Kaplan "scratch paper" strategy

[drteeth]

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Just wondering if anyone actually used the Kaplan scratch paper strategy including the grid that they tell us to make to keep track of answers that were eliminated? Did it help?? I just learned about this strategy today and it seems kind of bogus...

Thanks for your comments🙂

 

[jhuplaw]

it helps if you work through a problem and can't finish it but have eliminated some answers. when you come back to it you don't have to start from scratch. it helped me and i only used it for a few problems so it didn't waste that much space.

 

[Envision]

On my test, i drew it down, but i never used it. i found that i was so alert during the test that looking at the chart took longer then scanning through the answers. anyway, much like any other strategy, it depends on the user.

 

[allstardentist]

yeah it helped me for 5 -6 problems

 

[stosh]

didn't help me at all

 

[tsarasua]

didnt help me at all =\

 

[Hyphae]

I had the same question. Don't know if I should use this method or not. But seems like the consensus is that it didn't help??

 

[drteeth]

hmmmm. Im still undecided - guess I'll just have to try it and see how it works. Did you guys make new tables for each question?

 

[jhuplaw]

i just made a small grid across the top of one page with the letter choices on the left side and i would put the # of the question at the top whenever i came across a question i was unsure of. i thought it would be useless but i had so much time during the tutorial and so much paper that i decided to try it out. it ended up helping me and i don't see any way it could hurt. i also dedicated a whole page just to trig formulas, chem eqns., and anything i could think of. i think the most important strategy i learned was to always use up your time because you don't want to regret not double checking a problem just because you just wanted to get it over with.

 

[drteeth]

i just made a small grid across the top of one page with the letter choices on the left side and i would put the # of the question at the top whenever i came across a question i was unsure of. i thought it would be useless but i had so much time during the tutorial and so much paper that i decided to try it out. it ended up helping me and i don't see any way it could hurt. i also dedicated a whole page just to trig formulas, chem eqns., and anything i could think of. i think the most important strategy i learned was to always use up your time because you don't want to regret not double checking a problem just because you just wanted to get it over with.

Good call!