<p>i'm a little confused. i've read mixed reviews about guessing on the sat. princeton review says that as long as you can eliminate one or two answers, then you should guess. but i read elsewhere that guessing is bad.
so what if you can eliminate one or two answers- can you guess?
does it outweigh the penalty? </p>
<p>DO YOU GUESS ON THE SAT?</p>
<p>yeh i have the same question...grammatix said not to guess unless it is an educated guess and you eliminated some choices for sure.</p>
<p>well, if the problem involves grid-ins, and u have a possible answer, you obviously might want to try it. you'll never know if you get it right, you know. plus, you're not risking any points, you won't lose any if ur wrong. </p>
<p>guessing is pretty risky in the CR, imo, especially the long passages.
writing.... semi-risky.</p>
<p>Guessing is a No for the Grammatix. And it's worked pretty well.</p>
<p>anyone else have a say on whether or not they prefer guessing or leaving blanks.</p>
<p>eni-mini-mine-e-moe is good if you aren't which of the two is right.</p>
<p>Guessing is beneficial even if you eliminate one choice. Even if you don't eliminate, its a wash. So guess when you have eliminated.
Let's take a set of 4 questions all which you have eliminated one choice.Your chance of getting each question right is 1/4. So on average you'll miss 3 and get 1 right. The math in scoring goes like this: 1-3*.25 = .25. So you increase your score by 0.25. After all this, I never guess on a question in which I can't eliminate 2 choices, but you can almost always manage to do that.</p>
<p>If you have no idea, just look away and then quickly look back and write the first answer that caught your eye.</p>
<p>Grammatix says that if it's a true random guess, it's a wash. However, he claims that many people eliminate a correct answer because they are misled by distractors. Personally, I'm not yet convinced... but he suggests taking a test, answering all questions and noting which ones you guessed on... then compare what your scores would have been each way. I'm planning to do a test this weekend and will let you know.</p>
<p>thanks, please let me know :)</p>
<p>Okay, I just took my first official PSAT test and have finished both math sections. I guessed on 4 and got 1 correct. So, I ended up .25 points ahead by guessing. And, hopefully, I will learn better guessing procedures as time goes by and my scores go up. Bottom line - I'm going with guessing for now... but I want to finish the current test and one other applying the scoring both ways before I make a final decision.</p>
<p>Do NOT EVER guess. The guide is right. I tested it out myself. CB is fooling all of us.</p>
<p>ok i am going to try it out my next test... mark the ones i guess and calculate the difference from leaving blanks and guessing</p>
<p>wow..i'm getting a bit confused but thanks for your opinions.</p>
<p>minkie123:</p>
<p>I think that on most cases, you should guess. If you have absolutely NO IDEA, you should simply not guess. But if you've narrowed down a few choices and have to decide, I would guess and just move on.</p>
<p>But if you leave a choice blank you will lose points (assuming you start of with a 2400).</p>
<p>I finished my official test by guessing on all questions I didn't know and end up with a net loss of 2 points. First round goes to Grammatix.</p>
<p>alright, ive found that guessing is always bad. Hypothesizing, on the other hand, is very effective.</p>
<p>i define hypothesizing as picking an answer for a reason. like in the pick a set of words section, at least chose an answer with the right parts of speech, if you cant even do that, i'd leave it blank.</p>