Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope?

[bg23516]

I'm taking my first CAS exam on Tuesday. What's the deal with bringing a SASE to the exam so I can mail home my scrap work? Maybe I'm missing something, but what good is mailing home my scrap paper if my exam has all my real work?

Thanks.

[blackjack]

You mail home your exam, not just your scrap paper. This is one of the best things about the CAS exams, IMO. Good luck Tues!

[beh_1970]

I'm located outside U.S/Canada, so whats the deal with bringing SASE for me? the CAS posts the exam on web after a week or so? (probably) much quicker than when I'll get my SASE back from CAS.

just curious?

[E. Blackadder]

It doesn't get mailed from CAS, but from the test centre.

I suppose if you're in a real hurry, bring some e-stamps, and your test will be emailed from the test centre. :P

[bg23516]

Originally Posted by blackjack

You mail home your exam, not just your scrap paper. This is one of the best things about the CAS exams, IMO. Good luck Tues!

So my test book and my scrap gets mailed home.. Obviously, my answer sheets get mailed to the CAS. So the value of doing this is that I can take the test home and figure out the answers to questions, and then compare them to what I think I wrote for the question?

Thanks, same to you if you are sitting this week.

[Maine-iac]

You circle your MC answers in your book, as well as entering them on the grading sheet. Then, when you get your book back and they post the answers in a few days, you can self-grade the MC piece if you like to know part of your score in advance.

If you have time to jot a few notes in your book about how you approached an essay question, or how you handled an ambiguity, this can be a help if you need to appeal a question later. By the time grades come out, it is very difficult to remember how you tackled a question.

[Cynical Realist]

It's not bad to jot down your numerical answers to the problems if you remember and have time. When I failed Part 8, there was one answer that I only received 0.5 point out of 2.5 possible. Yet I had the right answer using an alternative assumption (and more correct assumption). Unfortunately the graders obviously never took the exam and did a piss poor job grading the question, because the alternate (and conventional) assumption was covered in the next chapter.

I appealed the question, got denied. I was encouraged to reappeal. While unheard of, I did, because I knew I knew how to do the problem, but more importantly, I knew I had the right answer, so I didn't unknowingly screw things up. Eventually the CAS admitted their error, gave me 2 points, and I passed. I don't know if anybody else got screwed by it, and anybody that took Part 8 would know it was a reasonable assumption, and it woud be very surprising that others didn't do the same thing I did.

So having my exam back, had tremendous value to me.

[vegas]

Originally Posted by Cynical Realist

It's not bad to jot down your numerical answers to the problems if you remember and have time. When I failed Part 8, there was one answer that I only received 0.5 point out of 2.5 possible. Yet I had the right answer using an alternative assumption (and more correct assumption). Unfortunately the graders obviously never took the exam and did a piss poor job grading the question, because the alternate (and conventional) assumption was covered in the next chapter.

I appealed the question, got denied. I was encouraged to reappeal. While unheard of, I did, because I knew I knew how to do the problem, but more importantly, I knew I had the right answer, so I didn't unknowingly screw things up. Eventually the CAS admitted their error, gave me 2 points, and I passed. I don't know if anybody else got screwed by it, and anybody that took Part 8 would know it was a reasonable assumption, and it woud be very surprising that others didn't do the same thing I did.

So having my exam back, had tremendous value to me.

I remember that.