<p>Quite simply: when should you omit a question?</p>
<p>I did averge on the SAT (below average for this Web site it seems). I'm really aiming to raise my CR score of 540. I omitted 10 questions in a row TWICE. I had heard that if you aren't sure of a question, skip it, so that's what I did. Now that I get thinking about it...</p>
<p>If you really aren't sure what the answer to a question is, how many of the 5 multiple choice answers should you be able to remove via process of elimination if you want to guess at the answer? Or should you omit every question in which you aren't really sure of the answer?</p>
<p>You should only omit if you can't eliminate one of the answer choices, otherwise you'll have a 1 in four chance of getting it wrong, with only a fourth of a point deduction, so mathematically you'll come out 1/4 of a point a head if you guess after you've eliminated one answer choice</p>
<p>In general, omitting questions is a bad idea, unless you are only shooting for a mediocre score (550 or lower) or you are very slow at working through questions. If you are already scoring 540 on the CR section, you should omit at most about 2 questions per section in order to have a good chance of scoring about a 600. If you are aiming for higher than a 600, you will probably want to attempt all the questions (or omit at most 1 or 2 total in CR).</p>
<p>Godot, my vocabulary is pretty weak. On vocab questions, do you suggest I still guess as long as I can eliminate at least one answer? (On the harder questions it will sometimes be almost a blind guess for me, though I'll be able to eliminate at least one answer).</p>
<p>Yes, I would still recommend guessing on them. Keep in mind that harder SC questions generally have harder answer choices, so you can use that as a rough guide, after you have used everything else. E-mail me for some vocab lists if you are interested.</p>
<p>They are a selection of words I have culled from different sources. I don't emphasize vocabulary as much now with the new SAT (although I still have my students learn about 300-500 words), but the lists are still useful for the dedicated.</p>