Students must bring recent photo identification (photo ID) and should bring their registration receipt if they have one.- Photo ID might be held for the duration of the exam.
- Students should arrive 30-45 minutes before the start of the exam for registration check.
- For security reasons, students may take to their desks only the following items: two pens, their wallet, the booklet and instruction sheet given to them before they entered the exam room.
- All other items, including coats and jackets, should be put at the side or front of the room.
- Students should turn off all electronic devices, especially cell phones (a cell phone turned to vibrate is also noisy).
- If students don't have a secure place to store their cell phones or other electronic devices, they should leave them and their photo ID with the supervisor at the back of the room.
- Once the exam starts, students should not leave the exam room until they have completed and handed in the exam.
Before the exam
Students need to put the following information on the cover of the exam booklet:
- their full name
- Students must use the same name or names they used when they registered for the exam.
- the date of the exam
- their legal signature in the bottom left of the booklet where it says "signature”
- A person’s legal signature is, for example, what he or she writes on a credit or debit receipt.
Students also need to print their name on the top of the instruction sheet and the exam sheet, and should read the instruction sheet included with the booklet before beginning the exam.
Writing instructions
- Write in pen. Pencil is not acceptable.
- Write on only one side of the page.
- Double space (leave one blank line between each line of writing).
- Spend approximately 30 minutes on the summary and 90 minutes on the essay.
- Leave yourself time to proofread.
- Write approximately 100 words for the summary. Be careful to use your own words. Do NOT copy the wording of the original passage.
- Write approximately 400 words for the essay.
- Make sure that you finish both parts of the exam. Incomplete exams will receive a zero.
- Make sure that you read the essay topic carefully and answer the question asked. Exams with off-topic essays will be given a zero.
- Do NOT remove anything from the answer booklet. Students who remove a page or pages might receive a zero for the exam.
Note: Students who receive a zero have to write the exam again.
Handing in the exam
- Make sure you have printed your name on the exam booklet, the instruction sheet, and the exam sheet. Also, make sure you have signed the booklet.
- Bring the booklet, exam sheet, and the instruction sheet to the supervisors at the front of the room.
- Wait for the supervisors to check your materials.
- Pick up the green sheet that explains how to find your results and what each score means.
- Collect all your belongings before you leave.
