<p>I just took the CR section on Test 4 in the Blue Book and the estimated range for my performance was 600-680. Is that a good place to start? I hope to increase my score by 100 points at least…lol</p>
<p>Pretty good atarting point… How old are you?</p>
<p>16…sophomore</p>
<p>Definitely a strong starting point then… You can definitely get it up to a 700+ before it comes time to apply to colleges.</p>
<p>well actually, rising junior. thank you for giving me hope!</p>
<p>You are golden. When I was a rising junior, I scored a 580 on CR on the first practice test I took. With a TON of reading of newspapers like Wall Street Journal and NYT and by memorizing Direct Hits vocab, you can be on your way to a high 700!</p>
<p>Thank you Risubu!!! how did you do eventually? I have loads of summer reading for APUSH so I’ll be reading a lott…is direct hits vocab that helpful? (Vocab is my main weakness)</p>
<p>I got an 800 
I got a detailed score report back, and although I missed two reading comp questions, I got all the sentence completion questions right because of direct hits! :)</p>
<p>wow that is amazing!!
what is Direct Hits?</p>
<p>Direct Hits: there are two volumes of these magnificent books. Each volume has a separate list of 200 words. The fourth edition is the newest edition <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-Edition/dp/1936551055/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-Edition/dp/1936551055/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b</a> and volume 2: <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Toughest-Vocabulary-Edition/dp/1936551063/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Toughest-Vocabulary-Edition/dp/1936551063/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b</a></p>
<p>Extremely helpful for vocab. I only got the words, but I’m pretty sure example sentences come with the words. Like, “opulent” may be a word. Sentence? Michelle Obama’s parents must have been opulent because they sent her to Princeton.</p>