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floatie wrote:I live in a not-super-safe big city where my options to get to my testing center are either taxi, uber, or the subway. Since I can't drive myself, and according to LSAC there's no guaranteed place to store our stuff, I'm going to have to leave my phone at home (which knocks out uber) and find a way to feel safe while traveling to/from the testing site without a cell phone. I get not having a phone with you in the testing room, but can you really not leave your phone at the desk or somewhere else? That just blows my mind.

For comparison, a few years ago I took the MCAT, which is a LOT more stringent when it comes to security. As in, every single time you leave the testing room or enter/re-enter the testing room, they will take your fingerprints and use a metal detector on you. And even then, you were allowed to leave your personal belongings in a cubby that the proctor locked up for you and kept the key.

Has anyone else had an issue with the no cell phone rule, or am I overreacting?

floatie wrote:I live in a not-super-safe big city where my options to get to my testing center are either taxi, uber, or the subway. Since I can't drive myself, and according to LSAC there's no guaranteed place to store our stuff, I'm going to have to leave my phone at home (which knocks out uber) and find a way to feel safe while traveling to/from the testing site without a cell phone. I get not having a phone with you in the testing room, but can you really not leave your phone at the desk or somewhere else? That just blows my mind.

For comparison, a few years ago I took the MCAT, which is a LOT more stringent when it comes to security. As in, every single time you leave the testing room or enter/re-enter the testing room, they will take your fingerprints and use a metal detector on you. And even then, you were allowed to leave your personal belongings in a cubby that the proctor locked up for you and kept the key.

Has anyone else had an issue with the no cell phone rule, or am I overreacting?

LeDique wrote:You know how everyone says they will never forget 9/11? Well, someone of us really mean it. I'll never forget the powerless I felt as I attempted to navigate Atlanta, Georgia on 9/11…without a cell phone. I was at work with the planes hit and I couldn't stomach the idea of my teacup pig, William, facing the terror alone.

I rushed out of my office onto the street to make it home to William. As I stood on the street, I realized my options to get home were taxi or subway…but I had left my Nokia 3310 sitting on my desk on the eighth floor. And were you going back up a building on 9/11? Fucking retard, I wasn't.

Panic began to set in. Were they still moving africans rapidly through atlanta like they had been 2 hours ago? Could I use the same subway stop I used every day? Not without my Nokia 3310 in my pocket. I began to consider hailing a cab instead. I immediately ruled it out. What would I do if William tried to call while I was in the cab though? I was hopeless. My options were foreclosed.

There, on the streets of Atlanta, I collapsed just like the towers had eighteen minutes prior — without an obviously apparent cause

nunumaster wrote:

LeDique wrote:You know how everyone says they will never forget 9/11? Well, someone of us really mean it. I'll never forget the powerless I felt as I attempted to navigate Atlanta, Georgia on 9/11…without a cell phone. I was at work with the planes hit and I couldn't stomach the idea of my teacup pig, William, facing the terror alone.

I rushed out of my office onto the street to make it home to William. As I stood on the street, I realized my options to get home were taxi or subway…but I had left my Nokia 3310 sitting on my desk on the eighth floor. And were you going back up a building on 9/11? Fucking retard, I wasn't.

Panic began to set in. Were they still moving africans rapidly through atlanta like they had been 2 hours ago? Could I use the same subway stop I used every day? Not without my Nokia 3310 in my pocket. I began to consider hailing a cab instead. I immediately ruled it out. What would I do if William tried to call while I was in the cab though? I was hopeless. My options were foreclosed.

There, on the streets of Atlanta, I collapsed just like the towers had eighteen minutes prior — without an obviously apparent cause

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nunumaster wrote:

LeDique wrote:You know how everyone says they will never forget 9/11? Well, someone of us really mean it. I'll never forget the powerless I felt as I attempted to navigate Atlanta, Georgia on 9/11…without a cell phone. I was at work with the planes hit and I couldn't stomach the idea of my teacup pig, William, facing the terror alone.

I rushed out of my office onto the street to make it home to William. As I stood on the street, I realized my options to get home were taxi or subway…but I had left my Nokia 3310 sitting on my desk on the eighth floor. And were you going back up a building on 9/11? Fucking retard, I wasn't.

Panic began to set in. Were they still moving africans rapidly through atlanta like they had been 2 hours ago? Could I use the same subway stop I used every day? Not without my Nokia 3310 in my pocket. I began to consider hailing a cab instead. I immediately ruled it out. What would I do if William tried to call while I was in the cab though? I was hopeless. My options were foreclosed.

There, on the streets of Atlanta, I collapsed just like the towers had eighteen minutes prior — without an obviously apparent cause

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floatie wrote:

nunumaster wrote:

LeDique wrote:You know how everyone says they will never forget 9/11? Well, someone of us really mean it. I'll never forget the powerless I felt as I attempted to navigate Atlanta, Georgia on 9/11…without a cell phone. I was at work with the planes hit and I couldn't stomach the idea of my teacup pig, William, facing the terror alone.

I rushed out of my office onto the street to make it home to William. As I stood on the street, I realized my options to get home were taxi or subway…but I had left my Nokia 3310 sitting on my desk on the eighth floor. And were you going back up a building on 9/11? Fucking retard, I wasn't.

Panic began to set in. Were they still moving africans rapidly through atlanta like they had been 2 hours ago? Could I use the same subway stop I used every day? Not without my Nokia 3310 in my pocket. I began to consider hailing a cab instead. I immediately ruled it out. What would I do if William tried to call while I was in the cab though? I was hopeless. My options were foreclosed.

There, on the streets of Atlanta, I collapsed just like the towers had eighteen minutes prior — without an obviously apparent cause

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As someone who was in NYC and lost a parent on 9/11, I am very aware that not being able to have a cell phone isn't a catastrophe by any means, and I know I can be a responsible adult and get myself to and from the testing center without one. Doesn't mean it's not frustrating and a wholly unnecessary policy.

Shemp wrote:get a burner and keister it

poptart123 wrote:Get a water proof phone case, or if you are cheap like me, a plastic bag. Put your cell phone in the case or bag (if bag seal extra tight). Use the bathroom before the test, but make sure nobody sees you enter. Go into the second stall, open the back of the toilet, and place the cell phone (still in a case/bag) in there. If the toilet doesn't have a back, don't worry, you'll know what to do.

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Your very first question was "am I overreacting?" Yes, you are.

poptart123 wrote:Get a water proof phone case, or if you are cheap like me, a plastic bag. Put your cell phone in the case or bag (if bag seal extra tight). Use the bathroom before the test, but make sure nobody sees you enter. Go into the second stall, open the back of the toilet, and place the cell phone (still in a case/bag) in there. If the toilet doesn't have a back, don't worry, you'll know what to do.