Ear plugs

[RedSoxSuck]

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hey guys, I think most test centers allow you to bring your own ear plugs as long as they are foam kind. you can get them from Kmart or some sort of pharmacy. I got mine from kmart. You guys call and ask them because imagine using foamy ear plugs and then using orange suction headphones on top..Won't hear a thing.

 

[Compass]

I didn't hear a thing with the earcups they provided. It was too quiet for me so I took them off. I like hearing myself attack the keyboard with the staccato noise of 70+ words per minute <.<

 

[supafield]

I elected to go with the foam.... I tend to get headaches when I have pressure on my head for too long (ie: hats, sunglasses that are a little tight)

However, I'll also vouch that sometimes the setting can be too quiet so I only buy the foam plug to reduce the noise, not eliminate it.

 

[herewego]

I studied/did practice tests with foam ear plugs so I brought my own the test day. It really made me feel more comfortable to have similar testing conditions.

 

[MSUSpartan642]

I went for the super ear plugs that eliminated all sound. I like complete silence when I'm taking my tests. I was right next to the air conditioner and cant imagine how it would have went without them.

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

do they physically check the ear plugs? Could you put a small transmitter chip inside one?

 

[loveoforganic]

If you bring your own earplugs, they're supposed to be in their own, sealed, original casing.

Call your testing center - mine provided them and the earmuffs. I used both. The ear plugs were some really great Howard Leights.

 

[MSUSpartan642]

Haha. no they didn't physically check them. They glanced at them, but that was all. Good luck with your microchip.

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

if you have a tiny webcam in your nose, and a microchip in your earbuds. You can point to a word or equation you forgot, and you can have your friend wikipedia the stuff on the other end.

 

[G1SG2]

do they physically check the ear plugs? Could you put a small transmitter chip inside one?

I wouldn't do that. The people at my test center made me squeeze my earplugs and watched them puff back up.

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

I wouldn't do that. The people at my test center made me squeeze my earplugs and watched them puff back up.

thats because you look suspicious. nobody would think an asian would possibly consider cheating.

 

[schrizto]

I wouldn't do that. The people at my test center made me squeeze my earplugs and watched them puff back up.

Test centers will check everything. I remember back in high school when my friend had a nosebleed during the SAT they checked his tissues to see if there were answers written on them.

BUT it would be easy to bring two pairs of earplugs, one pair bugged and the other unbugged, show and squeeze the unbugged pair to the test center, and keep the bugged ones to yourself.

 

[G1SG2]

thats because you look suspicious. nobody would think an asian would possibly consider cheating.

What makes you think I'm not asian 😉