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Guest ChrisJones

Does anyone know if you can use the bic lead pencils? (i.e. mechanical pencils) Or does it actually have to be a wood regular pencil #2 to fill in the scantron?

 

Thanks for the help.

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Guest Jochi1543

It'll take a bit more time/effort to use a mechanical pencil, I'd imagine. I hate pencils, especially old-school ones, but when I took SAT and TOEFL, we were told to use #2 pencils, so that's what I brought and that's what they handed out at the exam to those who hadn't brought them. Why not just follow the instructions though?

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Guest ChrisJones

Thanks silverjelly, good to know.

 

Yeah I hadn't noticed that it says #2 on the mechanical pencil... I just prefer this kind over the regular wooden. So I'm glad to know that it worked for you last year. :)

 

Thanks for the input too Jochi.

 

I know it is a silly question but replies are always appreciated.

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Guest darlaa

I asked this question of a couple friends of mine. They strongly recommended lots of yellow old school pencils because you have to make sure the little circles are completely filled in. Having a somewhat dull pencil will make this faster for you-cuts down on zen bubbling time, but may save you a bit (a tiny bit) of time that you can use on squeezing out another question.

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