I need SERIOUS help on studying

brownman23
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:32:56 +0000

EliteUHopeful:

I think one of the previous posters over-exaggerated the importance of vocabulary in the CR section. I only remember there being a few of these questions, and memorizing as many vocab words as possible would only help you a little.



There’s a decent amount of vocab on the CR.

19/67 questions are fill-in-the blanks, which is about 28.36%.

Additionally, there are some vocab words in questions based on the passages. Let’s say, there are 3 of them total in the CR sections.

That makes, about 23/67 questions that have vocab. That’s 34.33%.

Needless to say, vocab is important, and knowing more vocab words will only help your score.

Buy Direct Hits for vocab. It’s the most recommended in CC.



What you need to do is start practicing with the prep books that you got. If you keep practicing using official tests, your next score is almost guaranteed to be higher.



That’s absolutely correct. Practice makes perfect. I remember when I used to get high 500s, low 600 in CR. I spent all of winter vacation doing 6 CR sections a day, and my score improved to 670 and then 720.