<p>I didn't have enough time to answer some of the questions on the ACT in each section...I went down and marked C for all the ones I didn't have time for...Do you think this will help or hurt me? It said it is in your best interest to answer every question....even if you have to guess...</p>
<p>soo....anyone?</p>
<p>There's no guessing penalty on the ACT like there is on the SAT.</p>
<p>So...what does that mean?
Sorry, a bit confused.</p>
<p>In the SAT, if you guess and get an answer wrong, you get minus 1/4 a point.</p>
<p>So if you go through a hypothetical 20 question set and get 16 right and 4 wrong, you'd end up with 15 raw points.</p>
<p>16-(5*1/4)=15</p>
<p>Then that 15 raw points would be converted to a scale score, which is what you'd see on your score report.</p>
<p>On the ACT, there is no guessing penalty, which means if you go through a 20 question set and get 16 right and 4 wrong, then you'd get a raw score of 16, which is then converted to a scale score, so it's to your advantage to guess on the ACT.</p>
<p>oh wow.. thanks so much!</p>
<p>i always go for C's!!
today's test i didnt have time to even guess tho</p>
<p>i heard the ACT was easier than the SAT....</p>
<p>ummmmmmmm</p>
<p>dancebabe, not everyone will think that the ACT is easier than the SAT.</p>
<p>The ACT is the test for me. =)</p>
<p>Really, the SATs seem complicated. I'd only take it to challenge myself. There are virtually no SAT test centers near me though.</p>
<p>haha.. i filled in D's and B's.
wow the science section was so hard.. no time for any of that stuff!</p>
<p>I thought D was the new C!</p>
<p>WHAT?! No one told me that... =[</p>
<p>Ya the Midwest and South know where its at. In Illinois, ACT's are part of Junior state testing.</p>
<p>For someone who is too lazy to study like me, ACT's are way better because you just answer the questions, no test taking strategy BS.</p>
<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>You can buy all the ACT prep books you want, but it really comes down to how much you learned in HS. SAT is much more adept to those who want to "buy their score". (This is something that REALLY bothers me.)</p>
<p>I heard from someone that I should fill Cs if I needed to guess, as did many other people, but I still don't understand why Cs are the ideal guessing choice...</p>
<p>It's not so much filling in C as filling in the same answer every time.</p>
<p>If you just guess and fill in random answers every time you guess, your chance of being right goes down. But if you fill in the same answer (for example C), your chance of being right increases.</p>
<p>That's exactly what my teacher told me. </p>
<p>Also, a lot of test ( not so sure about the ACT or SAT) try to "hide" the right answer in the possible answers they give you.</p>
<p>Actually...hate to break it to you guys, but your 'chances' of guessing right by using any answer choice are the same for any ONE given problem.</p>
<p>Here's where it differs...</p>
<p>Considering how answers tend to be on the ACT, randomly bubbling answers can make your score A LOT higher, but also much lower. Using the same answer choice for every guess will take away these possibly wild swings, but also virtually remove your chances of guessing well.</p>
<p>I think if I'm going to guess, I want the chance of doing well with my guesses, so I just guess randomly if I must guess.</p>
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randomly bubbling answers can make your score A LOT higher, but also much lower
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the chances of making your score "A LOT higher" are the same as winning the lottery... I'd rather be sure to get at least a couple right by filling in C the whole way...</p>
<p>and C is good because A sometimes is "no change" and D or E are sometimes "none" so B or C are always assured of having real answers</p>
<p>You're very right, but I like the chance, somehow. It eases the frustration of waiting for scores. ;)</p>