My freshman son took the SAT Math II today. And when submitting his test package to the protor, he was told his score might be cancelled because he used his own scratch paper. Is there a way I can negotiate with CB on this situation? First, sure we are not experienced about it, as AMC tests always allow scratch papers. Second, it doesn’t mention on the admission ticket. Third, the proctor is not verifying it at the beginning of the test.
Any advice? Thank you very much!
The admission ticket says to bring ONLY the required materials; calculator and pencils
also today I bought scratch paper to my subject test and my proctor confiscated it before the exam started and gave it back to me at the end, she said there was plenty of space on the book to do mathwork and that i didn’t need the papers. Make of that what you will.
@sandhiller Theres nothing you can do at this point. If the proctor notifies CB then I think they will be cancelled. CB does not know if your son actually had formulas written on the scrap or not. Also, it says on the ticket (as the other person stated) that no other material is allowed.
You are lucky to have a responsible proctor to save your test, izasaix! Thank you both for your valuable information. I will ask him to cancel his test next week and reschedule another test in November.
You don’t want to wait to see if you receive notification of a canceled score?
If it will be cancelled anyway, why wait?
I thought the comment was about a provisional consequence.
If you feel there will be some sort of mark left next to your child’s name, then certainly cancel before any determination is made. But, otherwise, take the opportunity to see what the outcome of this testing experience was. Obviously, if your child is doing AMCs regularly, you’re curious and want the comparative information (standing among others much older than your child in the nation) the SAT will give you.
I like safe play, don’t want to take the risk of having some mark/note for him because of my mistake. Anyway, it is a lesson to learn. It shouldn’t be too hard for him to retake it. Yes, he is good at math, and we are not worrying about the score.
Understood.