<p>Random question. Is it better to get 14 wrong and omit 7 or omit 14 and get 7 wrong?</p>
<p>I have just about the worst Math score right now. Any tips will be much appreciated because I'm about to sell my would just to get 30 extra points.</p>
<p>Here’s the thing: your question misses the point. Yes, 14 omits,7 wrong is better than 14 wrong, 7 omits. It’s about a 10 or 20 point score difference. But you can’t think that way while you are taking the test. While you are in the middle of the test, you just need to follow a plan that uses your time wisely.</p>
<p>From the total number of questions you are missing, here’s what I recommend:</p>
<p>20 question section:</p>
<p>Go slowly and carefully thru the 1st 12 questions. Answer them all. Still have time? Pick and choose among the next 4 questions. Answer the ones you feel like. Still have time? Well you probably shouldn’t! But if you do, you are better off going back to the ones you skipped. If you know some tricks (like making up numbers) and you see one of those, well then OK, answer it. But in general, the questions at the end are a bad use of your time.</p>
<p>18 question section:</p>
<p>Same idea, but remember that the last couple of multiple choice (7 and 8) are hard. Skip them and go right to the grid-ins. Take your time and focus on the first 6 or 7. Before you give up on a problem, remember the iron rule of the SAT; the questions just get harder. Might as well stay and fight the problem you are on for a little longer.</p>
<p>16 question section:</p>
<p>Go slowly thru the 1st 10, answer all. Pick and choose over the next 3. Stay away from the last 3 unless you see a trick you are comfortable with (and even then, be cautious – the ones at the end are nasty).</p>
<p>I have seen MANY students improve by more than the 30 points you dream of just by adopting this approach.</p>
<p>^Thats not going to get you a 2300.</p>
<p>^ A 2300 aspirer is not likely to ask a question whether 14 wrong and 7 omitted is better than 14 omitted and 7 wrong.</p>
<p>Exactly 
Seriously, I would be grateful to get a 550 at this point. Thanks for the advice! I’m really not aiming for a perfect score on the math section. I’m looking to get into arts schools who don’t weigh the math score as heavily.</p>