<p>Any last-second CR adivce for a Jan 26 taker? I’m gonna be crackin Barron’s 2400 and the blue book each night this week, and math and writing I know i can get 750+, but that CR is holdin me back. Mainly concerning the actual reading q’s and not sentence completions, any adivce??</p>
<p>If you’re a junior: Remember that this is a test of basic skills. I think that colleges basically want to know that you can read basic things, like newspapers and novels. I mean, if you can’t do this, how can you survive college? So put the whole thing in perspective. And remember that you can always retake the test if you get scores you don’t like, so there’s no stress at all! And even if you don’t get a great critical reading score, colleges will know about your ability to read at a college level through AP English classes/ scores/ SAT Literature/ what your high school has you read in class/ high school Language Arts grades, etc.</p>
<p>The answer has to be in the passages. Don’t select an answer unless you have a clear reason why it’s right. This is a good exercise for after you take the test. Ask yourself why you picked the answers you picked.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>If you’re a senior: This is pretty much your last chance. Give it your all! Get pumped! Tell the colleges that you have critical reading abilities. Go for it!</p>
<p>im a junior, but thanks for the advice. I do find myself choosing answers that the passage doesnt completely support, so I will take ur advice into account</p>
<p>Here’s a strategy that I’m doing.
Answer the questions as you read along. Read the question, and it will usually be like “Blah blah blah, lines 3-5”, then start the passage and read through lines 3-5, and answer the question. Then the next question will be like “something lines 11-15”. Repeat the same process and read from lines 6-15, stop, and answer the question.</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get a 750+ on the CR on January, and I’ve been studying pretty rigorously myself. I’d recommend that you try to do a few passages and develop a methodical approach towards answering the questions. For example, I find it helpful to skip the first question when it’s the “what is the main point” question and do a step-by-step walkthrough of the other questions while reading chunks of the passage. That way, by the end of the questions, I’ll have a better understanding of the main point from answering the rest of the questions, and then I go back and answer the first question. It helps me focus. Jotting notes, underlining important words, and drawing arrows does that also.</p>
<p>There are a lot of tips that you could try out. I’ve been memorizing vocabulary. I’d suggest you write down any words you don’t recognize and study them until you know them all. That’s probably the best approach since getting above a 750 is more or less answering 1-3 more questions right that you might have guessed correctly or incorrectly. Guessing intelligently is also important! Hope that helps.</p>
<p>I am exactly like GBFSTARS; 750+ on M and W, but not on CR!</p>
<p>I need any advice that can even come close to making a difference.</p>
<p>Hahah I’m exactly in the same boat. I’m a junior, taking mines in less than a week, and CR is my biggest weakness!</p>
<p>I get like 700s in math, 600-700’s in writing, and CR is like 500-600 lol. I’m just hoping the passages given on the jan test will be interesting enough to keep me focused. :(</p>
<p>Let’s all pray (“hope” if you’re not religious) for some easy long passages this Saturday!</p>
<p>Amen! or thank you!</p>
<p>Like ddchow08 said, on inference questions (or really any questions), make sure its supported by the passage. Don’t draw your own conclusions, don’t use your prior knowledge.</p>