<p>on that agreement thing in the back, it says do not print. my proctor just told us to write not flat out bold print, we didnt have to write in script (most people dont know how)</p>
<p>what could happen?</p>
<p>Well, my friend printed in block letters too. ETS agents showed up at his house in a black van. We didn’t see him for a week. He says they branded the number 2400 on his buttocks as well as nasally probed his brain for memories of cheating. After they found out he couldn’t read directions, they released him back into society with a tracer permanently affixed to his naval.</p>
<p>haha —> 10 char</p>
<p>I can’t believe people don’t know how to write in cursive. That’s the only way I write.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, I saw this kid in my class writing ‘<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com”>www.collegeboard.com</a>’ in cursive on a scrap piece of paper. I asked him what he was doing, and another kid was like, “He’s practicing the hardest part of the Math II SAT.” ~__~ Jerks. </p>
<p>Semi-relevantly, CollegeBoard says that you’re likely to score higher on an essay written in cursive than in print – an average of 7.2 as opposed to 7.0.</p>
<p>(Of course, there are plenty of possible explanations for the correlation, not necessarily cause-effect; for example, maybe the kids confident enough to write in cursive are those who are better writers, etc etc. Overanalyze, much? Regardless, I wish I’d written in cursive. xD)</p>
<p>in elementary school they ground it into you, and tell you it’s the only accepted form of writing in middle school and high school. Why do they say that?</p>
<p>I don’t know! In elementary school, they say we’ll have to use it in middle school; in middle school, they say we’ll need it in high school. It is universal. They even did it to my parents. It is a mystery of generations.</p>
<p>I grew up in a private school - cursive was the ONLY thing we saw. Print didn’t exist, not even in the middle and high schools.</p>
<p>When I transferred to public school, I was shocked that people didn’t know how to write in cursive. I guess I was just sheltered ^^;</p>
<p>nothing will happen they will stil score ur test. wen i first took it i forgot to write it in script too, but they still graded it on time</p>
<p>wait, wat part are u talking about, wat part were we suppsoed to write in script??</p>
<p>Where you have to copy the part that reads “I hereby..” and sign your name.</p>
<p>ooo wat if i wrote in print</p>
<p>oooooooh i cant believe you did that. IT SAYS WRITE IN CURSIVE. there goes your future.</p>
<p>read second post.</p>
<p>I know! I wrote it in print, and was chirping along happily when, suddenly, I realized we had to write in</p>
<p>CURSIVE.</p>
<p>I ended up drawing little connecting lines between the block letters to make it look cursive-ey. completely illegible result. </p>
<p>oh no, looks like I’m doomed to the ETS van as well.</p>
<p>lol.. I totally botched this section, my cursive was hardly legible, my s’s were the same as my r’s, and I ended up writing the last 6 words in print haha</p>
<p>Yeah I went to private school for one year, second grade rofl, and they just kept pushing cursive on me till I’d just write it for everything. When I went back to public school for 3rd grade I was like, hey, why doesn’t anyone write in cursive here loOl?</p>
<p>I wrote that statement in print, and they rejected my scores…sent an official letter and everything.</p>
<p>Just kidding. They didnt do anything at all. Got my scores on time and never heard a word from CB.</p>
<p>I wrote my statement entirely in print, due to the fact that I could never get used to cursive. </p>
<p>Scores came on time, I’ve done it on several SAT Is and IIs without issue. Other than the tracer…still trying to remove that ;)</p>
<p>WHY cursive??</p>
<p>I guess the assumption that it is hard to imitate cursive for a long statement (vs. a signature), and block letters would probably be easier to write consistently.</p>