You may have a friend that fails in the board and was ridiculing the number of erasures he/she may have. Then that is a fallacy. I myself have made erasures and yet I did pass the said boards.
I am talking about the Nursing boards in the Philippines. Most of the nurses do have no erasures when they took the exam as they are under that impression that they could fail if they will have such erasure. They treat it as a mortal sin as if they could die if they have made that. When I took the boards last June 2009, I am also convicted of the same impression but my conscience did not let me push with it. The truth about the boards is the answers that you throw in each and every question.
One kind of excuse that I usually believed on was following the instruction. Of course, if they have checked your papers (using the electronic machine) and they have found it wasn't following the right instruction then exemption to the rule will also follow thereby resulting to failure in the boards. Most of the exams nowadays are on the internet and seldom that it come to have it hand written, maybe in the near future they will also do paperless thing and will make it an E-Exam or electronic exam, the government is just chilling their battlelords so they can plan such thing. And also affected by the budget, that is why they prefer this hand written exam.
I did make an erasure which is two. Yes! seriously, two erasures I have made. The first one was with the CHN part as I have felt sleepy that time because of what I ate, then the second one falls on CHN as well. I really cannot resist letting the numbers kicked out because of such carelessness. I was really guilty at that time, but I have preceded what it takes to be and made the unforgivable crime. For me, my intention was just to correct my mistake and that's it, I still passed the boards. If you want a proof do search in Google and type in my full name-Gepril Caballero Gloria, then you shall see the results page with the names who passed the exam on June 2009.
Amazing is it? No, its just the determination that you put in every job. Never believe that one thing can't be done. There is always a solution to such one.
Tip: I have made my erasure in the front of the paper as well as on the back, as it will still preserve the integrity of the paper. Nurses! you know what I mean!
Hi! I love your article 'cause I am worried about my erasures in our board exam for teachers actually just recently. I had more or less 8 erasures 'cause I had crossed eyes the numbers. Your article lessen my guilt about that mistake I've done. Thanks for this! :))))
ReplyDeleteMe too. I experienced erasing in LET but I used a special eraser for board exams. I just wanted to be sure with my answers that's why I erased. I Think you can erase just make sure its clean and you erased as if you didn't put any mark.
DeleteDid you pass the exam? I know it's been a long time but my brother has the same worry as yours and he just took LET today. Thank you...
DeleteHello po. We have an opposite problem. In my case sa GenEd, when I rechecked my paper, mali ang na shade ko na letter, pero tama ang answer ko sa questionnaires. About 5 items po yata yun. I did not erase po kasi natatakon ako. I did not bring special eraser din, kaya di na ako nag take ng risk. Sana makapasa parin po ako this December huhu
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I took the prc board exams for psychometrician last october 2014, I have to say.. erasures does not matter. I have an erasure to this one item wherein I just had to change my answer. I got so paranoid because I have not been able to fully erase since there is still a grayscale marking on the scantron form. In addition to my paranoia, I've read in some blogs that when you have erasures to a specific item, the remaining items after that erasure will be invalidated because the scantron machine will stop working (due to your erasure). I HAVE TO SAY, THESE PRECONCEPTIONS ARE NOT TRUE. I had that one item erasure and I still passed the board exam. It's not worth to be paranoid about. Just study and prepare well for the next days and avoid erasures as much as possible next time. You will be fine. All those rumors about the scantron machine stopping is just a way to make others feel better about not making it in the board exams. Just focus on yourself and believe in your ability to pass the exam. So stop worrying and start studying. Good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteI had my nle today and i made 2 erasures. Now im worried and paranoid because my friends told me that i could have left it as it is! But now i feel better after reading this article :)
ReplyDeletePaano po kung may hindi nasagutang question? I just took LET yesterday. Hindi na ba mababasa ng machine ung remaining answers? Please help me ease my worries and please pray for me.
ReplyDeleteHow about this situation. I signed a paper over my answer sheet then suddenly, it left a mark on the answer sheet. I am so worried about this. 😢 😢
ReplyDeleteHello, Sir! Did you pasa the Exam? Ganyan din po kasi nangyari sa answer sheet ko
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DeletePANO PO KUNG MEDJO NAFOLD YUNG PAPER? MABABASA BA YUN? PLS ANSWER
ReplyDeleteHello Sir, i also made this kind of mistake. Did you pass? Please answer I am really worried. What your real name? I would like to talk to you in Facebook.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this article!Nkakaparanoid. :( I didnt erase it at the back portion, is it okey? please reply, help me to calm down :(
ReplyDeletehi, i want to know if u pass the board exam? i'm really paranoid. LET results might be released this week and i am really nervous. please i need ur response. thank u and more power!
