When skipping a question do you bubble in something/mark it etc?

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• TheMikey Alum Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017 4196 karma

  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank
• Paul Caint Alum Member ⭐

  October 2017 3521 karma

  I draw a little arrow next to the question on the scantron sheet.
• sillllyxo Alum Member

  October 2017 708 karma

  @TheMikey said:
  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank

  I freaked out on the sep lsat by doing that and thought I misbubbled the first section and therefore blew the exam :'(
• sillllyxo Alum Member

  October 2017 708 karma

  @"Paul Caint" said:
  I draw a little arrow next to the question on the scantron sheet.

  an arrow is a good idea!!
• Paul Caint Alum Member ⭐

  October 2017 3521 karma

  @sillllyxo said:

  @TheMikey said:
  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank

  I freaked out on the sep lsat by doing that and thought I misbubbled the first section and therefore blew the exam :'(

  Oh! Ya I thought it'd be good to also say I never like "skip" a question entirely, like I never leave something blank on the scantron. I'll pick whichever answer sounds the best, put an arrow by it, and move forward. That way I don't accidentally make a bubbling error in the future
• TheMikey Alum Member

  October 2017 4196 karma

  @sillllyxo said:

  @TheMikey said:
  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank

  I freaked out on the sep lsat by doing that and thought I misbubbled the first section and therefore blew the exam :'(

  Yeah I see why doing that may cause problems. What is your bubbling strategy? Do you bubble in after every question?

  I bubble in after every game, passage and for LR after each page. I think bubbling strategy may affect how you think of the skipping bubbling thing. It's always worked for me. Did you practice it before the sept test? if not maybe that's why you had a bit of a freak out. this happened to me on the June 2016 test because I had PT'd without bubbling back then and this method was ugh lol but I grew to be comfortable with it.
• sillllyxo Alum Member

  October 2017 708 karma

  @"Paul Caint" said:

  @sillllyxo said:

  @TheMikey said:
  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank

  I freaked out on the sep lsat by doing that and thought I misbubbled the first section and therefore blew the exam :'(

  Oh! Ya I thought it'd be good to also say I never like "skip" a question entirely, like I never leave something blank on the scantron. I'll pick whichever answer sounds the best, put an arrow by it, and move forward. That way I don't accidentally make a bubbling error in the future

  that's why I switched my strategy to the tilde's on either side but I'm thinking I will try the arrow
• sillllyxo Alum Member

  October 2017 708 karma

  @TheMikey said:

  @sillllyxo said:

  @TheMikey said:
  On the actual bubble sheet? I just leave it blank and when I finish the rest of the section I go down the questions on the bubble sheet and do whichever questions are blank

  I freaked out on the sep lsat by doing that and thought I misbubbled the first section and therefore blew the exam :'(

  Yeah I see why doing that may cause problems. What is your bubbling strategy? Do you bubble in after every question?

  I bubble in after every game, passage and for LR after each page. I think bubbling strategy may affect how you think of the skipping bubbling thing. It's always worked for me. Did you practice it before the sept test? if not maybe that's why you had a bit of a freak out. this happened to me on the June 2016 test because I had PT'd without bubbling back then and this method was ugh lol but I grew to be comfortable with it.

  Yeah I def made a few mistakes - I didn't take enough pt's practicing the strategy. So if you're un sure of a question you bubble it in but how do you know to go back to it?
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  TheMikey Alum Member

  October 2017 4196 karma

  @sillllyxo said:

  Yeah I def made a few mistakes - I didn't take enough pt's practicing the strategy. So if you're un sure of a question you bubble it in but how do you know to go back to it?

  Oh no, if i'm completely unsure I just skip it and don't bubble anything in. That's why when I finish the last question I go down the bubble sheet and whichever questions are blank I go back to in the section first. after I give those a shot I then go back to any others I had circled but did bubble in but just to look over.

  idk, might not be the best approach I guess but it's just how I do it lol
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  Alex Alum Member ⭐

  October 2017 23929 karma

  I do exactly what @TheMikey does! +1 vote for that
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  tylerdschreur10 Alum Member

  October 2017 1465 karma

  I bubble in an answer for each question the first time through, that way you minimized the risk of bubbling error, and if time sneaks up on you , at least you have a shot. I will leave my starred questions a little lighter in case I need to erase upon further review.
• TheDeterminedC Member

  October 2017 1025 karma

  I'm using a bubble sheet for the first time on this PT I am doing in a few minutes. This is great. Thanks @TheMikey