Flat Screen Monitors for the DAT

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I am trying to schedule my DAT and I can't find a testing center that has flat monitors. Did anyone have one during test day and where did you take it?
 
why do you need a flat monitor?
I dont know of anyone that had a flat monitor and they did just fine.

if your worried about the angle ranking, its pretty much 90% luck and 10% skill.
 
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the day sylvan learning/prometric centers install flat panel monitors, DAT PAT scores will go up to 23. haha, well, people do just fine with the curved CRT ones. the resolution is fine on all aspects of the test for me.
 
xtractime said:
the day sylvan learning/prometric centers install flat panel monitors, DAT PAT scores will go up to 23. haha, well, people do just fine with the curved CRT ones. the resolution is fine on all aspects of the test for me.
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For real. Considering what it costs to take the test, you'd think they'd spring for a monitor that's not from the stone age. 🙄
 
rose786 said:
For real. Considering what it costs to take the test, you'd think they'd spring for a monitor that's not from the stone age. 🙄
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The testing center doesnt get all the money you pay to take the test. they only get a small percentage, while the ADA gets the rest. The money you pay goes into test development, maintenance, and a little profit. its not cheep making the test. though due to economies of scale the price should drop as more people take the exam, but that will never happen.
 
PChemGrad said:
The testing center doesnt get all the money you pay to take the test. they only get a small percentage, while the ADA gets the rest. The money you pay goes into test development, maintenance, and a little profit. its not cheep making the test. though due to economies of scale the price should drop as more people take the exam, but that will never happen.
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Ok, but even if the testing center gets a small percentage of the $, they still should make plenty considering how many different tests are taken there, no? And a newer monitor doesn't cost as much as it did back in the day. Just my two cents, take it or leave it.
 
i dun think having flatscreen matters that much...unless u r talking about 19+ inch monitors that have extermely curved screens.

however during my test day the CRT's refresh rate was running at 60Hz.
totally killing my eyes
 
It's a bit extreme but maybe if you ask nicely, you can bring your own monitor. I doubt it would be too difficult to switcheroo, but I could see them having some excuse why it they wouldn't let you.
 
sodapopinski said:
It's a bit extreme but maybe if you ask nicely, you can bring your own monitor. I doubt it would be too difficult to switcheroo, but I could see them having some excuse why it they wouldn't let you.
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haha. No way they'd let you do that. Not only does it open the floodgates for a variety of ways to cheat, but it undermines the whole idea of standardized testing.

FWIW, my testing center had pretty decent CRTs; nice and crisp picture, high refresh rate, and didn't hurt my eyes at all.
 
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