<p>I've been going through the blue book as of late and I seem to have been bubbling in the wrong answers sometimes. For example, I definitively know an answer for math is 8 (B), but I bubble in C, & Other stuff like that. </p>
<p>To remedy this problem, I adjusted my "checking answers strategy" to first check my written work answer to see if it matches up with the one that I bubbled in, and it seems to be working well. I do this before I do my standard checking procedure for questions about which I am uncertain. This method seems to work well enough for me. </p>
<p>Anyone else have this problem? What do you do about it?
("Stupid Mistakes" like not reading the ? properly seem to be costing me more points than anything nowadays)</p>
<p>I used to make lots of silly mistakes back in the day in which a problem dealing with dimes would suddenly morph into a problem solved for nickels and the like; once I mixed up a 4 and a 9 in the middle of a problem.</p>
<p>When it comes to multiple choice, though, to keep myself from getting distracted by bubbling in the answers, I do a page at a time: answer a page, crossing out and circling the answers on the test, and then before turning to the next page, bubble in that page. This lets you not only focus on not breaking your flow (without potentially not having the time to fill everything in), but provides you with a checkpoint of “am I up to the right question?” each page so that you can fix your mistake quickly and easily if you’ve messed up.</p>
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<p>I used to have this problem. I always tell myself the question number, point to that number on the answer sheet, tell myself the answer, point to the corresponding letter, and bubble.</p>
<p>Of course, I also circle my answers in my test book, so after the section, I check test book vs. answer sheet.</p>
<p>I had that problem. idk how I got rid of it though, but I know you need to start paying attention more cause CB won’t go back and check your work for you.</p>
<p>I’ve never had this problem. I mean… just try to pay a little extra attention when bubbling in.</p>
<p>Okay. You really have to learn to be careful. The first SAT I took on April 2011, I misbubbled on the writing portion and got a 590 (a complete shock to someone who got a 79 W PSAT). They don’t correct bubbling errors…Had to retake it in June to turn it to a 770.</p>
<p>If I have time after I finish a section, I like to check that all the bubbling in is correct, by comparing it with my circled answers in the test booklet.</p>