Tips to avoid bubbling errors?

Quick Silver

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

_FIDELIO_

Well for one, when doing logic games I would circle the correct answers and then after you've played that particular game transfer all the answers over to the scantron. For LR and RC I transfer over after every question.

joegotbored-1

Definitely circle answers on your test booklet. It may slow you down a few fractions of a second, but if you do mess up your bubbling, you can quickly go back and find where you got lost and correct the error.

Quick Silver

I do circle on test booklet already. I bubble in groups (by game, passage, and 1-2 pages for LR).

I realize this specific instance was bubbling by group in RC...

When I bubble in groups instead of doing it one-by-one within that group, I'll quickly memorize the letters ie A, C, E, B, D... and then bubble them from that quick memory.

What happened in this instance was I reversed the last 2 letters from memory ie instead of B, D... I switched it to D, B.

I think the solution is to either double check directly after each group or ... within that group do it one-by-one (this 2nd option will take slightly longer, but it's still quicker than pure one-by-one and will help for accuracy within grouping).

chinobonito

i have experienced the same problem. i think in order to save time and increase accuracy..in addition to circling the answer on your test booklet, i would visually line my answer sheet and pencil over to make sure im on the right line, and repeat in my head 9 is B, and then mark it

Quick Silver

Thanks - What do you mean by visually line your answer sheet over?