<p>I have a real hard time with "improving sentences" sections. Like I have no clue 95% of the time what to pick.
Should I just leave these sections blank (entire section) unless I find one that I'm 99% sure of?</p>
<p>What kind of base score do I start with before they add (+1) or (-1/4) from?</p>
<p>I'm taking the SAT tomorrow!
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Leaving these sections blank will get you the worst possible scaled score. You don’t get credit for doing nothing.</p>
<p>Leaving it blank: -1
Getting it wrong: -1.25</p>
<p>Take your pick. 
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<p>(Sure, sure, they say you don’t lose a point for leaving it blank. But, who the hell gets a perfect with leaving any (at most: more than 3, depending on the generosity of the curve) blank?</p>
<p>^that’s funny.</p>
<p>leaving the sections blank would give you a higher score than if you got 95% of them wrong.</p>
<p>I really think you should just guess when you can eliminate 2 answers. Even if you eliminate one, the expected value is 0, so you probably will break even.</p>
<p>In other words, DON’T leave everything blank. If you can eliminate any incorrect answers, go for it and guess wildly, you’ll do better.</p>
<p>my arrow missed, sorry. my last post was referring to
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<p>seriously, just do your best, but the smart thing is to take advantage of probability.</p>
<p>I see that as the easiest spot on the SAT! I guess everyone is different though. Sound it out (you have to do this mental, of course), and see what sounds sounds right.</p>
<p>Use POE. If one absolutely doesn’t make sense cross it out and keep eliminating until you have the best choices.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t skip if I were you and just try your best. Good luck on the test tomorrow.</p>
<p>Don’t leave the whole section blank, it’s kinda irritating to see the answer sheet unanswered. So try your best to identify an answer that is concise, clear and grammatically correct. At least you could do a few of them and squeeze some points. If any question that you can use POE then it’s worth guessing the answers.</p>
<p>I don’t intend to just get the the section and just sit their until time. I’ll look for answers but to me when I read the choices given at least 4 sound equally correct. (I’ve been out of HS for 6 years and haven’t studied any type of English class since)</p>
<p>In my sat study guide I feel like its just dumb luck to get any right and I might only answer 15% right guessing, I feel I might get a better score avoiding guessing with that percentage.</p>
<p>Bell Curves post
“Leaving these sections blank will get you the worst possible scaled score. You don’t get credit for doing nothing.”<br>
Is wrong LOL. Just handing in a blank test with just your name gets you something, even if it is low. =P Getting every answer wrong is worst then not answering them.</p>
<p>As others have said, just leave blank the ones you have no clue on and guess if you can eliminate one or two choices. It shouldn’t be too hard to eliminate some choices - some of them should sound really wrong even if your knowledge of grammar isn’t very good. Statistically, that’s going to produce the best score.</p>