how do you keep time?

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How do you keep time on the PCAT if digital watches/stop watches are forbidden in the testing room?
 
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I blew my own 50 minute hourglass.

But seriously, my testing room had a clock in it. And you can use a normal wristwatch if all it does is tell the time.
 
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We had a clock, plus there was a chalk board that they would write intervals on: 15 min left, 10 min left... then they made an anouncement at about 5 or 2 minutes. Very high tech.
 
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Stop watches are not forbidden as long as it does not have a calculated, What planet are you taking the PCAT on!!!!!!!!!! STOP WATCHES ARE ALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!
 
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When I emailed scoring services they told me this:

"Dear Participant,

Digital Watches are not permitted. For a list of prohibited items please refer directly to the test website at: www.pcatweb.info <http://www.pcatweb.info> .

Good luck.

Pearson
PSE - Customer Relations
Phone: 800-622-3231
Fax: 888-211-8276"
 
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newslang said:
When I emailed scoring services they told me this:

"Dear Participant,

Digital Watches are not permitted. For a list of prohibited items please refer directly to the test website at: www.pcatweb.info <http://www.pcatweb.info> .

Good luck.

Pearson
PSE - Customer Relations
Phone: 800-622-3231
Fax: 888-211-8276"
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eehh...so I can't use just a regular digital watch?

can someone who has taken the pcat please shed some light here?
 
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What about these?

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Why would you bring a stopwatch? Just bring a regular wristwatch, unless that's what you mean. I think Pearson took "stopwatch" as the ones you use to measure track athletes or something, but even then I don't see why you can't use it, just a bit awkward looking lol.
 
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so i should be able to bring in a regular digital watch that has a timer on it? has anyone actually used one on the pcat??

im just really paranoid. I need to make sure so that i don't go in and have someone tell me that i can't use it. im very dependent on my timer
 
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i think they get annoyed by having a bunch of stopwatches go off beeping while there is a minute or two left in the test or even within a few seconds of each other. Maybe they allow silent ones.
 
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i did mean a regular writwatch (that is digital)

i thought when it said no stopwatch, this included such digital watches since they usually have a stopwatch feature
 
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I think it's fine as long as you turn off all the beeping on your watch.

I wore mine during my PCAT and I haven't been bugged by any of the proctors.

Plus, the rooms you'll write them in, they usually have some sort of wall clock on them. So I wouldn't worry too much.
 
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I know this is unrelated but what do u do with your cell phone. It says no electronic devices are allowed. Im thinking of just leaving my phone at home.
 
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so i know this topic is probably getting old. but it would really help if i can have my digital watch. if not..i guess i'll do with just an analog watch too.

so one last question about this before i shut up...would it be risky to try to bring in a digital watch that has a timer? like if they didn't say anything when i checked in but catch me using one during the test...would i get disqualified? or would it pretty much be no big deal if no one said anything at the check in?
 
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I think you guys are making too big of a deal out of this.

Bring your watch or whatever in, and if the proctors won't let you, then leave it in your bag. I highly, highly doubt a proctor is going to penalize you just by you looking at a watch without warning, and even then, you getting penalized for looking at a timer on your watch is so unlikely and unreasonable.

And anyways, you can always *ask* the proctors, and the worst thing they can say is no.
 
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