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Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:19 pm

I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Samara » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:20 pm

Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
If you're worried, request a hand-grading. They've been known to adjust for obvious mis-bubbling.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:21 pm

Samara wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
If you're worried, request a hand-grading. They've been known to adjust for obvious mis-bubbling.
Can we request this now or do we have to wait after we get the score? I might just do it now lol

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Samara » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:22 pm

Helicio wrote:
Samara wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
If you're worried, request a hand-grading. They've been known to adjust for obvious mis-bubbling.
Can we request this now or do we have to wait after we get the score? I might just do it now lol
Not sure, but I think you can request it before score release. It will delay your score a bit.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:24 pm

Samara wrote:
Helicio wrote:
Samara wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
If you're worried, request a hand-grading. They've been known to adjust for obvious mis-bubbling.
Can we request this now or do we have to wait after we get the score? I might just do it now lol
Not sure, but I think you can request it before score release. It will delay your score a bit.
I'll probably wait then and see if anything seems to be up. We can tell on our own with the PDFs and such, or am I wrong?

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by 20130312 » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:28 pm

You don't need that. Just forget about the LSAT for the next few weeks and enjoy your summer.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:29 pm

InGoodFaith wrote:You don't need that. Just forget about the LSAT for the next few weeks and enjoy your summer.
So hard to do my mang

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by BearState » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:30 pm

I found a thousand things to worry about, none of it came true. It really helps to have some project or work to focus on.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by maxmartin » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:36 pm

Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
in disclosed test, you will get a copy of your scantron, you will know for sure misbubble happened or not

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:45 pm

I think I'll continue to work on the first draft of my PS to take my mind off LSAT. Any takers for helping me edit the first draft? :)

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Sloth Hero » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:59 pm

Had it not been for my lovely fire alarm I would probably be basking in paranoia with you, Helicio.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by DaRascal » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:27 pm

I had a small misbubbling error on the exam. I had never ever done that before on PTs. Fortunately, I recognized right away that I had skipped a question and fixed it quickly.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Clearly » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:51 am

Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
I am now! Thanks bud!

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by sjwest » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:13 pm

Clearlynotstefan wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
I am now! Thanks bud!
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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by mewalke1 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:19 pm

Clearlynotstefan wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
I am now! Thanks bud!

yea thanks a lot

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Taus11 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:29 pm

Helicio is the most neurotic person this forum has ever seen, and there are many out here

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Br3v » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:36 pm

Taus11 wrote:Helicio is the most neurotic person this forum has ever seen, and there are many out here
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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:43 pm

Taus11 wrote:Helicio is the most neurotic person this forum has ever seen, and there are many out here
This post is about misbubbling, a fear many people have. When others make posts about what they will be eating on LSAT test day and such, I dunno how you came to this conclusion.

Justify the Conclusion for me?

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:44 pm

mewalke1 wrote:
Clearlynotstefan wrote:
Helicio wrote:I have absolutely no reason to think I misbubbled in June but this doubt keeps coming up persistently. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any way we can rationalize that the likelihood of misbubbling is probably pretty small?
I am now! Thanks bud!

yea thanks a lot
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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by UtilityMonster » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:46 pm

You should, once finished with a section, quickly go over the test to make sure you bubbled it correctly. I did this and I haven't the slightest worry that I misbubbled.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by 2014 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:50 pm

The only cases I've heard of hand grading having any benefit is if say you did very well on 3 sections and on the fourth section you missed like 19 in a row, yet moving all of the answers up one row would result in missing only one or whatnot. In other words it has to be pretty damn clear you screwed an entire section and not that you just accidentally bubbled the wrong answer a couple of times.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by BearState » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:00 pm

2014 wrote:The only cases I've heard of hand grading having any benefit is if say you did very well on 3 sections and on the fourth section you missed like 19 in a row, yet moving all of the answers up one row would result in missing only one or whatnot. In other words it has to be pretty damn clear you screwed an entire section and not that you just accidentally bubbled the wrong answer a couple of times.
LSAC would give you the higher score in the case bolded if you asked for hand grading? I find that incredible.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by rabbitrun » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:13 pm

2014 wrote:The only cases I've heard of hand grading having any benefit is if say you did very well on 3 sections and on the fourth section you missed like 19 in a row, yet moving all of the answers up one row would result in missing only one or whatnot. In other words it has to be pretty damn clear you screwed an entire section and not that you just accidentally bubbled the wrong answer a couple of times.
I don't think this is right. I thought hand grading was more for bubbles that were half filled or what not.
I'm probably going to have to get mine hand graded. I kept scribbling in some change as the proctor called TIME, scaring me half to death, pencil going everywhere.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by Helicio » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:27 pm

rabbitrun wrote:
2014 wrote:The only cases I've heard of hand grading having any benefit is if say you did very well on 3 sections and on the fourth section you missed like 19 in a row, yet moving all of the answers up one row would result in missing only one or whatnot. In other words it has to be pretty damn clear you screwed an entire section and not that you just accidentally bubbled the wrong answer a couple of times.
I don't think this is right. I thought hand grading was more for bubbles that were half filled or what not.
I'm probably going to have to get mine hand graded. I kept scribbling in some change as the proctor called TIME, scaring me half to death, pencil going everywhere.
Yeah I am worried about the same thing. Like, I am not worried that I bubbled for the wrong questions, just that I didn't fill in the circles enough and such.

So I'll wait for my score then request a hand grading if something seems wrong.

I also am worried that since I bubbled in the answer sheet while it was sitting on my test booklet, the circles won't be dark enough.

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Re: Paranoia about misbubbling

Post by 2014 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:07 pm

BearState wrote:
2014 wrote:The only cases I've heard of hand grading having any benefit is if say you did very well on 3 sections and on the fourth section you missed like 19 in a row, yet moving all of the answers up one row would result in missing only one or whatnot. In other words it has to be pretty damn clear you screwed an entire section and not that you just accidentally bubbled the wrong answer a couple of times.
LSAC would give you the higher score in the case bolded if you asked for hand grading? I find that incredible.
I've seen multiple people over the years claim that happened, but again it would have to be so painstakingly obvious and even then probably isn't a sure thing.

As for the like half bubbling deal, I think we would all be surprised at how good of a job the machines do. I would only worry about it if you erased a lot and had a really really shitty eraser. If you get your results back and the sheet says you marked something down, I'd be almost certain that is what you marked down.

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