<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>I was wondering what strategies people use to bubble in their answers, preferably from those who have high scores son the SAT. Do you bubble as you go or do you put answers on test sheet and then bubble. How do you do it, as I think it is quite important to know what strategy to use and what is more efficient. </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Never ever bubble in your answers at the end of a section. What if you run out of time? Every time I hear this it reminds me of my friend who employed your ‘strategy’ during the European History AP test and didn’t have enough time to bubble in his answers at the end.</p>
<p>not my strategy but I see your point. I take it then you bubble as you go. What annoys me though is that when I bubble as I go, I seem to bubble for the wrong question or how to even approach holding the answer sheet with the test in front of me. Advice would be much appreciated </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>I bubble in the booklet as I go, and then at the end of each page (2 pages with open booklet) I fill in the corresponding bubbles on the answer sheet.</p>
<p>So xariel you do 2 pages and then bubble in answer sheet; not 1 page and then bubble in the answer sheet?</p>
<p>The first one is correct. I keep my booklet entirely open, not folded, so I just fill in bubbles before I turn any page.</p>
<p>I bubble as I go. I will usually make a guess on any question I plan to skip and come back to so as not to worry about having to skip that bubble.</p>
<p>I had this bad habbit of skipping a question and either not skipping a space on my answer sheet for it (which would make all the questions that come after it incorrect) or not going back to it after the test. Therefore, I circled the answers in the book and made sure i finished 3 mins before the end of a section, and went back to the answer sheet and bubbled it in. If you should be able to finish 3 mins before the end of a section, since that time would have normally been spent bubbling in anyways</p>
<p>Bubble as you go. Once you finisht the section, check every answer thoroughly.</p>
<p>Bubble as I go. </p>
<p>More specifically, I read the question, make ticks marks on which is right, and bubble in the answer booklet. If I don’t know something I skip it. I don’t misbubble mainly because I cover the columns that I’m not working on. </p>
<p>(I do this on scantrons, as well. My scantron is horizontal and my test is perpendicular to my scantron. I’m a lefty so this works perfectly…I just realized my strategy doesnt work if you’re right-handed. Oh well…:] )</p>
<p>2400 here -
What works for me is circling all the answers in the test booklet, no bubbles, the first time around. I then usually do every question again and bubble in the answer, trying not to look at my previous answer. Then, I compare the two and double-check any discrepancies. However, this method only works if you have tons of extra time, otherwise it’s a bit risky.</p>
<p>hahaha Nebraska totally made my night</p>
<p>I bubble at the end of each CR passage or each page for the other sections–need to do it a bit more frequently than every 2 pages. I circle the answer in the test book first. This is very efficient, and I now do it for every test.</p>
<p>When it comes to filling in the actual bubbles, I begin in the center and shade in a circular motion very rapidly until I fill in the bubble. I read in a prep book once that this was slightly faster than any other way.</p>
<p>It seems people use varying strategies- interesting. I am completely opening up my test booklet with my answer sheet folded on the page that im not doing and alternating as I go along. However, after each page im bubbling. I think I am quite slow at the moment bubbling in the stuff in the answer sheet.</p>