<p>So DS gets a goodnight sleep,packs his gear the night before, calculator, 4 extra batteries, 4 pencils, a snack, the whole nine yards. He's been studying since November.He was pretty confident and well rested when he left.Unfortunately he was wearing a formal suit and tie because he was going straight to his grandfathers formal 75th birthday party (surprise luncheon at a formal restaurant for 50 guests....of course).</p>
<p>So guess what happened??</p>
<p>He arrives at 7:45 ( a public school near us not his regular school) as told, and the kids sit in their seats, bubble their names etc and wait unti l0:00am tostart because they were waiting for a kid?</p>
<p>Great. Did I mention he is an insulin dependent diabetic (7 shots a day)who had a roll of lifesavers in case of an emergency low. (not apacked meal). He did not eat anything real until the test got out at 2:00....... </p>
<p>Has this ever happned to anyone. My husband was so angry. He hit the roof..... I mean does anyone know what happens to your brain if you go too low.....geez</p>
<p>He said right out the gate---he inadvertently scribbled IMPERTINENT WHEN HE MEANT IMPERATIVE....in the first paragraph of the essay but he thought his examples--Constantinople. Grover Cleveland and St. Francis of Assissi were bang up, the Math seemed easy, the writing okay and the reading passages ...grrr hard....always his thorn.... he says he thinks the experimental section had to be reading...not math...</p>
<p>oh well we'll see what happens....</p>
<p>but can they do that (start that late). Who should I talk to? He has had diabetes since he was very young --we have never had anything remotely close to this happen to him....ever......</p>
<p>You can’t do much. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure he did fine, regardless. </p>
<p>If anything, contact CB and tell them to enforce their time schedules a bit more strictly. That definitely passes the embargo time period and people literally wait for that moment to go ape**** talking about it. A threat to the authenticity of the test. CB will be interested in that. ;)</p>
<p>Wow, that sounds unbelievably bad. Wonder who this kid was hooked to that had so much clout that this happened. The kid of the principal at the HS where the exam was being administered?</p>
<p>FINDAPLACE— not sure who the kid was… but probably connected…this is “affluent” section of DC—when i was a teen taking the SAT, they shut the door in your face on the dot and you were SOL if you were late… have never heard or witnessed a two hour delay in an SAT ever–period— unless the building had a bomb threat…or was on fire…would love to hear from anyone here on CC of any kind of delay period never mind one of this length…</p>
<p>bamboozle—quite aware that food is allowed…they were supposed to be done at noon–that’s why he brought glucose tablets and lifesavers, the usual emergency kit for him…now we know …yeah a full packed lunch with protein , a tablecloth and chianti would have been better for this outing… ROFL</p>
<p>I sincerely doubt that your son’s incorrect use of one word in the beginning paragraph of the sat will significantly impact his essay score. The graders are pretty lenient. I know because I wrote the most ridiculous essay last time I took it and received an 8/12 when I should have received a 6. As for the rest of the essay it doesn’t seem like the long delay impacted him much. Fortunately you packed him a snack so nothing happened to him. If you want him to take it again send him for the May one so that he can take the SAT IIs in June. </p>
<p>That is simply outrageous. You certainly should complain. Even if your child weren’t diabetic-how dare they? Many parents must have been worried when they didn’t hear from their kids as expected.</p>
<p>did he tell his testing proctors that he was diabetic? and that he would require special needs? People with dyslexia or ADD get extra time on the SAT when they tell a proctor, i’m think that if your son told his proctor that he had special needs, the proctor should have accommodated him. If not, complain to the College board.</p>
<p>That’s really unfortunate. Why didn’t he eat during the breaks though?
My January SAT was delayed and didn’t start until 9:30. It was awful. And it wasn’t because anybody was late, it was just because the testing center was so unorganized and didn’t know where to tell people to go. We didn’t get out until until 1:30!</p>
<p>Guys he is fine… he has a protocol that he follows…the not eating on or off breaks wasn’t the issue…didnt need to eat before lunch the way he had scheduled his carbs and snacks…the issue was going so far beyond the scheduled get out time …</p>
<p>Sure we’ll know if it ever comes up again…pack full meal…regardless of his case however, 30 kids should not have to sit for 2 hours waiting for the one late kid…make the one retake…other kids do have jobs, sports etc…and that kind of delay I am certain threw a lot of the first timers off their games, psychologically…</p>
<p>I absolutely agree this should be reported. Testing room doors are supposed to be closed at 8:15, according to the instructions given to the test administrators. Late arrivals may be admitted while instructions are being read, but not after the test has actually started.</p>
<p>I completely agree that they should not wait for that long for one student. However, I think it’s important to understand that such situations are not rare. For example, some of my friends who took the SAT II last year said their proctor was working out in the room. My proctor was a teacher at the school and the whole time he was teaching one of the students that came in on Saturday to learn for whatever reason. I have taken the SAT twice and both times the proctor started the test a half hour to an hour late. Therefore, even if you do complain I doubt they will do anything. You could sue them however…</p>
<p>We were all seated and in our chairs by 7:50. The woman proctoring the test saw we had a no-show. What happened? Nothing, she said oh well and shut the door. Late people are not accepted.</p>
<p>You should call. That didn’t mess only your son up, but all the other kids in that classroom as well.</p>
<p>Call the College Board and report the testing site. Be sure to have the school’s site number on hand when you call, and the full name of the school. Report the incident just like you said. Delaying 2 hours is not just annoying, it’s a breach of College Board policy and it disrupts the test environment for the students, making the administration unstandardized by definition.</p>
<p>As for the word, don’t worry about it. I used to grade essays for Kaplan’s institutional essay exams, and we went through the same training as the actual essay graders. We have about 3-5 minutes to look over the essay and assign a grade, and one wrong word isn’t going to detract from an otherwise great essay :)</p>
<p>I just wanted to add a comment about asking the proctor for accommodations. That won’t work. You have to apply for the accommodations ahead of time - might be worth doing for the next time he tests, though it can take awhile to get them approved. I was approved for longer breaks & extra breaks if needed due to a medical condition. The bad part of that is it makes the test day even longer, but it could really help if he needs time to check blood sugar, eat, take insulin.</p>
<p>Correct. If something about the test-taker is medically unusual such that the test-taker can’t adapt to the usual snafus of testing, the test-taker should arrange in advance, with documentation, for special testing circumstances.</p>
<p>Thanks folks. We were aware of the special accommodations feature and S (and we agreed) did not see the need for it, mainly because there are breaks and of course you extra test the morning of and directly before going into room. Additionally he had taken several practice tests here and 5 full SAT tests with Revolution Prep without any issues. </p>
<p>After the two hour delay/fiasco Saturday, we may take another look at this whole plan…Yes you do have to ask in advance and yes it can be a drawn out process… As you can probably tell we are not huge fans of the College Board…between the crazy amount of money they demand for everything to the occasions of lax testing procedures (just finished reading the SAT nightmare thread)… rofl</p>