NGupta Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Hey everyone, I have a question regarding the manual dexterity section of the DAT. I took the Kaplan course over the summer and was taught to use my knife as a method of marking soap (very, very light indentations). I was also told these indentations are NOT taken into account when the final product is being marked. I'm just wondering what the general consensus is among those writing the DATs. Do you use a pencil? a knife? Do you think its a good idea to use a knife instead of a pencil? I actually tried using a pencil and found it got a little too time consuming - I'll adapt, however, if using a knife isn't a good idea. Thanks for the help - Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiel Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 On the DAT your marked on your hand and eye coordination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adversary Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Mark with knife... you want to practice doing that well so that you have more time to spend on carving your soap. Many of my colleagues like to use the knife method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyver03 Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 I use the knive to mark the ends of the soap so that I get 2 perpendicular lines. As for the body, I use a sharp pensil. The markings on the soap are not considered into your final mark. So using a pencil is better than a knife, in case you nicked your soap by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBJ1 Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Just to clarify, if we mark the soap using the knife, will we be penalized for any markings that it creates? By markings, what I mean is if I am drawing a circumferential line and used the knife to create indentations, is it ok if at the very end, you can still see these indentations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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