Bubbl only the scantron

olioliber

This may be a dumb question, but I wasn't able to find a clear answer to it.
I find myself bubbling in the answers straight to my scantron, without marking on the test. This is how I take tests in general. Now, would this be penalized on lsat? Can I just leave the test blank? I feel like this would save me some time, and decrease the chance of misbubbling.

10000019

@oberdysz said:
This may be a dumb question, but I wasn't able to find a clear answer to it.
I find myself bubbling in the answers straight to my scantron, without marking on the test. This is how I take tests in general. Now, would this be penalized on lsat? Can I just leave the test blank? I feel like this would save me some time, and decrease the chance of misbubbling.

No penalty. Whatever works for you.

kimpg_66

Are there any types of test where this is penalized?

Seeking Perfection

@oberdysz
I assume everyone who doesn't finish a section does this with their blind guesses at the end. There definitely is no penalty.

That said, for most people I doubt it is a good solution. For one thing I doubt it saves much time over just bubbling in the scantron whenever you are about to flip a page. Each time you bubble in an answer, you look away from the test, find the right spot on the scantron, and then fill in a bubble. Looking between things takes time which is also why we try to make logic games diagrams on the same page as the majority of the questions. For another, if you finish early and go back to check, it will cost you a significant amount of time since it will be harder to check your answers(you have to look at the scantron if you don't mark them on the test).

The one time I would recommend it is if blindly guessing or nearly out of time. In this case there is no checking factor to consider so you want to lock in each answer as you get to it and then just blindly guess a letter for any you don't have time for.

TheMikey

no penalty.

olioliber

See,issue was: there are cases where manual grading of the lsat can be requested. This is what made me think about there being a requirement of marking the test.

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@oberdysz said:
See,issue was: there are cases where manual grading of the lsat can be requested. This is what made me think about there being a requirement of marking the test.

When you request human grading, they review your bubble sheet.