<p>Well I took the math and US history subject test today, and in between them, we had that little five minute break where we stood around in the hallway and snacked a bit. To make me feel a bit better, I brought my history prep book to study/cram a bit before I went in to take it. Then a lady came by, said it wasnt allowed, and took them away. I thought, fine, Ill just pick them up after I take the test.</p>
<p>However when I found her to ask for them back, she refused to give them back to me. I told her (rather politely) that none of the rules stated that I couldnt have prep materials in the break, but she wouldnt budge. So I gave a terse thank you and left.</p>
<p>I know its dumb to get worked up over something stupid like a prep book, but I guess after taking the US history exam, I was in a protecting personal liberties kind of mode. Plus, that was about fifty bucks worth of my own money down the drain. </p>
<p>Does she really have the right to confiscate and not return personal property like that?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you may have a bigger problem than the confiscation of your prep book. I found the following statement on the College Board website. </p>
<p>“Students may not consult textbooks, other people, electronic devices, or any other resources during
breaks. Violation of test security policies will result in score cancellation.”</p>
<p>But in that long list of rules they read out to us while we’re filling out bubbles, and in all of those posters on the doors and walls of the rules, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything about this before. I’ve taken the SAT reasoning before where people did some last-minute vocab cramming without censure. </p>
<p>In any case, the lady didn’t ask for my name, and it was an extremely minor offense, if an offense at all. There sure are a lot of things college board constitutes as cheating. </p>
<p>I guess I may have blown it out of proportion, but I was pretty mad at the time.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can assume she doesn’t know your name. If those SAT subject tests are important to you as part of your admissions application package, you might want to start thinking about when you would retake them.</p>