<p>This may seem like a stupid question, but I’m confused as to why his method works. I’ve tried marking all the lines that the questions ask for and yet, my CR score is still floating around the same area. Am I doing something wrong? The reason I ask this is that I’ve seen numerous people come back to this forum a week after reading that article and say “OMG This is AMAZING!!!1111 MY score shot up like 10,000 pointszzz!!” </p>
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<p>By “marking”, do you mean underlining the referenced lines or what? As far as I can remember, Noitaraprep recommends putting those lines into brackets instead. You might think that there’s no difference between these two strategies, but in fact, the latter is a HUGE time saver. </p>
<p>Now can you answer me whether you usually finish the practice CR sections in *exactly * the allotted time? My presumption is that you had to rush on the questions at the end of the section!</p>
<p>It worked for me yesterday, haha. I felt I did the best in CR I’ve ever done.</p>
<p>can someone post a link to this method? any other notable methods?</p>
<p>The thread on this method’s already been “pinned” :D</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I just bracket the lines that appear in the questions. However, this helps me, but not to the extent that I want it to. For example, I know to focus in the bracketed areas, but I still answer each question like I did previously.</p>
<p>it doesn’t work for everyone. it is one of the methods that i teach my students, but i also teach them other methods, depending on what we have diagnosed as the way they learn, read, comprehend, etc.</p>
<p>there is no one way to study/ learn/ace the sat.</p>
<p>i have been taking them for 1000 years, and i know what works for me. </p>
<p>“Noitaraprep’s” method is a method that we SAT tutors have been coaching for years. Again it’s one technique.
But one piece that is absolutely accurate, no matter what technique you are taught or uncover is to be ACTIVELY reading. Start out by letting yourself know that for the next “X” minutes, reading about WHATEVER is the most interesting thing you’ll ever do, it’s the topic that you have been LONGING to know about, etc.</p>
<p>Lisa</p>
<p>Worked for me. But then it also worked without it. And by work I mean 700+</p>
<p>I think the best part of Noitaraprep’s method is that the ‘distractors’ that the ETS people put in the answers don’t distract you. For example, if an answer choice falls later in the paragraph and the question is a details q. referring to a specific line, then I don’t fall for anything that’s not stated in those lines, because they’re the freshest thing in my mind when I read the question. With that, the answer almost glares out at me, sometimes, and there’s not a lot of muddle to confuse my brain.</p>