<p>The science section is the reason I'm taking the SAT. I'm a strong English student, so SAT is for me. But I have to take the ACT just because I live in Ohio, and only 2 people in my class of 60 are taking the SAT, so I might as well just stick with the program.</p>
<p>I usually look at my watch and use the secondhand to make a guess. If it's on the 12, that's A. 3-B, 6-C, and 9-D. Works like a charm.</p>
<p>What did you score on the Science section?</p>
<p>As Chiron says, ...hate to break it to you guys.
A distribution/frequency of the answers' choices fluctuates from test to test. :(
I would not rule out a possibility of five A's and no C's in the last ten questions.</p>
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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.
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<p>I doubt a teacher who really understands statistics would tell you that. What answer gives you the best chance depends on what the actual answers to the test questions are. </p>
<p>The ACT does favor students who are good enough in reading to finish within the time limits. READ, READ, READ, and READ for fun outside of class, and you will get better at scoring high on the ACT, in all sections.</p>
<p>No, this strategy is what people say to do when you have like 30 seconds left (not enough time to actually read the questions). Of course you always should make an educated guess, but if there's no time to even read the questions, its best to bubble in the remaining ones with one single constant answer.</p>
<p>I didn't take ACT yet, but the science section is just hard for me. I can read words easily, but I have to stop and visualize the numbers and diagrams in the science section. It takes me too long, and I don't finish.</p>
<p>So what's the consensus? If we don't have any time left - should we guess the same letter for every answer?</p>
<p>Allow me to repeat myself: </p>
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The ACT does favor students who are good enough in reading to finish within the time limits. READ, READ, READ, and READ for fun outside of class, and you will get better at scoring high on the ACT, in all sections.
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<p>There is no distinct advantage to filling in Cs when you're guessing. You could fill in all As, Bs, etc and your chances of getting it right will probably be the same (Provided that you fill in the same letter for all of them).</p>
<p>I know this for a fact since I got a 36 on the science in September. I had about 5 minutes left at the end of the section and I remember counting how many of each letter I had filled in. There were more or less 8 of each so obviously, there really isn't a clear advantage to filling in Cs since they are not the most common answer choice, nor are they the most common towards the end of the section.</p>
<p>Kentric, I understand this, I suppose I should re-phrase my question. Is it beneficial to guess the same letter for answer choices if you run out of time?</p>
<p>If I'm not mistaken, statistically you have a better chance of getting more of them right if you guess the same answer for all of them. On the other hand, it's possible for someone to get lucky and get quite a few of the answers right by filling in random bubbles towards the end. Unfortunately I'm not an expert in this matter, so perhaps someone else could provide a better answer.</p>
<p>I'm horrible at guessing - usually the questions I don't know aren't in order, but rather spaced out throughout the exam. I usually can narrow it down to 2-3, but almost always guess the wrong answer.</p>
<p>Well if you can narrow it down to just 2-3, you should probably just choose one of them at random or go with your first instinct. The all Cs/Ds tactic is only useful if you're running out of time and have no clue as to what the answers are.</p>
<p>I just went over the questions from the ACT, and GENERALLY the answers aren't repeating. An example would be the answer to 1 is C and number 2 is C. (Actually H)</p>
<p>Kentric, you mentioned that on each test, the answers are fairly well-distributed have 3 questions left on the science, with 9 As, 9 Bs, 9 Cs, 10 Ds, would it be reasonable to surmise that of those 3 blank questions, there should be 1 A, 1 B, 1 C?</p>
<p>Yes, that will most likely be the case. Keep in mind though that it might not be a perfectly even distribution, but you can use the information as a tactic if you're stuck on the last few questions on a section and you have enough time to see how your previous answers were distributed. This tactic would only be reliable if you know for sure that the majority of your answers are right (preferably less than 2-3 wrong). Otherwise, it may actually reduce your chances of guessing correctly.</p>
<p>Yeah...definetly didn't know there was no guessing penalty. Glad I read this before my test tomorrow!</p>