Serious, dense writing from college educated people for the college educated

[Siren Silently]

Well, I'm trying to prep for the CR/W section of the SAT and one of the ways I improve most drastically at reading comprehension is through reading of material that harder than I'm used to. I remember doing this one summer in 7th grade and I went from a grade level reader to a 10th grade level (according to some testing program).

So right now I'm trying to look for essays/articles/etc... from highly educated individuals who write serious, dense stuff. I'm most interested in politics, history, arguments against theology and criticisms on society. Thanks.

[Neo Cassady]

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[Broken Parachute]

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A little light reading.

[Siren Silently]

Haha, I love Nietzche. Been reading Genealogy of Morals actually.

[lightcollapse]

just take a ton of practice tests.

[Cuddleworthy]

just take a ton of practice tests.

This.

The best way to improve your score is to do practice tests/questions. I raised my score 350 points this way.

[Siren Silently]

just take a ton of practice tests.

I'm taking one a week, but I'm trying to supplement it with some other stuff in my freetime (the other 6 days).

[Anne.Frank]

Well, I'm trying to prep for the CR/W section of the SAT and one of the ways I improve most drastically at reading comprehension is through reading of material that harder than I'm used to. I remember doing this one summer in 7th grade and I went from a grade level reader to a 10th grade level (according to some testing program).

So right now I'm trying to look for essays/articles/etc... from highly educated individuals who write serious, dense stuff. I'm most interested in politics, history, arguments against theology and criticisms on society. Thanks.

You should just search for a doctorate thesis online, they tend to be more difficult than normal texts ^^

[thedandelionwar]

The evolution of morality by richard joyce can be quite dense but it's an amazing book with an interesting theory

[idowhatiamtold]

Expose yourself to different material to get a variety. Can't hurt to take practice exams either.

[theliftedlorax8]

Check out Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Definitely worth reading.

[concernedparent]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/The_Birth_of_Tragedy.jpg

A little light reading.
I swear to god, Nietzsche has like 6 difficult words in each sentence.

[Siren Silently]

The evolution of morality by richard joyce can be quite dense but it's an amazing book with an interesting theory

Sounds interesting, I'll give it a spin.

Expose yourself to different material to get a variety. Can't hurt to take practice exams either.

Yeah, the practice exams (and then review afterwards) are really helping. A lot more than I would have thought. I took my first and got 1850, and I've taken 4 since then and my last one was a 2020. I realize this is just a practice, but it really feels like it's working haha.

Check out Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Definitely worth reading.

Will do sir.

[TeachBirds2Fly]

Have a read of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 645,000 words 1168 pages long but is one of the most politically and philosphicaly motivated books of the 20th centuary. It's also getting made into a movie with Angelina Jolie.

[ESundy36]

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. I read this in a philosophy class sophomore year and yes it's basis is on a capitalist system but it has heavy roots in philiosophy. Not to mention the book itself is hefty the edition I have clocks in at 1215 pages.

[bluecrunchy]

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