Anyone else just skip MCAT questions?

[rpost3]

I noticed on my practice tests that the questions that often took me a long time to answer I often missed anyway. So does anyone else see a question that looks like will give them trouble, and just bubble something in so you have time to answer all the questions you know? I probably do this about 5 times per PS section, and it seems to help.

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[bananaboat]

I noticed on my practice tests that the questions that often took me a long time to answer I often missed anyway. So does anyone else see a question that looks like will give them trouble, and just bubble something in so you have time to answer all the questions you know? I probably do this about 5 times per PS section, and it seems to help.

i have a 1.5 minute rule...obviously i'm not looking at the clock. but if it seems like its taking forever...i'll stop. if however, i know i'm not getting the right answer because of a stupid calculation, i may continue. you have to judge when its time to let something go. its very difficult for me, since i'm a little stubborn, and if i know i have the potential to get it right. but you just have to remind yourself, by being fixated on one problem, you are selling your self short of marks on possibly 2 or more other simpler problems.

 

[Brandon81081]

Thats one of the biggest problems i have is "moving on" when i come to a hard problem, Its difficult but it allows you to get the easy questions towards the end

 

[Jacks Mannequin]

Chuck Norris doesn't skip MCAT questions.

oops, wrong thread.

 

[KeyLime]

I don't know if totally switching up your strategy the day before the test will make you feel very confident tomorrow. Having said that, I guessed on some verbal questions when I got to the "killer" passage, and I still got a 14 on that section.
Best Wishes! Do what's best for you

 

[Jack Swift]

usually I try a hard question once and if I dont get anything listed as choices I'll bubble in which ever one looks the closest and move on.

 

[deleted106503]

I don't skip questions in PS and BS because time isn't really a factor for me. I remember spending close to 10 minutes on a single question in PS where i re-read the passage a few times. I had enough time at the end because some questions will really only take 10 seconds to answer (like: in which block is this element found?). VR...wow, always pressed for time, so if I'm running out of time, just best guess.

 

[TMP-SMX]

Yeah... For me I'm barely finishing in time in PS. So if I get to a question that is evil I take less than a minute to try and figure it out quickly by looking at outliers and remembering the equations. If I can't figure it out I get it to 50/50 and guess.

 

[Disinence2]

I agree with PR's Moto. Its better to get 100% of 80% then 70% of 100%

 

[BigRedPremed]

I noticed on my practice tests that the questions that often took me a long time to answer I often missed anyway. So does anyone else see a question that looks like will give them trouble, and just bubble something in so you have time to answer all the questions you know? I probably do this about 5 times per PS section, and it seems to help.

I did this on verbal when two answers seem to be equally correct. No sense in wasting precious minutes.