Is it possible to skip Q's and still get an 800 in any of the sections?

Test Preparation
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<p>If so, how many can you skip? thanks</p>

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<p>This seems to be the norm:
none in math
1-2 in CR
1-3 writing with perfect essay</p>

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<p>If you skip 1-3 in writing, you won't get an 80 subscore though, fyi.</p>

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<p>I missed one in writing in the Nov SAT yet I still got an 80 subscore so it's possible.</p>

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<p>on the old SAT, SOME sessions allowed 1 skip in math for 800
I havn't heard of this happening since the new SAT though
(btw isn't the new SAT math supposed to be harder than the old one with the extra topics? anyone else found it easier?)</p>

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<p>If you miss one on the new SAT math, there's almost no chance for an 800.</p>

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<p>**** the delay</p>

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<p>Yes, it's possible, and I think you can sometimes even skip one or two on math sections and still get a perfect score. It all depends on the test you take. Every exam is centered differently depending on what the average raw score was, and on a relatively difficult exam, you can still be high enough above average to get an 800 even with several questions wrong assuming that everyone else did much worse. ;) </p>

<p>I know that in my case, I got an 800 in math and probably didn't have every question right. Granted, that was back in the days of the old SAT.</p>

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<p>I missed three on Math in November which brought my score down to 720. Miss on would drop to 770 at best. Fortunately, I missed none in January and you know what score I got.</p>

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<p>Freshelephant, if you're confident in almost all your math problems or you are aiming for an 800 and nothing less, don't skip any math problems ESPECIALLY if you are only unsure of only one problem. I say this because for every missed problem on the SAT (except for student response problems,) you are penalized .25 points. At this rate, if you get all math problems correct and omit one, your raw score would be 53. If you get all math problems right and miss one, your raw score would be 52.75 which is rounded back to 53. Either way your raw score ends up at 53, but even if you completely guessed instead of omitted, you would have gotten a 20% chance of getting it right.</p>

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<p>You are absolutely right. I think it is always smart to risk one point for every six unsure questions.</p>