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| actual pencil I used, I lost the eraser |
I have read a lot about erasures during board exams. They say that you are NOT allowed to erase the ones you have already shaded and should move on. If you erase, from that number that you corrected, the machine that reads the exam paper will stop there. I do not know if this is accurate. I also read about many people who have erased but according to them they still got high scores in the board exam. They say that we need not be scared in erasing wrongly shaded items.
One thing I want to share with you from experience, it is better NOT to erase.
Before taking my exam, I have read a lot of blogs and I have researched a lot about the board exams, what to do on that day or the HOW TOs and all. It made me more prepared since I already know what to do during the exam day.
It made me more prepared that I decided I will erase if ever I have shaded any item that I think I have shaded wrongly. I told myself I'd be very careful in shading but IF ever I'll have corrections... I'd DO it...I'll erase.
It made me more prepared that I decided I will erase if ever I have shaded any item that I think I have shaded wrongly. I told myself I'd be very careful in shading but IF ever I'll have corrections... I'd DO it...I'll erase.
On the day of the exam, it was on the second day that I did it. I remembered clearly...it was exam IV and it was item #80. That was all!
When I got the results, guess what?
That exam that I had made an erasure was my lowest. It all flashed back into me the blogs that I have read about 'making erasures is OK'.
What if that person erased in item #90 up?...Then that would give him more chances of a higher score than the ones who will erase from #50 below right?
What if that person erased in item #90 up?...Then that would give him more chances of a higher score than the ones who will erase from #50 below right?
Or what If he erased on item #80 like me but then has perfected his answers from items 1-79?
What if I erased on item #1, would I have 0% on my Exam IV. A lot was going to my mind, even up to now.
I have realized that there are a lot of factors to consider.
It is POSSIBLE to make erasures and still have high score. Well, I am not saying that because I had erased that I got low grade on that part of the exam. It might be because I did not study enough or it may be coincidental that I got a low grade on the exam that I had erasure. But as I have said, better NOT erase at all so that you will know if it were really your answers that made that low score for you and not the erasure you committed. You don't want to end up having regrets like me. huhuhu!
It is POSSIBLE to make erasures and still have high score. Well, I am not saying that because I had erased that I got low grade on that part of the exam. It might be because I did not study enough or it may be coincidental that I got a low grade on the exam that I had erasure. But as I have said, better NOT erase at all so that you will know if it were really your answers that made that low score for you and not the erasure you committed. You don't want to end up having regrets like me. huhuhu!
Lesson learned: (Maging sigurista!) Prudence is a virtue! XD
Good thing I passed the exam, if not, I'd be so,
Good thing I passed the exam, if not, I'd be so,
so unhappy.
Good luck to the future Nursing Board Exam takers.
God bless!
