scrap paper?

[kpxnyc]

hey

just wondering if you were allowed to use scrap paper during the exam..i've been doing questions using scrap for biostats and just writing down acronyms so i wouldn't need to remember them over and over again..but if it's not allowed on the real exam, i guess i should get used to using the notes.

thanks for your help!

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[DrBowtie]

You use a dry erase board.

 

[TeaLover]

For the dry erase board, can you keep notes on there from the beginning of the 8 hr exam till the end? ......i.e. if I wrote a bunch of equations at the beginning of Block 1, would I still have access to that in Block 7? Or do they make us erase everything after each block? Thanks!

 

[DrBowtie]

You can keep it for the whole exam.

 

[hurdlepup]

how big of a dry erase board are we talking here? and fat marker or skinny marker?

 

[DrBowtie]

It was about the same size as a normal sheet of paper, maybe slightly larger since it had gridmarks and a border on it.

Marker was small/medium sized, rounded tip.

The above probably is highly dependant on which site you take the exam at, but you can always ask if they have different markers etc.

 

[kpxnyc]

thanks for the help guys!

 

[winkleweizen]

also is there a dang calculator? I couldnt find a calculator on any of the NBMEs? h

 

[SirGecko]

also is there a dang calculator? I couldnt find a calculator on any of the NBMEs? h

First aid says that the Fred v2 software includes a calculator. It seems like the old software didn't have it. (thus no calculator on the NBMEs?) I am not sure if all of the test centers are using the new software yet or not.