<p>I accidentally used a pencil instead of a pen (i read over the back quickly, and my
teacher didn't tell me in advance) and was wondering what how this could affect
my scores. Is there anything I can do?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure you automatically get a 0.</p>
<p>Sorry</p>
<p>@ Dabigdawg72, lol.</p>
<p>@ Merik, you’ll be fine. I did this last year on my APUSH DBQ & FRQs without realizing I was supposed to use pen. I just flew through the test with pencil…didn’t read directions :S</p>
<p>I freaked out and went to my counselor, only to find out it’s fine. I got my score back and was pleased :)</p>
<p>The writing portion is photocopied before they read it, so it probably just won’t come out as good. Because of that they might not even know you wrote in pencil</p>