When I had exams in the 90s we'd have to hand phones in at the start. If the phone was seen during the exam, your test would be forfeited. If the rules were that strict then, I can't imagine how they could be less strict now given how much more powerful phones are today.
replyMost colleges today will consider phone use during a test cheating, then it depends on the school but at least a 0 on the test is likely. I've had some professors say upfront that they'll go further and wreck cheaters as much as they possibly can.
replyThey probably don't ask for phones upfront, but I don't see how that'd do anything. The only way to make this stricter would be to search students like they do for big standardized tests.
If NYC schools can do it at scale (1,600 schools this year banned cell phones), Princeton could certainly do it.
replyStudents either leave phones at home, or the school provides pouches/mini lockers for each student.
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replyThey can't do it at scale, they can only mandate it at scale
replyYes, that kind of thing can and is done, if the stakes are high enough.
replyThey do it for big standardized tests like the MCAT. If I went to school and saw this for every exam, I'd think wow I'm in a bad school, not that there's anything wrong with it per se but it's not commonly done.
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