猜题还是不做？关键的最后3-5题策略

OG12 第17页明确写着不做完最后5题会大幅扣分,从91%扣到77%.

Myth– It is more important to respond correctly to the test
questions than it is to finishthe test.

Fact – There is a severe penalty for not completing the GMAT test.

If you are stumped by a question, give it your best guess and move on. If you guess
incorrectly, the computer program will likely give you an easier question, which you are
likely to answer correctly, and the computer will rapidly return to giving you questions
matched to your ability. If you don’t fi nish the test, your score will be reduced greatly.
Failing to answer fi ve verbal questions, for example, could reduce your score from
the 91st percentile to the 77th percentile.Pacing is important.

If you do not know the correct answer, or if the question is too time-consuming, try to eliminate
choices you know are wrong, select the best of the remaining answer choices, and move on to the next
question. Try not to worry about the impact on your score—guessing may lower your score, but
not finishing the section will lower your score more.

M– The first 10 questions are critical and you should invest the most time on those.

F – All questions count.
It is true that the computer-adaptive testingalgorithm uses the first 10 questions to
obtain an initial estimate of your ability;however, that is only an initial estimate. As
you continue to answer questions, the algorithm self-corrects by computing an
updated estimate on the basis of all the questions you have answered, and then
administers items that are closely matched to this new estimate of your ability. Your
final score is based on all your responses and considers the diffi culty of all the
questions you answered. Taking additional time on the fi rst 10 questions will not game
the system and can hurt your ability to finish the test.

伤心了。。。大家貌似都选择忽视我“发现”的理论。。。真的，请大家从合理和公平的角度看这个问题吧，考试的设计者一定是力求使你得到的分数能准确反映你的真实水平的，OG所说的扣分不可能是无论你空多少不写都扣得很严重啊，这样不合理。实际上，我实战最后一题没写，V有41。同样的，至于答题时间一定要超过30s之类的传言，也不一定可靠，如果应试者真的特别擅长这题呢？不给分的话就太不公平了。

尽管如此，依然有些小的tactic（尽管难以指望这些tactic能让你的分数过高地反映出你的实际能力）可供参考

第三次贴下述内容：

关于pace的一个迷思：做不完了，是猜完，还是空着不写？来自可信赖的网站。我分析了下，觉得比之前G友们的各种猜测和某些培训机构流传的策略都更具体和合理，应该是正解！！！！
   

=======================以下内容来自MBA.COM===================

Based on an analysis of thousands of actual GMAT records, the question of whether to guess or leave questions blank (at the end) depends on the number of items you have left, the section you are on (Verbal or Quantitative), and your relative ability. Here is how it breaks down:

• If you only have 1 or 2 items left in either section, it doesn’t make much difference if you guess or omit the question. You should finish the item you are on to the best of your ability and not worry about the others.

• If you are on the Verbal section, it doesn’t make much difference if you guess when you have up to about 5 questions left. You should finish the item you are on to the best of your ability and not worry about the others.

• In the Quantitative section, your odds improve if you guess and complete all the questions rather leave the final questions unanswered. After all, there are fewer questions in this section, so each item left blank in this section comprises a higher proportion of the test than in the verbal section. Guess as smartly as you can, but guess nonetheless—do not leave items blank.
        

• If you have an idea what your relative ability is ahead of time (i.e., you’ve taken a practice test or diagnostic test), then your guess versus omit strategy differs based on where you think you would fall. If your scores tend to be relatively low on the section, leaving the questions blank may actually result in a higher score than getting even the easy questions wrong by guessing. If you are near the top of the scale, you have farther to fall if you omit the items and therefore you should guess. Low ability—omit; high ability—guess; medium ability—see above.

In all cases, the best strategy is paying careful attention to time, so there is no need to worry about whether to rapidly guess or not finish