Submitted by coeurveineux on Wed, 06/06/2018 - 16:33
Hello,
My apologies for having suddenly disappeared from the forum and stopped answering, returning to school has quite messed up with my schedule.
I have some stupid questions regarding writing habits in STEP questions. I've been told to use black ink and start a new copy for each question. However, I am a French student, and we are always asked to underline our results (which I usually do with a blue highlighter). Should I do the same for STEP ? Moreover, I tend to use pencils and red / green / blue pen when I draw a graph for it to be clearer (or to sketch a system in Mechanics). Does anyone know if that's fine ? I know that copies tend to be scanned and sent digitally in many exams, so I fear that part of my results or sketch might get invisible once scanned. Anyone knows if there's any risk ?
Thank you for reassuring me,
Good luck to everyone !
Crossing out
Another question I've forgotten to ask : given that we are in limited time, is crossing out answers on your answer sheet accepted (as long as this is made cleanly) ?
Answer booklet
There is some information about the answer booklets used for STEP on this page http://www.admissionstesting.org/for-test-takers/step/about-step/.
STEP papers are marked with the original scripts rather than scanned copies. I believe this to be true for overseas students as well as UK based students, but I will double check. This means that coloured pens etc will be fine. Underlining your final answers is a good idea.
You have a 40 page booklet for STEP. You can start each question on a new page if you like (and leaving a bit of page after the end of a question might not be a bad idea). You do need to write all of your working in this booklet though.
Neatly crossing out work that you don't want to be marked is fine, but make sure you have answers to 6 questions which are not crossed out! The other advantage of crossing it out neatly (e.g. one line through it) is that if you change your mind you can write "crossed out in error, please mark this" or similar next to it and it will be marked.
Thanks
Thank you for your answer !
Now I have a better idea of what to expect.