Testing Center Visit

Because I don't want any surprises tomorrow morning, I made the 20 minute drive to the testing center today. I'm glad I did. Not only do I know which streets to take and which to avoid, but I was also able to familiarize myself the the center's layout.

It's smaller and cozier than I expected. No more than 14 terminals sit in the testing room. The folks at the front desk were friendly and perfectly happy to answer my questions. Upon my request, they showed me the center's "scratch paper." It's actually a laminated, 4-page, legal-sized, yellow spiral notepad. They provide you with a few pens and as many as 4 notepads at a time.

They also double-checked to make sure that my appointment was schedules as expected. It was, thank God. The testing center is pretty picky about identification (for obvious reasons) so we also made sure that the name they had- my full name- matched my driver's licence. They also noted that I would do well to leave as many of my personal things at home or in my car as possible. No keys, cell phones, wallets, or watches are allowed in the testing room. They'll give me a locker if necessary and, from what I gather, the only things I can take into the room are my ID, my locker key, my clothes, and my brain. They even provide their own ear plugs lest some unscrupulous test taker decide to sneak in a fake one-way ear receiver.

The trip was definitely worth an hour on the day before the test.