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When I took mine, the "board" was a laminated sheet of blue grid paper, and the markers were fine-tipped sharpies. They didn't provide an eraser.
Mine weren't boards and they weren't erasable. For all of Prometrics self righteous hypocrisy regarding their 'rules' and 'standards' they sure give themselves a lot of slack.
I was given a fine tipped felt point marker black ('fine' is relative, it wasn't as fine as a thick ball point) and 2 8.5x11 inch laminated sheets, front and back at a time. I had to go outside and trade in both for a new 2 when I used up all the room. I must have made the trip a dozen times all told. Some of them had a grid, which I requested not be given to me when I took the RC because it was going to be distracting. I don't think I used the grid for hole punching, either because the squares were the size of approx. standard graph paper and I had prepped by hand drawing mine so I stuck to the hand drawing of my grids.
I was given a fine tipped felt point marker black ('fine' is relative, it wasn't as fine as a thick ball point) and 2 8.5x11 inch laminated sheets, front and back at a time. I had to go outside and trade in both for a new 2 when I used up all the room. I must have made the trip a dozen times all told. Some of them had a grid, which I requested not be given to me when I took the RC because it was going to be distracting. I don't think I used the grid for hole punching, either because the squares were the size of approx. standard graph paper and I had prepped by hand drawing mine so I stuck to the hand drawing of my grids.
The laminated sheets and super-fine-tip markers were AWFUL. Yuck. Just yuck. And no, you don't get an eraser. How lame is that?
And seriously, what difference would it make to anybody if we just had some notebook paper and pencils? That would have been ideal for me. I like erasers, and I like lines, not grids. Absolutely nothing on the DAT requires a grid. Why would we need one?
End rant.
And seriously, what difference would it make to anybody if we just had some notebook paper and pencils? That would have been ideal for me. I like erasers, and I like lines, not grids. Absolutely nothing on the DAT requires a grid. Why would we need one?
End rant.
Do they not just give out paper because its easily taken away from the test? I don't get it, seems silly to require you to do draw out problems in marker.
Yep, me too. I'd be OK with pen and paper, but MARKER? No one works in marker.
Yep, me too. I'd be OK with pen and paper, but MARKER? No one works in marker.
Yo all I gotta say is I am very disappointed with the type of show they run at the "Testing Center". Am I being a baby for believeing that constantly having to trade in pens that didnt work and papers for new ones took a ding on my QR score? 14 QR .. 23 Ochem .. 23 Gchem .. 20 Bio .. 19 PAT .. 17 RC
I agree that using white boards, laminate paper, markers, or any other nonsense in the place of pens and paper is ridiculous. That said, everyone else throughout the country dealt with those same unfortunate circumstances, the majority of whom scored better than a 14 in QR. I'm sorry to break the bad news, but I'm probably not telling you anything you dont know: reassess your study habits and schedule a retake, I think the 14 will drag you down.
darn .. i was fearing i might have to re-take :/
