Yeah, but that system never really made guessing not worthwhile. You just needed to pick the right opportunity to guess. Every SAT prep program would teach that, if you could eliminate a certain number of choices as obviously wrong, then you should guess from the remaining, because the odds would be favorable enough to risk the penalty.
And then your average on those should reflect partial knowledge, if enough questions were answered that way.
I liked the system.
” if you could eliminate a certain number of choices as obviously wrong”
I always looked at the math multiple answers first. By looking at the “spread,” I could tell how much I could round off in the questions to make the math easier and quicker, and still determine the correct answer. I didn’t know about the deductive scoring of guesses, and because I always had so much extra time left over, I answered all questions, some being best guesses.
The answers are a follows:
B
3.7
None of the Above
NO
This sequence, repeated throughout the test, will guarantee you a sufficiently high score to gain admission to the college or university of your choice...
Provided you meet one or more of the following criteria:
You can run, jump, handle a ball, have a close relative who is an alumnus/major donor or you are a member of the Protected/Underdog/DiversityBonusPoint class du jour.