<p>Are they allowed on the SAT?</p>
<p>I don’t think so</p>
<p>I think they are if they have #2 lead.</p>
<p>They are absolutely not allowed!</p>
<p>Yeah, I think gregbob is right actually. Nevermind my first answer. I looked into it more and found this explaination:
“One could theoretically roll up a page of cheat notes on tiny paper and hide it in the pencil.”
Also it could poke a hole in your answer sheet.</p>
<p>I used one when I took mine…oops.</p>
<p>Most of the proctors do not care or enforce the rules. But I mean really, how much information can you put in a mechanical pencil that may be useful to you on the SAT?</p>
<p>Haha I was just thinking about this yesterday!
I think I’m gonna bring a bag with my lead pencil and a couple other regular ones, so if the proctor doesn’t let me use my lead pencil, I’ll just use a normal one</p>
<p>“if the proctor doesn’t let me use my lead pencil, I’ll just use a normal one” </p>
<p>There are other pencils with a substitute for lead? I had no idea…</p>
<p>But yea, Collegeboard is pretty strict and dont allow mechanical pencils because you could theoretically store info inside them lol…talk about paranoid!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t risk it. your proctor could notice halfway through the test and you could end up having to cancel the score. use a normal pencil !</p>
<p>Mechanical pencil is OK for PSAT and AP exams, but not for the SAT or Subject Tests. If you’re caught using one after the test starts, you could get your scores canceled, which you don’t want to have happen.</p>
<p>@ DemolitX</p>
<p>Most pencils don’t use lead anymore. They use graphite.</p>
<p>The last time I took a SAT II, the proctor wasn’t very aware–someone even asked her and she said she didn’t know, and proceded to allow us to use mechanical pencils with HB lead…although she wasn’t supposed to.</p>
<p>Lmao I call mechanical pencils “lead pencils” :D</p>