Step I scratch paper

[deucerp]

so we've heard rumors that the testing centers will give you scratch paper...true or false?

if false, surely the calculations on the real thing are going to be easier than some of Qbanks where you basically have to have pi memorized to get the right answer.

 

[JayZee]

i've heard white boards are handed out. it may depend on the center...

 

[MeowMix]

you get laminated sheets of colored paper. Our local center gives out erasers and dry-erase markers with them.

I think Qbank suffers the same problem as Kaplan's MCAT questions; complex calculations that aren't realistic. I would expect the real thing to have simple calculations with numbers that divide/multiply easily if you do the calculation right.