DeleteKakaexam kolang po nitong march 26, 2017 for the LET pero napaparanoid ako dahil sobrang dami kong erasure mga 20 yun.
ReplyDeleteKinakabahan ako sa pagchecheck hindi sa sagot ko.
Ma'am pasado ka po ba sa exam? Sabi nyo po kasi 20 erasures nyo, ako din po kasi dami kong erasures :((
DeleteUpdate po? Nakapasa po ba kayo?
DeleteHow about kung mali yung na fill out kung number sa box? Instead of application number (yung nasa NOA).. ang serial number ng answer sheet ko yung nasulat ko sa boxes. Pro yung shi-nade.an ko is yung correct tlga. Bumabasa ba ng black ballpen penmanship yung machines? Nag mamatter ba yung sinusulat mo sa boxes, like yung name etc. or yung shading lng tlga yung binabasa ng computer?
ReplyDeleteOkay lang ba?
Deletedid you pass po ba the exam? kasi i made a mistake also like in my gen. ed. exam instead of writing gen. ed. , i wrote prof. ed. . ok lang po ba un?
DeleteHow about kung mali yung na fill out kung number sa box? Instead of application number (yung nasa NOA).. ang serial number ng answer sheet ko yung nasulat ko sa boxes. Pro yung shi-nade.an ko is yung correct tlga. Bumabasa ba ng black ballpen penmanship yung machines? Nag mamatter ba yung sinusulat mo sa boxes, like yung name etc. or yung shading lng tlga yung binabasa ng computer?
ReplyDeleteSame reaction :( ok lng ba yan or hndi worried pa din kasi ako
DeleteDi pa rin talag. ako makapagmove on
ReplyDeletekasi exam namin for REE last April 17 18
nag erase ako sa Math dalawang beses. Di din ako sure kung nag embose ba ung papel dahil sa pagshade at pag erase ko. Nkakaiyak na talaga
uyy pumasa kba?
Deletesana pumasa ka. mabuhay ka!
DeleteHello guys...after taking LET Sept.30 2018...Hay startng that day up to now..I am so worried hnd masaya...NAKA 8x po ng erase sa PROF.ED AT 5x sa GEN.ED. Papasa pa kaya ako? pls reply.
ReplyDeleteHello, we have the same problem. Nakakaparanoid talaga lalo na at this week na ang results. Best of luck for us.
DeleteHello guys...after taking LET Sept.30 2018...Hay startng that day up to now..I am so worried hnd masaya...NAKA 8x po ng erase sa PROF.ED AT 5x sa GEN.ED. Papasa pa kaya ako? pls reply.
ReplyDeletehindi ako mag bibigay ng false reassurance pero ito lang masasabi ko, nung lumabas ka sa exam room, ano ang sa tingin mo ang score mo pasado ba o hindi? yun ang magiging batayan. idea ko lang ha.
Deletesana makapasa ka. mabuhay!
pasensya na late reply, hindi na active tong blog na ito.
Me too nagbura ako dun sa pa sa pagshade ng first letter ng last name ko sa sobrang kaba..
ReplyDeleteMay naka experience kaya dito na ang answer sheet nila na mantyahan ng carbon galing sa test booklet. Na patong ko kasi ang kamay ko sa test booklet,may dumikit na parang carbon. Then nang nag shade ako sa answer sheet napunta dun. Babasahin parin ba ng machine yon?
ReplyDeleteHi folks, I took the LET exam last September 30th of 2018 and while waiting for the results sObrang kinabahan ako kasi nga nag erase ako both subjects, General Education at Professional Education. Dahil nga may mga items ako na hindi sure ang answer, i decided to continue to the next item pero yung suppose na answer ko like #23, nalagay sa #24 at hindi ko kaagad na notice, naiiyak na ako nun, nag irase ako both sides of the paper.I accidentally marked my paper as well (parang mataas na check mark) while trying so hard not to leave anything on it. Thankfully, i passed( the results were released last 7th of December). Best Christmas gift ever. Advice ko if erasures were really needed during the exam, just make sure to keep it clean as possible and course pray to God. ;))
ReplyDeleteHello, im wondering too about my exam last dec. Licensure exam for criminologist. I do erased two answers and it's still has a shady marks left on the sheet, do we have the same experience? Thank you in advance for your response congratulations and have a merry christmas
ReplyDeleteHey, what do you mean about shady marks? nag erase ka rin ba sa likod nun?
ReplyDeleteWhat if nahulog ang answer sheet then nalukot huhu
ReplyDeleteSir? Pano po pag nadaplisan ng ballpen? 😭😭😭 nag-aalala po ako baka di na basahin ng machine😭😭😭 Sirpakireplyan po ako. Salamat!
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