ear plugs during real MCAT?

[dkxbboi87]

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Are you allowed to bring earplugs in, let alone use them? I read about person who took the real MCAT with his own earplugs. He had them checked by the proctor who OK'ed them. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

 

[Alfred E Newman]

Are you allowed to bring earplugs in, let alone use them? I read about person who took the real MCAT with his own earplugs. He had them checked by the proctor who OK'ed them. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

They wouldn't let me take in one kleenex tissue to blow my nose. Good luck trying to convince them to let you take something into the testing room that you put into your ear (a potential listening device in their eyes).

 

[RySerr21]

Are you allowed to bring earplugs in, let alone use them? I read about person who took the real MCAT with his own earplugs. He had them checked by the proctor who OK'ed them. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

most testing centers wont let you bring ANYTHING in to the room except for a pencil and paper which they provide for you. I think you can hold on to your ID as well. THat being said, my testing center provided us with noise-canceling headphones, it was sweet. I'm not sure how common it is, but I have heard other posters say they were given those as well. You can always bring earplugs just in case they dont provide you with any, you have nothing to lose.

 

[dodjie16]

Headphones were also available at my testing center. They were good at blocking noises; I had to put them on when the other test takers were banging on the keyboards during the writing section.

 

[chickensandwich]

yeah i think it depends greatly on test center, but i wouldn't count on them letting you bring anything in. my proctor made me take my hair pins out of my pockets (????) so i just stuck them on my head even though they werent necessary at that pt.

they gave me these crappy headphones that do absolutely nothing and i also had access to huge headphones that were supposedly noise canceling. having that much weight on my head totally threw me off, though, so i took them off in about .8 sec 🙄

 

[gatorguy]

Hey everyone. I have taken the MCAT twice now and both times they let me bring in the spongy ear plugs that you stick into your ear. I found that those ear plugs are the best, and the ones they provide (ear muff like) don't really do anything except add extra weight on your head. So i would take them in just in case, i think it's a good idea to try and help block out those noisy keyboards!

 

[SiR99]

You guys say that they dont let you take anything in but I read in EK that you can take in a timer as long as the Alarm is disconnected?

So does it depend on the center whether or not you can bring in ear plugs and timers?

 

[RySerr21]

You guys say that they dont let you take anything in but I read in EK that you can take in a timer as long as the Alarm is disconnected?

So does it depend on the center whether or not you can bring in ear plugs and timers?

the testing center made it very clear you could take nothing of your own into the computer lab. if they had it there way we would all be taking the test naked.

There is no need for a timer, there is a timer on your screen. I highly doubt they let you bring something in that is already provided for you.

 

[supafield]

You guys say that they dont let you take anything in but I read in EK that you can take in a timer as long as the Alarm is disconnected?

So does it depend on the center whether or not you can bring in ear plugs and timers?

EK is still talking about the paper MCAT where you were allowed watches to time....

 

[nontrdgsbuiucmd]

You guys say that they dont let you take anything in but I read in EK that you can take in a timer as long as the Alarm is disconnected?

So does it depend on the center whether or not you can bring in ear plugs and timers?

I'd reread the AAMC material the night before the 7/10 mcat just to make sure I didn't miss anything,

in the AAMC manual it says something along the lines of "unauthorized test aids, such as a desktop timer, are prohibited". I'm not quite agreeing that one could cheat on the MCAT by using a timer.

My test center had noise canceling earphones, which I used when nearby testers were banging away on the keyboards and I was doing the VR section. I tried to use them when I was typing when several of us were doing the essays, but it didn't work when I couldn't hear my own keystrokes for some reason; kept miskeying.

I'd see if there's something in writing on the policy for earplugs, the worst thing that could happen is a person brings them, is prohibited from using them, and goes into the test with a bad attitude. My bet is that the proctors can use their discretion; for my recent test, they did not explicitly tell me not to bring in cell phone/wallet/tissues, which they did (at the same test center) last year.