<p>i am afraid to think of what these guys would do if they knew that a scanning machine can read bubbles that aren’t completely filled in but just in a “+” with a circle around it. this works on our school scantrons but i wouldn’t personally try it on the SAT, unless you’re paying for that extra hand-graded MC whatever thingy. better safe than sorry, right?</p>
<p>Wow I was completely just kidding…calm down, crazy CC kids.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I can’t comment - I bring extra batteries. But that precaution was inspired by a bad experience in the middle of a precalc final, so it CAN happen…</p>
<p>Today, I tried that idea that OP suggested except I took 6 (2 extra… just incase the ‘just incase’ one went faulty, and I just found the other in my bag haha).</p>
<p>And I put them all hidden under my jacket, which I left on the chair next to me, because I didnt want people to think I was this weird ‘take-6-pencils-to-a-test’ person. And at the end of the test (i ended up only using 2), I totally forgot that I had 4 of them hidden under the jacket, and I picked up the jacket really abruptedly. And then all the pencils fell on the floor. And they kinda made a loud noise and they rolled in EVERY direction possible. And people around looked at the pencils on the floor, then looked at the 2 pencils on my desk, then looked at me, and looked at each other, giving each other the ‘omg-what-a-freak’ look. Luckily I had my friends somewhere nearby and they laughed and I laughed WITH them, so in the end,I didnt look totally strange :)</p>
<p>I once took seven pencils to a test and ended up using only 1. The rest (which were all in the back pocket of my jeans) were poking at me like crazy for hours. I could only get up during the break so I had to sit on them!!
But the test was okay…</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>i just used this method and it did save time~~</p>
<p>I don’t know whats worse, the fact that you posted this and clogged up the internet. Or the fact that I actually took your advice.</p>
<p>I’m kidding :)</p>
<p>i took the advice dudes</p>
<p>lol. wow. cant’t believe u guys actually came up with that. Kinda reminds me of those kids who buy all the small,fancy, itty bitty stuff for back to school and pass with like D’s.</p>
<p>I actually used a mechanical. I always do. I hate number two pencils.</p>
<p>I got a 2340 with one pencil and it was the freebie one the collegeboard gives out.</p>
<p>ha. Exactly corroborator.</p>
<p>lol how could you not bring a pencil to the SAT’s… its like going to the nicest restraunt in the country and not bringing a fork when it says on the invite to bring a 2 forks lolz</p>
<p>haha i cant believe there is a thread over this…</p>
<p>On the test, there were about 3-4 warnings to not use a mechanical pencil, so the whole time I was trying to hide my Dr. Grip from my proctor because she wouldn’t let us use them heh.</p>
<p>this strategy works. i took the test today and i didnt waste time bubbling, i wasted time on the work! this strategy works well. the only mechanical pencil that is useful are .7 lead ones because the circling is much smoother and the lead is thick (if you love mechanical), but the #2 getting thicker is the best.</p>