Up Your Score SAT, 2018-2019 Edition The Underground Guide to Outsmarting The Test

Ill-Advised Dot Method

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To perfect your technique, follow these rules:

1. Leave the point of one of your pencils dull. Although you don’t want to
   use a dull pencil on the Math section (you want a good pencil for scratch
   work), it will save you time filling in the circles on the verbal section
   because the more surface area the point of your pencil has, the better
   coverage a single line will provide.


2. Although you don’t want your arm to be too stiff, you should press hard
   on the answer sheet. The darker the mark, the more likely the scanner is to
   see it. This is an important factor since you won’t necessarily be filling in
   your circles all the way.


3. On the math grid-in questions, there is space above the grid to write in the
   answer. But the computer registers only the circles, so you don’t have to
   waste time writing in the answer.


4. Practice, practice, practice. Try to get your time below 0.3 second per
   circle. Following are a bunch of circles for you to practice on. If you get
   your time below 0.1 second, you may be able to qualify for the O-lympics.


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