Any "fun" stories from the Oct SAT?

<p>I came in at 8:02, sat in the back of the class, and was told that I had to sit where there were markers. So i sat smack dab in front. I mean RIGHT in front of the board.</p>

<p>A student student’s seat was in front of the TV stand which had a poster of Tiger Woods in deep concentration on it. The student asked the proctor out of no were, “Can I flip him off?” he meant, " Can I flip him over?“. The proctor was like “Huh, flip who?” He responded, “Mr.Woods, he is freaking me out staring at me like that.” The Proctor responded, " Yeah sure, just turn him back over before you leave.”</p>

<p>My proctor was bomb. She didn’t dilly dally, we got out 30 mins early. She was great.
Had to drive 10 mins to the testing center, and met a lot of my friends.</p>

<p>I saw this girl in front of my take out her calculator halfway during writing/reading section :smiley:
i knew it wasn’t maths or she would’ve taken it out at the start of the section</p>

<p>I forgot to mention earlier that the cursive writing section was antagonizing lol. I rushed through it not wanting to be the last one finished. There was some kid who sat there copying the statement down for freaking 7 minutes (I counted) AFTER everybody else was done (which meant in total he spent around 12 minutes copying down TWO (or three) sentences!!!). And just as he was finishing and everybody was letting out a sigh of relief, the kid sitting diagonal to me realized he copied the statement down in PRINT instead of cursive, and he erased everything and had to start over ROFL.</p>

<p>My proctor was the reason that the “you cannot wear earplugs” sentence in the SAT instruction book is read out. He said that a girl he was proctoring had ADHD and wore earplugs. When he called time, she didn’t hear and kept working, so he had to invalidate her score. The mom complained, so CollegeBoard added the no earplugs clause. I really hope he wasn’t lying about this.</p>

<p>The kid sitting next to me said he got a 10 on the September ACT.</p>

<p>The proctor had never seen an NSpire CAS before and didn’t believe that they were allowed until he checked the booklet.</p>

<p>LOL all these stories made me crack up.]</p>

<p>My SAT day was niccee…I got there early, got a good proctor and we got 2 breaks, one of them really good. The first break we just stretched…but the second break we all went downstairs and ate a goood little snack (ritz with cheese crackers, apple, 2 capri suns) I was hecka full. </p>

<p>Then we took like 6 straight sections nonstop. None of us wanted any more breaks haha. Got out at exactly 1:00!! Fastest freaking 5 hours of my life!!</p>

<p>Got out before 1.</p>

<p>My proctor said we would have 5 minute breaks but we really had 2 minutes.</p>

<p>Mine ended at exactly 1:00. :)</p>

<p>A friend of mine came into the classroom a little late with this GIANT burly man and told our proctor that he was allowed to take the test despite not being on time. When my friend sat down, I asked him who that was and this was our conversation:</p>

<p>Me: Who’s that?
Friend: No clue. He just grabbed me when Irene dropped me off.
Me: Who the heck is Irene?
Friend: She’s this nice Indian lady who drove me here. My dad drove me to the wrong testing center…
Me: So some random stranger offered to drive you? And you went with them?! That’s really sketch, you know.
Friend: I know, but she was really nice. The only complaint that I have is that her car smelled like hummus.
Me:… I don’t know how to respond to that.</p>

<p>Also, apparently the teacher who’s classroom we were using had plans to use it today, but didn’t know that the SAT was today. She was swearing like a sailor in the hallways when she found out, and I heard someone from outside scream for her to shut-up. XD</p>

<p>It was a very fun SAT day.</p>

<p>@Indianjatt Were you testing in India? Where? (sorry if this seems a stupid question, but Indian jatts could be there in America too, so haha).</p>

<p>But if you were referring to India-- yes, there were a LOT of people. Ugh, I got nervous.</p>

<p>Um, I had to pee @ the first break but my MORONIC PROCTOR didn’t know where the bathroom was. So I had to hold it in for two sections…UGH. I might have messed up Maths SPR and one writing that COULD have been experimental. So…</p>

<p>I tested from Bangladesh and it defintly wasnt amusing.</p>

<p>Dey strted the exam lyk 1 hour or more AFTER the actual starting time. Nd dey actually altered the clock demselves to make it seem they were starting on time.HAHA. Nd our proctor had become quite nervous during reading us the instructions…messd up all her grammar nd missd a couple of wrds. E.g. The essay…25mins ago…what to write decide yourself… Haha.</p>

<p>Nd during the exam…there was a loud, bengali movie song coming from one of the windows. It was VERY distracting. Also the sound of 2 or 3 kids crying came in during one of the maths section to further sweeten the experience… Also there must have been a charity drive nearby as the organizers were letting EVERYONE know with loud-speaker. </p>

<p>Nd to top this ALL off…the guy in front of me was huge. Whenever he stretchd after wrting too much…he covered my entire paper with his shadow. </p>

<p>P.S. Did i mention that my tyre almost burst before i got into my car to go to the exam venue so i had to take another one. :slight_smile: What a day.</p>

<p>I have a callus on my middle finger on my right hand from where my pencil sat during the exam.</p>

<p>i was the only non-white person in the room, so the proctor fixed ALL her attention on me. she watched me like a hawk.</p>

<p>i took the Math II without a calculator (worst mistake of my life >_<)</p>

<p>"My proctor was bomb. She didn’t dilly dally, we got out 30 mins early. She was great.
Had to drive 10 mins to the testing center, and met a lot of my friends. "</p>

<p>BryMan, we must’ve been in the same place because mine was exactly the same.</p>

<p>@Haematic: Weymouth High School? :D</p>

<p>I’m from MA, so I think not.</p>

<p>So, I was sitting in my room getting ready to take the next portion and I see a girl put a piece of gum in her mouth. I then look around and see a few other people chewing gum as well. I, thinking it was okay, pull out a piece for myself.</p>

<p>We start the next portion and with about 10 minutes left, the proctor comes over to me and says…</p>

<p>Her: You are not allowed to chew gum
Me: I can’t?
Her: No, please go spit it out
Me: Can’t I just swallow it…
Her: No, (mumbles something else)
Me: What?
Her: No, it’s not good for you</p>

<p>Then I got up, frustrated, and went to spit it out. Why couldn’t she have just told me during a break instead of wasting a minute or two of my work time!? Another thing that made me mad was that I was the only one she came over to. There were other people chewing gum too!</p>

<p>But really what’s the big deal with chewing gum? It’s not like I have answers on my chewed up gum.</p>

<p>mine was alright… that morning i was worried i would be dehydrated for the test so i drank a lot of water and had to pee really badly.
people kept sniffling and coughing and this girl who sat behind he was like super tall and kept kicking my chair and moving her legs around… i was so annoyed. i turned around and just glared at her.</p>

<p>i was the only non-white person in the room, so the proctor fixed ALL her attention on me. she watched me like a hawk. </p>

<p>Haha was the exact opposite for me, I had all asians and indians with me being the only white person</p>

<p>There was a loud female scream during the test. Turned out that a 60 year proctor had tripped and started bleeding.</p>

<p>Also our test started at like 10 am or something and there were at least 200 people taking the test.</p>