<p>Would it be beneficial to get an experimental section of a section you are good at? Or does it not really matter? I'm just a little confused by the concept of the experimental section...</p>
<p>It matters when you are too concerned about it, and deliberately do badly on one section that you suspect to be the experimental section. In that case it'll hurt your score.</p>
<p>No it doesn't count toward your score, though I'd like to see an extra CR or M section because if when I see an extra W section, I KNOW that one of the 35 question sections is experimental, that that would affect my thinkings.
Anyways, it's just me.</p>
<p>so you're saying that the experimental section doesn't factor into your score?</p>
<p>my post went above yours :P</p>
<p>lol wut?</p>
<p>I clicked on edit at the exact same second when you clicked post.</p>
<p>ahhhh i get it. thanks a lot</p>
<p>Yeah they don't affect your score at all.</p>
<p>I had a math experimental section. It really sucked for me for some reason...I remember bubbling in random answers for the final two problems because I ran out of time. I didn't know it was experimental at the time and I kind of freaked out for the rest of the test.</p>
<p>I know it's a lot easier said than done, but I think it's better to try to forget about the experimental section. You can figure out what kind of experimental section you have, since they count 3 of each section (essay counting as 1 of the writing)... Apart from that, though, there's not much you can do--I found it best to try not to overanalyze it...</p>
<p>if anything, it'll lower your score cuz that extra 25minute lowers your endurance</p>
<p>Well, if you get an experimental section with the subject that you are good at, it will be less tiring... vice versa.</p>
<p>I hate experimental sections. They don't count an entire section on which you worked just as hard on. So if you happened to get that entire section right, they still wouldn't count it, and it would thus detract from your overall score.</p>
<p>It just doesn't pay off.</p>
<p>On the very random chance that you figure out which one is experimental though, you still have to do your best. If you happen to have a very different score on the experimental as opposed to the regular sections, I've heard that CB will put a hold on your score/won't grade it and stuff... It's not fun from the student's perspective to do an extra section you know won't count, but since there's nothing you can do about it, I think it's best to not think about it...</p>
<p>Sure. Look I'm good at math but not CR, if it's a math then I could finish it with ease, but if it's CR then it will take a lot of concentration and energy which ultimately affect my score.</p>
<p>I heard that sometimes they use some questions on the experimental section as normalizers. They use similar questions on different tests so that they know how to scale the tests correctly.</p>