Pencil marks in reference material

[RBHeadge PE]

I agree with people that say everyone has to evaluate the "risk" for themselves.  And there will always be a handful of overzealous proctors... but I literally brought in 10 from my college grad classes 100% filled with handwritten notes (plus an additional binder I created for studying).  If a proctor honestly thought I wrote all of that during a 4hr exam... I guess they win and I'm retaking the test.  It just seems incredibly improbable.  

It happened in Maryland in 2013.

 

[matt267 PE]

hahaha, Maryland was the center of the FitBit issue too.

 

[JGipe1]

I'm taking the Exam in Maryland next week.

So if I wrote notes in pencil in my EET binders, this could be a problem?

Do 3-ring binders also need covers?

 

[matt267 PE]

I'm taking the Exam in Maryland next week.

So if I wrote notes in pencil in my EET binders, this could be a problem?

Do 3-ring binders also need covers?

I would call the board. Make no assumptions.

 

[JGipe1]

This is from my chat with NCEES

 

[ngmakhlo_PE]

Thank you @JGipe1 for putting that to rest once and for all! I was beginning to highlight my pencil marks as I was going through my EET binder studying so I will not be doing that moving forward.

 

[ptatohed]

It happened in Maryland in 2013.

What happened?

I'm taking the Exam in Maryland next week.

So if I wrote notes in pencil in my EET binders, this could be a problem?

Do 3-ring binders also need covers?

Read this whole thread, it is not a problem. 

What do you mean by "covers"? 

 

[ptatohed]

Thank you @JGipe1 for putting that to rest once and for all! I was beginning to highlight my pencil marks as I was going through my EET binder studying so I will not be doing that moving forward.

Or you could have listened to ptatohed from post #2 and not wasted any time at all highlighting.   

 

[RBHeadge PE]

This is from my chat with NCEES

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It sounds like you're safe.

Maryland got rid of the pre-written pencil marking rule before the Oct 2014 exam.

 

[ngmakhlo_PE]

Or you could have listened to ptatohed from post #2 and not wasted any time at all highlighting.   

I know I know :B , I have way more important things to spend my time focusing on anyway!!  

 

[jijir83]

My first equation sheet was written entirely in pencil and that's the page I had open the most. I took the test in April in CA. The proctors didn't seem to be checking nor care. They also didn't care about a number of things that were clear rules. My understanding is that you can't be writing on anything other than your workbook during the test. But I hear people's point about overzealous proctors. Maybe highlighting or laminating is prudent.

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