Scantron mechanical, reporting, receive, entirely, mistakes

cross-ied

Anyone else feel extremely nervous about the scantron marking system? I'm fairly confident I did well, however the entire grading and reporting process makes me nervous and I wont be comfortable until I receive the results. I spent so much time trying to fill in those ovals perfectly and erasing mistakes entirely however I still feel helpless to some sort of human or mechanical error.

cyber21

I've heard those machines are really sophisticated. They can tell when you've erased an answer, no matter how well you think you've gotten rid of it, but they recognize that it has been erased, which is the important thing. They must be able to detect which mark is stronger, and go based on that.

sgupta0827

I was worried about that also as during afternoon while waiting to hand in the afternoon exam as finished after the 2:30 hour mark I checked over and noticed had not bubbled in the numbers for my ID and also had somehow had missed a bubble for my name. Worried had done something stupid like that for morning.

evolsteevol

I made my mark bigger than oval ( but do not invade other choices ) Would my answers be recognized and graded ???

Maddin

Stop worrying.

You're pursuing a designation which may lead to the opportunity to manage portfolios, and the idea of bubbling in scantron sheets is sending you into panic.

Breathe.

dontknow1987

thanks for advice

bluejazzy

evolsteevol Wrote:
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> Stop worrying.
>
> You're pursuing a designation which may lead to
> the opportunity to manage portfolios, and the idea
> of bubbling in scantron sheets is sending you into
> panic.
>
> Breathe.

right on. calm down people.

CFAI is pretty good about grading and has a ton of safeguards in place

LokiDog2

Nevermind.

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hariRaj

Relax guys, I'm sure CFA Institute takes great care in grading papers..no need to worry :-)