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Pencils in Exams

  • 06-12-2012 3:02pm
    #1
    Celestial12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm just wondering if it's possible to use a pencil to write in exams or are we permitted to use pen only? I know you're allowed to use pencil for the MCQ sheets but I'm not sure if it's allowed for longer questions.

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    biddywiddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭biddywiddy


    I'm not sure if there's a definite rule either way, but you're probably better to use pen. By the time your exam script is corrected, the pencil could have been smudged and be difficult to read. If you're sitting an exam in a science/maths subject, depending on the method of the corrector, your script could have been opened several times - e.g. say someone corrects all the Q1s, then all the Q2s, etc. from a big bundle of exam scripts - giving lots of opportunity for smudging as the pages rub against each other.


  • #3
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭BhoscaCapall


    Pencil....smudges?


  • #4
    Nailz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    BhoscaCapall wrote: »
    Pencil....smudges?
    Sorry for being pedantic, but pens smudge too if you're ciotógach like me. ;)


  • #5
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭BhoscaCapall


    Nailz wrote: »
    Sorry for being pedantic, but pens smudge too if you're ciotógach like me. ;)
    I know pens smudge. I've never had a pencil smudge though, which is why I was confused someone would give it as a reason to use pens over pencils.


  • #6
    Nailz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    BhoscaCapall wrote: »
    I know pens smudge. I've never had a pencil smudge though, which is why I was confused someone would give it as a reason to use pens over pencils.
    Oh sorry I took your post up wrong there dude! Wel I've never smudged the page with pencil, I have had the side of my hand look like an iron bar many a day.


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  • #7
    iliketomoveit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭iliketomoveit


    I did six out of seven of my leaving cert exams in pencil. I think its much more preferable, especially when writing essays, or in maths, etc. It looks a lot neater than what you would usually hand up, and its a lot easier for the examiner to read, as there are no messy scribbles all over the place. Only thing I would say is, use a pencil that is HB or darker


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