MCAT Blank Sheets of Paper

[LACMA]

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Hello!

For the MCAT, how many sheets of paper do we get? I read 4 somewhere. Can we ask them for like 10 pages at the very beginning? Or can we get extra paper during the breaks?

Thanks!!

 

[dreee]

I can't remember how much we initially got but 4 sounds about right. I asked for more paper during every section break. I just tend to write my ideas down a lot.

 

[AnonPanda1]

They monitor the amount of paper you have so that they only give you an initial booklet and another booklet after you fill up that one. It's to prevent you from stealing questions.

 

[LACMA]

They monitor the amount of paper you have so that they only give you an initial booklet and another booklet after you fill up that one. It's to prevent you from stealing questions.

Can I get as many booklets as I want if I fill out each one?

 

[Skydive Fox]

Yesterday, Prometric gave us 4 sheets of paper in the form of a booklet. You could ask for more between breaks or even during the exam and they'd bring you some more. They kept track of how many sheets of paper were given and ensured that we turned them all in at the end. I believe this was standardized Prometric protocol across all testing centers but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[AnonPanda1]

Can I get as many booklets as I want if I fill out each one?

As many booklets as your heart desires, as long as you return your last booklet. Although, fair warning, some people have difficulty with timing on the exam. Writing all the stuff down may not be the best idea.

 

[Terror Billy]

Just a suggestion from my practice tests so far...as I've started writing less my scores have gone up interestingly but remember I'm just n=1.

 

[popopopop]

A bit off topic, but why can't they make the booklet white? It's a color that didn't show my lead pencil well and the light from the room shining down on the lead markings made a glare! For the bio section, I had to hold up my booklet and write in it like a notepad because setting it down and parallel to the ceiling light caused too much of a glare to read my own writing.

 

[Skydive Fox]

A bit off topic, but why can't they make the booklet white? It's a color that didn't show my lead pencil well and the light from the room shining down on the lead markings made a glare! For the bio section, I had to hold up my booklet and write in it like a notepad because setting it down and parallel to the ceiling light caused too much of a glare to read my own writing.

So that even if you do get wandering eyes and look at someone else's booklet, you won't be able to discern anything. One of my profs uses similar paper on exams. You need to be looking at the correct angle to see properly, kinda like those privacy covers on laptop screens.

 

[popopopop]

So that even if you do get wandering eyes and look at someone else's booklet, you won't be able to discern anything. One of my profs uses similar paper on exams. You need to be looking at the correct angle to see properly, kinda like those privacy covers on laptop screens.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, but it was still an annoyance. We have a bunch of anti-cheating mechanisms already during the test. I would have to lean a good three feet to my right and around the divider to cheat. That's assuming whoever's taking it is in the same section as I am.

 

[Gurby]

If you write on both sides of the page, it ends up being more like 6 full pages you can write on... I can't fathom using up an entire booklet. Unless you are superhuman, there is just not enough time to write that much.

 

[Skydive Fox]

Yeah, I get what you're saying, but it was still an annoyance. We have a bunch of anti-cheating mechanisms already during the test. I would have to lean a good three feet to my right and around the divider to cheat. That's assuming whoever's taking it is in the same section as I am.

For real tho. If someone can really figure out how to cheat through all these anti-cheating precautions, they deserve some kind of award alongside their disbarment from AAMC and potential criminal charges