<p>I don't agree with powerabe, guessing blindly (if you don't know anthing) is not a bad idea. If you can not elimante any answers in five questions (by probability) you'll get 1 and 4 wrong. 1 - 4(.25) = 0, if you can eliminate one, four questions would work out 1 right, three wrong 1 - 3(.25) = .25.</p>
<p>Search for grammatix and guessing to get Mike (2380 score)'s explanation on why NOT to guess. It's a sampler of his Sat strategy guide.</p>
<p>If you're aiming for 500s, then don't guess (you'll probably end up being wrong)</p>
<p>600s...give it a chance (statistically, guessing can't hurt you)</p>
<p>700s-perfect score...answer every question!!</p>
<p>Sorry for being too vague. Yes, I was able to eliminate at least 2 answers on most of the questions. And yes, I agree with DmctNY8. In fact, that was my thinking. Let's say there are 4 questions for which you don't know the answer to. If you leave all 4 blank, then you're at 0. But if you get one right and the other 3 wrong, then you're still on the plus side with +0.25. Really though, a lot of people have their own opinions about this. Also, I felt that if I was to score high (or at least break 2100, which appears to be nowhere close to high here at CC... haha) then I should be aggressive and take chances. Heh... I don't think I'm helping at all... sorry.</p>
<p>This all assumes a macro scale...</p>
<p>If youre running out of time, or if you dont know the answers to a lot of questions, all this probability stuff would probably work out... but if you're having trouble with a few questions, talking about the probability isn't necessarily very usefull...</p>
<p>I skipped two on the SAT Math IIC, but it felt like a crime. I generally avoid skipping questions...usually, I can make something or other out of it. If you're out of time, I would imagine leaving a few blank will leave you better off than marking all of them C's or A's or what not.</p>
<p>(Statistically speaking, C is the most common answer choice, or something...)</p>
<p>I can't believe so many of you are confused. If you guess randomly, you can expect the same result as leaving those guessed questions blank.</p>
<p>If you can eliminate EVEN ONE answer but leave a blank, YOU ARE AN IDIOT. Any counselors or other advisors who tell you otherwise don't know what they're talking about.</p>
<p>Just think... I am a smart person, even if I don't know the answer, my hand will naturally and unconsciously pick the right answer out of habit. Just choose the first one that seems slightly right and it 90% of the time will be if you've done enough practice testing.</p>
<p>i guessed on all the questions i didn't know on the june sat
now i kind of regret it</p>