<p>I'm trying to get 700 minimum, but people who've gotten into the best colleges tell me that you need 750; I don't know if I'm going to a level like Duke or Stanford or local level like(University of South Carolina), but nonetheless I need to know how many I need to get right. I know that the curves can vary quite a lot, but usually how many points does one wrong take off and how much does omitting one take off? On Math I can answer 99% of all Easy and Mediums and 2/3 of the hard questions, but I want to know how much .25 really is so I would be more careful. If I had it down to 2 choices, I would guess. But what about 3 or 4? Would you always guess or is omitting usually a good idea?</p>
<p>Before I even think about guessing or omitting, I try my darnest to figure out the problem and reread it to see if I've missed some components in there which would make the problem easier. Afterwards, if I can limit it to 2-3, I guess. I never, ever omit. Omitting seems to be letting go of all hope for me, lol.</p>
<p>^^ Ditto above, omitting is just plain pointless , at least i think it is, especially when you are aiming for high scores. Just guess even if you can't eliminate anything (though 90% of the time you should be able to by using logic and by looking at the choices, if you've practiced guessing) at least when you guess you have a chance of getting it right ...</p>
<p>I always guess on math.</p>
<p>I usually know every question except 1. And since minus 1 and omit 1 are the same scores, i guess no matter what.</p>
<p>i think u should just omit. what i do is if i can eliminate 2-3 choices, i guess. if i cant eliminate ne, i omit
u should be safe and omit</p>
<p>I always guess. I think it's a waste to omit. I always like to think I come out ahead, or at least break even with the amount of questions that I guess right and wrong.</p>
<p>Mathematically, if you can eliminate one answer, you guess. </p>
<p>Say there are 20 questions and you know absolutely NOTHING, but can nonetheless eliminate one answer from each question:</p>
<p>Option A)You omit all = 0 points</p>
<p>Option B) You guess on all. Chances are 1/4 that you get it right, so you get 5 right, and 15 wrong. 5 points for the correct answers, and take away 15(0.25) for the incorrect answers = 1.25 points. </p>
<p>However, make sure that you ABSOLUTELY know that the answer you've eliminated is incorrect. Guessing between 5, unless you're in azngamer's boat, is mathematically not a good idea. If you're confident that you will only miss 1-2 questions (including the one you're guessing on), then guessing between 5 is ok. </p>
<p>There are usually 67 math questions.</p>
<p>65 right, 2 wrong = 64.5, rounded UP is 65
65 right, 2 omitted = 65</p>
<p>However, once you start getting more than 2 wrong:</p>
<p>64 right, 3 wrong = 63.25, rounded DOWN is 63
64 right, 3 omitted = 64</p>
<p>So now I know that I need to guess, but I guess my mind was more focused on CR. What if it's a hard vocab question and you don't know any of the words at all? Do you still guess? Even if you eliminate one, do you guess? </p>
<p>Now with my other previous question, how many wrong answers does it take to get a 700+? I've heard of some people getting a 770 or 780, but many report 790s as well. Same for CR, how many can I get wrong because CR is my biggest worry.</p>
<p>In my experience with the sentence completion, I hate guessing. I can usually eliminate two choices, but my knowledge in vocab is so bad, I always seem to get it wrong. The CB puts in answer choices that always seem right, but always tricks me into picking it. So even though i have a 1 in 3 chance of getting the answer correct (theoretically), i always seem to get it wrong because the test does a good job at tricking me. If i were to close my eyes and pick one out of the three i would probably do better, but often times i don't know whether i know it or not...</p>