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I've been practicing with a watch so I can track my time. I don't wear the watch---instead, I lay it on my desktop. Am I allowed to do that on test day? In other words, can I just keep it on my desk and not wear it? Or do I have to actually wear the watch since we're only allowed to have pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, and highlighter on our desk?
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i also like to keep it on my table! i prefer that to watching it not sure about the answer though
Read the "permitted on desktop" section of your admission ticket. Watches are allowed to be on the desk.
I kept mine on the desk.
I kept mine on the desk and it was fine.
keeping it on the desk
My watch doesn't lay well on a desktop, but have heard from many others that they put it on the desk and it's no problem.
For the July test, I saw that a lot of people had the watch propped up in front of them. I thought that was a pretty novel idea so I started doing it for PTs and it has dramatically helped. Who knew something so simple could be so helpful? Gone are the days of me glancing down at my wrist while wasting away the seconds...
Thanks so much everyone!
We are allowed to bring in 2 or 3 watches, right??????
lol
Yes, it's generally allowed, but it depends on your proctor.
I brought 3. Left 1 in my plastic bag and wore 2 under my sweater. When I went inside I put all 3 on my desk. The proctor made me remove them and only let me keep 1 watch on my desk. They were also taking away people’s chocolate and groping my keychain. I had shitty strict proctors.
Hey @Tom_Tango,
I know you are not trying to be mean or anything, but this is 7Sage's #1 forum rule:
https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/15/forum-rules
You often respond using just a few words ("Just lie." "it doesn't matter." "no"). Of course, it all depends on the context (Sometimes people posts GIFs only and that's okay). But I think saying something like "lol" to someone who posted a question (and doesn't seem to be joking) isn't very nice.
I know you didn't mean it, but it looks as if you don't care. I know it's very subjective, but 7Sage is a supportive, caring community for LSAT students, and I'd appreciate if you think that there is a person reading what you write to them
So what do you guys think I should do then?
I have 3 watches. I've been using all 3 on my PTs...should I bring them or just bring one?
...kinda freaking out right now LOL
when you put a watch on the table, does it have to be facing up? i like to keep my watch facing down, and then to only turn it up and only look at it when i hit Questions 10, 15, 25.
otherwise, it's tempting/a waste of time to look at the watch constantly.
No reason to freak out. Just bring all of them and know that you may be told to only have one watch on your desk. I think chill proctors are more likely than non-chill proctors.
Honestly anything you think has a small chance of being thrown away before the test just wear under your sleeve or put it in your pocket or whatever.
I put my chocolate bar in my sweater pocket when they searched our bags and then switched it back into my bag after lol i have low blood sugar and didn’t wanna argue w a proctor before the test. Not condoning doing ~illegal~ things but some of that is just proctors making up arbitrary rules and being on a power trip.
What is up with the chocolate confiscation?? I've never heard of such a thing. To my knowledge, the only rule is the snack has to fit in your bag and the bag stays under the table. And no glass/metal containers. But what the heck? Why did they take chocolate?
@"Leah M B" idk someone in front of me wasn’t allowed in with their chocolate and they just ate the whole thing in line. It was one of those that’s aluminum wrapped and then has a sleeve over it. idk if they were only allowing one snack or if they had a problem with her packaging.
I also hid my plastic fork in my pocket lol I was so paranoid those proctors were gonna try to make me eat my salad with my hands.
No, I think it doesn’t have to be facing up. It’s up to you!
I had 2 watches on the desk on the test day, and it was fine. But we’ve had mixed reports on getting it past the proctors.
The rule is ambiguous and it does say “an analog (nondigital) wristwatch” (singular) so proctors might remove it based on that rule.
@akistotle
o gotcha thanks! how do they know what you're wearing is an analog watch? do they check your watch when you first enter the room?
with a watch facing down the desk, i'm not sure how they'll see whether it's analog or not.
The proctors search your bag before the test while you’re in line to enter the room. Most people keep their watch in their bag until they enter the testing room.
Yea, you will be checked if you have an analog watch when you enter the room.