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Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:18 pm
by chadbrochill
If your testing center allows you to choose a seat, which do you go for?

Closest to front to avoid seeing others or farther back to avoid proctor distraction?

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:20 pm
by gaud
Two of the three times I took the test the seats were basically assigned. If they aren't go for an end seat, that way you aren't squished.

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:22 pm
by sinfiery
In the middle so I can fix bad bubbling on previous sections without being noticed :D

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:52 pm
by MsAvocadoPit
front! last time I was there, they setup their digital timer on the front desk and had it facing towards us. It was like a kitchen timer, pretty small, and being near back I couldn't really see it.

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:52 am
by TripTrip
I didn't know anywhere let you pick! I'm pretty sure they assigned my seat well in advance.

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:09 am
by CalAlumni
What ever you do be sure your window seat which may seem fine at 8:30am doesn't become all sunny, hot, and/or uncomfortable as the test progresses.

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:11 am
by dingbat
sit on the pot

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:05 pm
by Poo-T
gotta be in da cool section

Sa-dah-tay!

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:47 pm
by TomThompson
MsAvocadoPit wrote:front! last time I was there, they setup their digital timer on the front desk and had it facing towards us. It was like a kitchen timer, pretty small, and being near back I couldn't really see it.
Do most test centres have digital timers? That would be a huge incentive to sit at the front (and arrive extra early)

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:54 pm
by tectonic
CalAlumni wrote:What ever you do be sure your window seat which may seem fine at 8:30am doesn't become all sunny, hot, and/or uncomfortable as the test progresses.
+1

On my first testing, I sat next to a window with blinds. Someone requested that the blinds be opened (WHY?!). After a while, I had streams of sunlight coming through the blinds and making it difficult to read my booklet. I had to raise my hand and request that they be closed.

Just don't bother with window seats, not worth it.

I would probably sit near the front. Seems a little less claustrophobic to me to have nothing in front of you, instead of a row of people.

Re: Best Seat in the House?

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:01 pm
by Theopliske8711
I would say that perhaps sitting in front of the window in daytime would be better than right under fluorescent light. I live in NYC, so I doubt the weather in Dec will permit either an open window or sunshine.