Questions about SAT's?

Question

Im taking my SAT's in about 5 days and I just had some questions.

Is it true you lose points if you get a question wrong?

If so is it better to just skip the questions you are not confident about rather than get it wrong?

What is a good way to keep your concentration during the test because I seem to stare off into space if I get stuck on a question.

How long do the tests normally take and if you don't finish can you still make up those questions?

How many questions are there?

How points for each correct answer?

What is a bad score, average and good score?

Answer 1

First of all, it seems like to me you've never seen the rubric for SAT Scoring. So what happens is that if you get a question wrong, you do not receive any points for that particular question AND on top of that, you lose 0.25 points. HOWEVER, this does not mean you should skip the question. Think about it, there are 5 choices. Chances of you blind guessing and getting it right are 20%. Now, it should be very easy to at least get rid of 1 of the choices, which brings you up to a 25%. Look at your percentages here, it went up by quite a lot already. Plus, you only lose 0.25 extra points, which is not even half way there to 1 full point. What I'm trying to get to here is that, YES! take a guess! you only lose 0.25 man, you've got nothing to lose. But that doesn't mean guess every question if you couldn't figure out like 50 questions (yes that's a little bit of an extreme number).

If you have a problem with focusing, just relax. Staring is bad I suppose, but if it's your habit, then just relax for couple seconds. Just take a small stretch for like 5 seconds and get back to work. If you get stuck on a question for any more than lets say about 30 seconds, you've probably spent too much time on that question already. Move on! If you have extra time left in the end, then come back to it. But if the director there says your time is up and you have to go onto the next section, then well... tough luck on ya. You gotta move on and can't come back to those any more.

SAT will take around 4.5 hours ish. There's about average of 25 questions per section, some... more, some... less. 1 point is given for 1 correct answer.

There is no such thing as good or bad score. It is based on your knowledge. If you're taking about college score, try to score above 1800. If you're aiming for UC's, you might want to try to break 2000's. Ivy... well... around 2200 I'd say.

Good luck on your SAT!

Answer 2

1 point for each correct answer. 1/4 of a point for each question wrong and 0 pts taken off for skipped questions. I strongly suggest answering questions if you at least eliminated 2 answer choices. Guessing is in your favor. Also, there is a curve in the end when your scores come out that I don't understand, which may or may not help you.

I hear chewing gum helps with keeping you awake. As for being focused, you will be kind of rushed. If you get stuck on a question, circle it and move on to the next one, to a question you actually know. Later, if you have time, go back to the hard question. Don't waste time on questions you are not very sure about.

Remember that you can also take the ACTs if you feel you'd do better on that.

Which SAT are you taking? I or II's? The following questions depend on which one:

How long do the tests normally take and if you don't finish can you still make up those questions?

How many questions are there?

What is a bad score, average and good score?

I am assuming you mean SAT I, but it's getting late and you can easily look those up on Google. Look up how many sections, questions, and time alloted for each section. You should be familiar with the format of the test. The blue, official SAT I book by Collegeboard is very useful as tests in that are similar to the real thing.

As for bad score, average and good score, depends on what you are aiming for.. out of 2400, anything about a 2000 is really good. 2100-2300 is outstanding. 1990's are pretty good. Below that is all right, but you can also retake the SAT's again if you are not satisfied with your score.