<p>do any of you guys omit an answer? If so, under what circumstances?</p>
<p>i only omit questions when I have no idea of what the answer is or if i run out of time before i get to the question.</p>
<p>generally, the higher the score you're aiming for, the less question you omit.</p>
<p>If you can even eliminate one answer, you should guess.
I hardly ever omit.</p>
<p>Remember, most of the time an incorrect answer won't lose you any point, and on the grid-ins it can never hurt to guess (unless there are other questions waiting to be answered)</p>
<p>What test are we talking about? Because on the SAT, an incorrect answer deducts 1/4 of a point, but statistically if you can eliminate an answer and guess, you will still come out on top.</p>
<p>Well, it deducts .25 points for the raw score, but a 35.5 is the same as a 36.25, in CB's point of view.</p>
<p>Omitting or guessing? There are NO universal answers and for everyone who gains from guessing, another testtaker loses. </p>
<p>For instance a poor math student who aims for a 600 should NOT guess and focus on answering all medium and easy questions and leave all hard questions unanswered. </p>
<p>A student aiming for a 800 should probably not guess, unless he KNOWS that he answered ALL questions correctly except the last two. Then he can play with the probabilities of getting the questions right. </p>
<p>In general terms, wild guesses are not a good idea.</p>
<p>why not? statiscally they don't hurt you, even though they don't help.</p>
<p>if you can eliminate even a single answer, go ahead and guess.</p>
<p>I haven't omitted any on an SAT. It probably wasn't a good idea, but I didn't like the fact that I was DEFINITELY not getting points for a problem, when I could have guessed and MAYBE gotten points.</p>