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Bagby says one company she interviewed withgave her a "psychological exam [which was] made upin...

Author: By Susan A. Chen, | Title: Corporate Finance Attracts Class of '95 | 6/7/1995 | See Source »

...department is also considering abolishing the general exam, Bisson said. The government department eliminated its own general exams last month...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Rewriting HISTORY | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

Davis said he noticed at the beginning of the exam that some students had brought in many more pages than were allowed and told them to put the excess sheets away...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Professor, Students Clash on Exam Aids | 5/26/1995 | See Source »

...rules set by the College Board, all students who take the test must have a hand-held graphing calculator. Those who lack this powerful machine, which graphs complex equations, will have to sign a waiver stating that they will not challenge their scores if they do poorly on the exam because they do not use a graphing calculator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROLE OF A NEW MACHINE | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

...controversy will not help this year's test takers, who will need the calculators for as much as 15% of the exam. Those scoring below a 4 (out of 5) may not receive college credit in calculus, thereby losing a chance to cut tuition costs. And some students feel they may be losing far more. Says Ernesto Andrianantoandro, a Highland Park senior who hopes to borrow a calculator from his school to take the exam: "I took this class because I wanted to do calculus and use my brain, not some machine's brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROLE OF A NEW MACHINE | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

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