Tips to avoid bubbling errors? Forum

[Quick Silver]

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

[nlee10]

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

I bubble after every 2 pages of LR, 1 LG game, 1 RC passage. That way, you are bubbling in 5-8 questions at a time. I think it's a good balance between bubbling in after every single question (wastes time) and waiting until the end (prone to misbubbling + not finishing in time, costing more points).

[Quick Silver]

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

I bubble after every 2 pages of LR, 1 LG game, 1 RC passage. That way, you are bubbling in 5-8 questions at a time. I think it's a good balance between bubbling in after every single question (wastes time) and waiting until the end (prone to misbubbling + not finishing in time, costing more points).

Thanks nlee10 I actually regularly do the same thing. I want to make sure I'm not missing anything else I can do to minimze bubbling errors.

[mist4bison]

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[haus]

Use a pencil that you are comfortable with.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=206480

[TLSanders]

Are you saying both the number and letter to yourself as you go? Ex: 7 is B (bubble), 8 is D (bubble)...if you're explicitly associating the number and letter, you're less likely to skip or double grid a line and get a whole string of answers off track.

[malleus discentium]

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

You shouldn't count misbubbles against yourself on PTs.

Are you saying both the number and letter to yourself as you go? Ex: 7 is B (bubble), 8 is D (bubble)...if you're explicitly associating the number and letter, you're less likely to skip or double grid a line and get a whole string of answers off track.

Do this.
I think batch bubbling is a bad idea. Even if it does save you time, it's negligible and the risk that you misbubble is greater.

[Quick Silver]

Maybe a combo of batch bubbling and saying the number with the letter as TLSanders wrote.

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

You shouldn't count misbubbles against yourself on PTs.

Are you saying both the number and letter to yourself as you go? Ex: 7 is B (bubble), 8 is D (bubble)...if you're explicitly associating the number and letter, you're less likely to skip or double grid a line and get a whole string of answers off track.

Do this.
I think batch bubbling is a bad idea. Even if it does save you time, it's negligible and the risk that you misbubble is greater.

[TLSanders]

Hi All

Just made a mistake on a PT that cost me a personal best score - because I switched the choices when bubbling.

I'm already pretty vigilant and I do bubble in groups.

Any tips to avoid bubbling errors?

You shouldn't count misbubbles against yourself on PTs.

Are you saying both the number and letter to yourself as you go? Ex: 7 is B (bubble), 8 is D (bubble)...if you're explicitly associating the number and letter, you're less likely to skip or double grid a line and get a whole string of answers off track.

Do this.
I think batch bubbling is a bad idea. Even if it does save you time, it's negligible and the risk that you misbubble is greater.

It's been quite a while, but the last time I saw actual data on this, batch bubbling actually reduced the error rate.