How do we jot down notes during the MCAT VR if the MCAT is computer based?

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<p>I'm planning on taking the MCAT sometime in 2010 and have been reading a prep book about how to approach the VR section. The book recommended jotting down a few words to summarize each paragraph quickly to save time when answering questions. However, since the MCAT is now on a computer, I'm not sure how we would be able to jot down notes on the actual MCAt. Is there an insert comment option? Or do we get scratch paper even in the VR section?</p>

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<p>It’s been awhile for me, but I’m absolutely certain that I had scratch paper. If I remember correctly, they gave me a little booklet with five or six pages of paper in it. And a pencil.</p>

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<p>You will either get pencil and paper or several white boards and a marker. When you get closer to taking the MCAT (like when you are about to sign up), contact the testing centers to see which they have.</p>

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<p>You can highlight **** and cross out **** on the program.</p>

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Is it Kaplan?</p>

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<p>You are provided paper and pencils.</p>

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I don’t think this would be time efficient.</p>

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<p>It is very time efficient.</p>

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<p>Highlighting is efficient because it’s easy to do (literally all you have to do is click and drag) and it saves you from having to write down more stuff. I took a Kaplan course, and they do suggest that you write down quick summaries of each paragraph of the passage (I found this to be helpful, rather than a time wasting hindrance). Summarizing with shorthand and then using highlighting effectively was a great way for me to work on the VR section.</p>

<p>My testing center used books of pink paper. We got 4 pages stapled together, giving you 8 sides’ worth of writing surfaces. If you ran out of scratch paper, all you had to do was raise your hand (there were only about 20 people in my testing room) and the proctor would take your old booklet and give you a new one. They provide your pencils too, and the same exchange process happened for those. You could also swap them out during breaks between sections, and 10 minutes was plenty of time to swap books, go to the bathroom, and chug some Gatorade. </p>

<p>I bet all testing centers are a little different, but from what I’ve heard from friends who took it the same time I did (but at different centers), their experiences were almost identical. MCAT’s kind of obsessed with controlling things.</p>