The "Rules"

WRITTEN PRELIM PROCEDURES, January 2009

First of all, if you have decided you aren't going to take the exam after all, I am the one you tell (not the committee). And be sure to tell me, so we don't hang around in the hall waiting for you.

What you should bring with you:

Pens

A jacket or sweater in case you get cold.

[International students who wish to bring a translation dictionary should

bring it to my office--8127--a few days before the exam and I will give it

back to you on the morning of your exam.]

What you will have to leave behind, or check with the proctor:

Backpacks, coats, books, papers.

You can't bring your own calculator.

No food by the computers (but you can leave it in the hall right outside). You can bring a drink, if it is in a container with a cover.

We will provide paper for you to use during the exam, in case you want to scribble an outline or include a graph or something like that to be attached to your exam after it is printed.

When and where:

Come to the hall outside Rm. 3313 Soc Sci at approximately 8:50 a.m.

Your morning exam will be picked up at 12 or 12:30

(Students for whom English is a second language get an extra half-hour.)

The afternoon exams will be given out in--or right outside--the exam room,

at 1 or 1:30. They will be picked up at 4 or 5.

What happens:

You will be given your exam questions for the morning . You will have a code number to write or type at the top of the exam (you don't write your name on your exam). You will be instructed as to where you on the computer you should save your file. This is very important. There will be a proctor. If you should need to leave the room for a few minutes (bathroom, nicotine fix, snack), you will leave your materials at your computer station and check out with the proctor, who will note the time you leave and the time you return. You may not go to your office or consult notes during the time you are out of the exam room during the morning or afternoon sessions (which probably should go without saying).

At 12 noon (12:30 if English is a second language) you will be told to stop writing. Students who write until 12:30 will return at 1:30 for the afternoon exam.

In the afternoon the same procedures apply. You will begin writing at 1 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. and will be told to stop at 4 or 5.