<p>You probably mentioned this a hundred times, but when should you guess? What are the best ways to get your score form 800 to 1000? (I’m ignoring the writing section).</p>
<p>From 800 to 1000 out of the original 1600?</p>
<p>The question about guessing or not can only be answered on a case by case basis. For instance, students who have a real shot at a perfect score should not be guessing. Students with very low scores -as in your exampl- should not be guessing. The students in the middle may find it beneficial to guess but not wildly. Guessing on the grid-in is ALWAYS a good idea, but hard to hit the correct answer. Also, please remember that the ACt does not a guessing penalty. </p>
<p>the best way to climb from a 400 average to a 500 -or even 600- should focus on the easy and medium questions and ignore the harder questions. a student who answers correctly the questions ranked 1,2,3 in difficulty and ignores the 4s and 5s will score between 600 and 620. </p>
<p>This method allows the student to proceed at a slower pace and collect enough points to raise his or her score. For the math is it easier to know which questions are more difficult as the test gets increasingly hard. For the verbal, it is a bit harder, but the level of the student will usually dictate what is hard versus impossible. </p>
<p>FWIW, students who have an 800 average may want to check if they do not suffer from ADD or similar LDs. Obtaining the extra time is a huge benefit on the SAT for many students.</p>
<p>Xiggi, I like those suggestions. Thanks.</p>
<p>If you guess randomly, you will (on average) get the same result as you would from leaving those questions blank: 0 points.</p>
<p>If you can eliminate EVEN ONE of the wrong answers, you can expect (on average) to do better than you would from leaving those questions blank.</p>
<p>In other words: Don’t be afraid to guess. If you can eliminate even one wrong answer, you’d be as dumb as Jessica Simpson to leave a blank. If you can eliminate even more of the wrong answers on a question, you’d be as dumb as Anna Nicole Smith to leave a blank.</p>
<p>I agree with xiggi that you should ignore the hard questions given that you are currently an 800-scorer and only going for 1000.</p>