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Skipping the last question?

by xchopysueyz » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:46 pm
I just took a Manhattan practice test and I wasn't keeping track of the time and didn't answer the last question on the Quantitative section. Now I know it's bad to skip any questions so I was wondering how much of an effect that has on my Q score. I got a 43Q but I know I can usually get higher than that. Thanks.
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Re: Skipping the last question?

by beatthegmat » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:15 pm
xchopysueyz wrote:I just took a Manhattan practice test and I wasn't keeping track of the time and didn't answer the last question on the Quantitative section. Now I know it's bad to skip any questions so I was wondering how much of an effect that has on my Q score. I got a 43Q but I know I can usually get higher than that. Thanks.
Skipping the last question can have a significant impact. It's always best to put something down instead of leaving a question blank!

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by Stacey Koprince » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:03 am
On the official test, the penalty for leaving a question blank is 3 percentile points (per question!!). I think our algorithm makes it a little more severe (maybe about 4 percentile points) to train everyone NEVER to leave a question blank!! ;)
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