<p>I wrote the SAT I for the first time on June 4 and there were no clocks in the room except a small alarm clock the proctor carried that noone else could see. The proctor also wrote "time remaining ______" on a chalk board at the front of the room but never filled in the blank. This meant that I had no way of knowing how much time was left and whether or not I needed to pick up the pace because I had no watch and I know that many others in the room were in the same situation. Because the proctor had made it seemingly obvious that she would tell us how much time was remaining I worked on my essay quickly but planned on doing the conclusion when she announced five minutes remaining, but since that time never came I never wrote a conclusion. I still recieved a 8 on my essay which I consider pretty good since it had no conclusion at all and ended in the midle of a sentence. Did anyone else have problems with their proctor?</p>
<p>That's not a proctor problem. That's a bring a watch problem. My proctor said she wasnt allowed to give us time warnings.</p>
<p>Our proctor only waited a few seconds between sections. We got out 20 minutes before the other rooms, and I was really fatigued. <em>sigh</em> should have said something</p>
<p>wow...my proctor did give us time warnings. but she did another really messed up thing: she had us vote on whether or not we wanted to take breakz and a bunch of jocks voted that they "wanted to get out early" so we took the entire 4+ hour test w/out a break.</p>
<p>My AP proctor couldn't get us all to shut up during the exam so people whispered and cheated throughout. I could technically report that to the collegeboard and get my money back right? (Esp cause i probably failed)</p>
<p>Several problems here. You should report that there were no clocks visible - that is a reportable error. Proctors are supposed to announce when there are five minutes remaining. Writing “time remaining” on a board in front of the room is against the rules because this is a constantly changing thing. Proctors are told to write a start and stop time on the board. At my school, everyone has moved toward putting an online countdown timer on the filmstrip screen in front of the class, and this is a great help, but if this is not possible, your proctor should know how to keep time accurately by using the second hand of the classroom clock (not just the minute hand as that can shortchange or add on seconds). Regardless, as a young adult you should have done as instructed and worn a watch.</p>
<p>This thread is 9 years old. Closing.</p>