<p>Some guy two seats in front of me threw up during the sailor CR passage. They moved us to another room. But I freaked out and lost all my concentration so my CR is like 600. I think they decided to keep quiet about the whole incident, but I'm thinking of complaining. Would they cancel all our scores? </p>
<p>The problem is i kind of need these scores b/c i want to apply early. Should I just cancel and take in again in NOV. or would that be too late?</p>
<p>Sadly, no. Most colleges will not accept November scores for ED/EA. October is the latest.</p>
<p>If he came back, a report should have been filed.</p>
<p>If they destroyed his testing materials (shredding, tearing, etc), they wouldn’t have filed one. </p>
<p>Switching rooms, they should have filed an irregularity report for the interruption. Reason, time, and affected students (if all involved, they wouldn’t be named).</p>
<p>If they filed a report, made sure you didn’t talk, and gave you the time lost in the interruption, everything is prim and proper. If they forgot to do any of the above and you report it, there is a possibility your scores may be canceled. (If they didn’t say “I’m going to file an irregularity report”, they weren’t following protocol).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t report it if you absolutely need the October scores. If they neglected to report it or did not monitor students properly, ETS would likely doubt the validity of the scores and cancel. If they didn’t give you your time back, it might be noted. If they gave you too much time, score validity might mean score cancellation.</p>
<p>I think you would be an as* for doing that. Sorry, but I would be ****ed as hell if I got my scores canceled because someone thought their concentration was broken.</p>
<p>■■■■■ thats kind of funny… i wonder if he felt sea sick or sth (hah sry i know that wasnt funny)</p>
<p>i was researching into this because my room had like phones going off and the proctor moving boxes and etc…
and apparently if some thing happens, you can tell collegeboard and they’ll give eveyrone in taht room a retake</p>
<p>i have no idea if that retake is in october or in november.. but im gnona guess its the next testing date…
if u find out can u let me know too? im thining of complaining about my problem toooo yeah</p>
<p>the proctor next door started after us, so 2 minutes in, i would hear OK YOU HAVE 25 MINUTES ON THIS SECTION… otherwise i think there weren’t any distractions. besides kids pressing their calculator like mad, and kids sniffling (no offense to anyone) but that was just annoying lol</p>
<p>I brought in 6B pencils since I’m afraid 2B wouldn’t be dark enough if my essay is to be scanned before marked by the examiner. During the 1st few sections, the proctor didn’t notice it so it went ok for me. But during section 5 or sth, she interupted me because I wasn’t using 2B pencil, then gave me a 2B pencil which looks exactly identical to my 6B apart from the little number at the top. And for the rest of the test, she kept watching me to make sure that Im using HER pencil instead of MINE. When I accidentially picked up the 6B one, she interupted me to make me use hers. I had to throw my 6B pencils away just to shut her up. I mean what’s the big deal? Is it considered “cheating” when you’re using 6B pencil instead of 2B? I was utterly annoyed and my concentration was surely disrupted by that b**ch!</p>
<p>The girl behind me was seriously pressing her calculator keys like there was no tommorrow. I thought she was like playing the Mephisto Waltz on that thing. I don’t know what she was doing because nobody should need to press that many calculator keys to answer the math questions. Lol when I was bored after I finished the math sections I would just mess around with my calculator keys just like she did, I was so annoyed by her (I hope I didn’t distract anyone else haha!)</p>
<p>Also this guy kept banging on the crease of his test book, trying to get it like 100% flat on his desk. He would bang like 5 times every turn of the page. Talk about OCD. </p>
<p>And finally we had the typical girl with plastic nails who kept clicking them on the desk, and bubble gum popper. I’m sad to say that <em>I</em> was the one with the sniffles in my room.. must have sneezed or blown my nose like 30 times, sorry guys! I know that must have been annoying to some people, but I couldn’t help having a cold!</p>
<p>I got an email from the CB (“Tell us about your SAT Experience”). Anyone else get it?</p>
<p>One test, in an air conditioned room in June, the proctor had the brilliant idea of “opening the windows” (90F, pollen high) to “get some air in”, despite our protests (every student was enjoying the A/C). It drove my allergies nuts, and with 50 of us in the room (1 proctor, it was a complete violation- ratio has to be below 35/1), it drove my allergies nuts, and it was boiling. Not a windy day at all…</p>
<p>And then there are the kids with annoying habits. Most have been mentioned. I had a kid who read the test aloud in my center and the proctor did nothing, despite complaints.</p>
<p>My daughter took the ACT at a high school that was having a wrestling match at the same time as the test. One of the wrestlers thought it would be funny to pull the fire alarm. All the ACT takers had to stand in the cold rain while the entire school was cleared by the fire dept. We didn’t hear anything about irregularities/retesting/canceling scores.</p>
<p>Many many years ago, the boy next to me during the SAT threw up between my desk and his, during the 2nd test. The proctor excused him but then did nothing! No janitor clean up, and I was not permitted to change my seat. That whole time… I watched his puddle… oh! It was horrible. I wrote a letter (no computers then) to the CB and described the incident, gave them the proctor’s # and name, even gave them my room,seat & test #'s. They permitted me to retake the exam on the next sitting, free, and my scores were reported as if they were from the original sitting (which was important to me since that was the only sitting my first choice college accepted). </p>
<p>Oh, I really feel for you. What an awful memory. The best part was: my score went up almost 300 points on the retake, and I went off to the college of my choice.</p>
<p>Different school, different test from the one I mentioned before. no rain, but three fire alarms during an SAT I. An “irregularity report” was filed. No action was taken, since we didn’t talk about the SAT and lost time was given back.</p>
<p>(It’s still crap, since you get distracted. One fire alarm, keep the scores, but 3???)</p>
<p>The reason behind the “Use #2 pencil” thing is because it is the most common type- they design the answer paper to not smudge (but erase w/o mistaken marks) #2 lead.</p>
<h1>1 lead smudges very easily (cannot fully erase, machines would probably screw it up while scanning) , #6B is much harder (damage to answer sheet is much more likely).</h1>
<p>While her conduct was kind of weird (making you throw out the pencils), there is a proper reason for forcing you to use #2 pencils.</p>
<p>i feel your pain man, that happened during one of our ap exams and everyone was just on the floor laughing including the proctor who was very disruptive, they couldnt do anything bout our scores</p>
<p>LOL…that’s just as bad as having some snot-nosed kid sniffle his way through the entire test with no tissue.</p>
<p>…in March , I had these midget dudes from middle school dribbling the
basketball right outside our window…apparently a deciding match was
being played…:mad:</p>
<p>The “open the windows when it’s 90F” out one was actually a double whammy: The marching band was practicing right outside throughout the entire thing. They “needed” to practice right there apparently.</p>