Critical Reading Another Way - Sam's Story

Are you a slow reader and struggle to finish all the questions on the SAT Reading section? If you answer 'yes', you are in good company. In this video, I share the story of my student Sam, who was willing to try a new strategy when completing the Reading section that dramatically improved his score and confidence. Taking the SAT is no different than most challenges in life. When facing your weaknesses, it pays sometimes to alter your strategy.

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[jlshadoww]

Thank you!

[pinkcherry3776]

thank you so much!!!!

[SuperStray27]

the best strategy is to skim the passages first, focusing on the "big picture", then referring to the text later on as needed for the questions.

[MPS72192]

thanks... also check out satbooks.org too

[immachinewashable8]

I've been enrolled in the eprep course that this guy teaches and he is really helpful. My scores fluctuate every time I take the test by there is definitely a huge improvement from when I was an underclassman. Critical Reading is my worst section and this technique actually does work. For the large passages. But one thing he did say straight up was that for the short passages it better to read them first because even if you are a slow reader it only rakes a few seconds to read. And they are onl

[enycedoll]

It's not necessarily a good technique because reading the questions forces one to constantly 'look' for the answers and miss the point of the passage. Instead, I think being familiar with question types is better technique since it allows u to read with a purpose.

[JohnMichaelReed1]

I scored an 800 on math on my first try, and a 720 on critical reading on my first try. For the 720, I checked the lines numbers of my questions first. When I read 2 sentences past the last line mentioned in the question, then I answered the question. I saved the "What is the main idea of the passage," and "How would the author react to the claim made in Passage 2" for after I finished reading the passage.

[Bklynballerplaya]

I got a 2020, 800 on math, 600 on reading and 620 on writing, so i really need help with the reading passages because I am a slow reader. I will definetly try this new method on the sat, thanks again

[maesariang24]

Thank you so much.

It incredibly pulls my score up!

[tristam15]

I've taken the SAT today, I only used this technique and I think its the best, it saves you time and is more accurate. Earlier I used to read the whole passage and then answer the questions it was a total waste of time as I never remembered anything I read and had to come back to the passage anyways. Will let you know the score when it comes.

[quitejaded]

Hey... I am a slow reader, too. I hope you did well. If you have time to retake the test... when it came to comparitive questions like this, it depended on what the question was asking. Usually, I had the gyst of both passages using this technique and I only needed to read the intro and conclusion to make sure. Make sure you read the intro and the conclusion when you get stuck and go on from there.