<p>I am taking the sats in May and I am currently in a sat group tutoring.. I do very poorly on the math sections.. and on my psat my grade was a 450 out of 800.. I was talking to my tutor and he told me to not do as many questions and focus on the first 8 or 10 and make sure I get those right.. </p>
<p>Is there any harm in leaving a lot of questions blank?</p>
<p>If you can eliminate at least one answer choice, then it is WAY more beneficial for you to GUESS. Leaving a lot of questions blank'll pretty much eliminate your chances for a really high score but if you do what your tutor says, your score will be at least average. However, again, I do not at all recommend that method. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Screw leaving questions blank, man. If you can learn to be good at elimination, you significantly improve your odds at getting a good score. </p>
<p>Blank = definite lower score</p>
<p>Educated Guess = a chance at a higher score</p>
<p>It's a trade-off. Don't guess if you can't eliminate. Judging from your PSAT score (I assume you meant 45/80), leaving the questions you got wrong blank would have netted you between a very high 500 and a low 600, according to the blue book. Leaving it blank is much safer, but it also lowers the potential for your score. </p>
<p>Don't get discouraged, keep practicing and you'll notice patterns and strategies and pretty soon, you'll be back on this forum, asking, "How can I improve my 650 to a 700+?" :)</p>
<p>Remember the old axiom: "The greater the risk, the greater the reward".</p>
<p>Yeah, with a bit of studying and practice, you'll start worrying less about getting an average score and more about getting into the 700+ range, as tdn said. </p>
<p>When I took my first SAT practice test, I got a 660 on the math section. I was SO discouraged, but my friend (who had gotten a 620 on his PSAT math, despite being very clever) urged me to just keep practicing. So I bought a book of practice tests, Kaplan 2400, and just did math until I was scoring in the 760s. </p>
<p>So, yeah, don't give up. Keep practicing until you can do SAT math in your sleep.</p>