Will my scores get canceled?

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Albo

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I messed up on the PCAT today, after the second essay, the proctor told us to turn the page on the answer booklet and i got confused and turned it on the questions booklet jumping ahead to the next sub test and began reading the passage. When i heard the proctor say now turn the page to the next section, thats when i figured i was ahead.

I was sitting on the first row too and i was very open about it, its not like i was hiding and i think there is a great chance they saw me.

Is there anything else should i worry about except my scores getting canceled?
 
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Albo said:
I messed up on the PCAT today, after the second essay, the proctor told us to turn the page on the answer booklet and i got confused and turned it on the questions booklet jumping ahead to the next sub test and began reading the passage. When i heard the proctor say now turn the page to the next section, thats when i figured i was ahead.

I was sitting on the first row too and i was very open about it, its not like i was hiding and i think there is a great chance they saw me.

Is there anything else should i worry about except my scores getting canceled?
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I think if they did not react right then, you should be fine. If your test was going to be invalidated, the proctor would not have allowed you to continue taking the test. That would just be cruel to let you go home without knowing that your score would be cancelled
 
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Hm I don't know. Pearson actually e-mailed an 'enlightening' video about working on problems beyond the time limits, and in the video, the proctor didn't confront the student about this.
 
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Nothing to worry about, they'll yell at you if the notice something.

Chances are because you did it so conspicuously it didn't set off any bells for the proctor and they didn't notice.

Proctor yelled at one guy in my test today 🙂 but didn't threaten or anything, they should always give you a warning unless you do something really big.
 
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Albo said:
I messed up on the PCAT today, after the second essay, the proctor told us to turn the page on the answer booklet and i got confused and turned it on the questions booklet jumping ahead to the next sub test and began reading the passage. When i heard the proctor say now turn the page to the next section, thats when i figured i was ahead.

I was sitting on the first row too and i was very open about it, its not like i was hiding and i think there is a great chance they saw me.

Is there anything else should i worry about except my scores getting canceled?
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I think that's funny. I was in about the same situation, only I gave head start on my verbal section, and I was on the front row also. And they never said anything and my scores were not canceled. I know for a fact they saw me because when I felt something was not right, I looked up at the proctor, and she was looking right at me. Lol, jaw dropping experience then, but it all turned out beautifully 🙂
 
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