to read. Read anything. The news is always a good place to start, especially with everything going on in the world, the news nowadays is really interesting. if you can’t get your hands on a good book, or like shorter material, magazines are always good. I suggest Time, or if you’re a little advanced, The Economist - both are excellent mags. I became a really avid reader sometime in junior year and I saw my previously embarassing SAT CR scores flip ie. 570 to 750.

One note though, make sure you think about what you’re reading. Don’t skim. I know some SAT prep books (I think PR) tell you to skim the CR passage to get the gist, but when you are reading the news, magazines, books, etc. make sure you think about what you are reading, and go so far as to think what your own opinions are on the topic. This is what I call critically analyzing a piece of literature. It can be much more fun then sitting in English class with your teacher and reading Hamlet. (Unless you love Shakespeare, of course.)