<p>Which is more beneficial? Making sure you answer everything or not leaving the hardest questions blank? Specifically in regards to the Sat II subject tests [I took U.S. history + Lit today]</p>
<p>On lit I guessed for quite a few, but for ush i was able to use the process of elimination for tougher ones. I've heard don't answer what you don't know [in an SAT I math class]. Not sure if that's graded the same, but I hope I didn't hurt my scores in making sure I answered everything </p>
<p>My personal approach is if I don’t know something but I can narrow it down to 2 choices I guess, if I cannot narrow it down, I leave it blank. Never guess randomly.</p>
<p>Since you lose a .25 points for every wrong answer, you should only guess if you can narrow it down to 3 or 2 options. Generally it’s best to skip the hard questions and any that take too much time to answer, go through all the easy questions first, then go back to the questions you left blank. If you can get it down to 2 or 3 answers, just go ahead and randomly guess, on average you’ll gain points.</p>
<p>Actually, if you can eliminate just one answer, it’s as good as omitting. Eliminating two makes it better. </p>