notoriety Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hey there My first exam is on Wednesday and I'm freaking out about the smallest things, possibly to distract myself from the REAL stress. Does anyone know if we have to write in blue or black ink in the exam? Are coloured pencils/highliters permitted? They would be useful on some exams like language A1 or A2 Paper1. If anyone knows please answer. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Blue and Black work. BLUE+BLACK also works.Highlighters and color pencils should not be used as many of your papers are scanned and the highlighting makes the words look smudged. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Tabari Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 You are also not allowed to use gel pens. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Butter Jelly Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 So do they use a color scanner? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gemini Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I guess it depends on the paper... But most papers are black and white seeing as they don't contain images... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
White94 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Highlighters can be used to highlight parts of questions (if it helps) but can't be used to highlight your written work, as it won't scan in. Black or blue ink is permitted in the exam and a pencil that draws dark lines also (for diagrams). Geographers can use colored pencils, but I don't know to what extent. Good luck Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kati Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Are we allowed to use fountain pens and ink erasers for these? Or would erasable pens be an option? I just don't like the fact that we're not allowed white-out and want something I can erase and change... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Tabari Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 As far as I've understood it you must use a ballpoint pen. That's at least what a representative of the IB told me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Stark Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 As far as I've understood it you must use a ballpoint pen. That's at least what a representative of the IB told me.Eh, I used an ink pen in my History exams last year, no issue... and they were scanned and e-marked. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 You're technically not meant to use ink pen because it can be erased (with ink erasers) and therefore your work can be messed around with. However you can use it if you want to because to be honest nobody cares and nobody can tell either! However, if you've done something incorrectly, cross it out rather than using an ink eraser/whiting it out (because it's quite obvious when somebody has done this and you're not meant to be allowed to). It's much faster and you'll get marked the same. Unless your writing is illegible, the examiners don't give you bonus point for the page looking pretty. All you're doing is wasting your own time erasing something which could have been dashed out in half a second and you could have moved on to the next question. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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