Today, I finished my SAT and was feeling pretty good about it. I decided to turn on my phone, since it was on silent. As the guy was collecting our tests, my phone vibrated a little. My score was cancelled. It was a text from my mom reminding me to turn off my phone. FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, my entire junior class took the ACT. On the last test, a classmate's phone went off, automatically invalidating the whole test. We all have to retake it. FML
Today, I was taking the SAT and feeling really confident in my answers. When we were close to finishing, some idiot pulled the fire alarm. All of us have to retake it. FML
Today, my parents yelled at me for 10 minutes without letting me get a word in edgeways for getting a 48 on my test. They took my phone, unplugged my internet, and took my car keys. They wouldn't listen no matter how many times I told them, "It was out of 50". It actually was. FML
Today, before going to bed my phone lit up and I got all excited because I thought it was a text message. My phone was finished charging. FML
Today, my mom texted me in the middle of my end of term math exam, saying it was extremely urgent and needed me to come home ASAP. While skipping my exam, I finally got home to find out my mom forgot what the emergency was. FML
Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML
Today, my parents gave me an iPhone. They then checked my grades online, and promptly took it away. FML
Today, like every day, everyone blew up my phone at once and I began having a panic attack. Because I didn’t respond immediately, I was called rude and a bad person. Turning off my phone isn’t an option either, because my mom will come in my room and cuss me out for not responding to her texts. FML
Today, I was taking a biology final and was just randomly tapping my pencil. My teacher thought I was somehow communicating with the person next to me, and decided to fail me. FML
Today, my school took part in a standardized state test. After finishing, I decided to take a nap, only to be awoken by the test monitor, who wanted me to leave. Apparently, I was ferociously farting in my sleep and was disturbing the people still taking the test. FML
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arcturusvi 0
Why would you ever, ever turn your phone on when still in the room? You deserve that twice.
stephfml 0
you deserve that sooo much...they repeat over and over again DO NOT TURN YOUR PHONE ON UNTIL YOU LEAVE THE BUILDING, is it that hard to be away from your cell phone for two seconds in order to take one of the most important tests of your academic life??
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kike123 0
Epic fail. So sad. When I took the SAT on May 2nd, they actually took it from me and put it in a Ziploc bag in the front of the room. That's what they're doing nowadays. I give you an infinity out of 10 on the Fail Scale. But yeah the irony is pretty messed up. One question: If your phone should have been turned off, how would your mom know if you saw her message or not? I call fail on the test taker and the parent of the test taker for texting her child DURING the SAT.
kike123 0
#128, a score of 1500 is impressive. 1700 is even better. I think you need to change your "passing score" to something a little lower. I this person is this dumb then it would have been a miracle if she got even a 1000.
Steph1234_fml 0
That is your own stupidety! I dont feel bad for you at all. One of the most important rules when taking the SAT is that your phone be off. When I went to take it the proctors walked up and down the halls yelling that if we had a cell phone we needed to take it back to our cars immediatly or have it completely turned off. You should have known better.
Maxbigwood 0
Was it in your pocket? If so, them cancelling out your score was ILLEGAL and you should file a complain immediately.
mrjams96 0
THE. PHONE. GOES. OFF! what part of that do you not understand. turn it on when you've left the building. seriously...what could possibly happen thats more important than that test. *sighs* im glad i dont have one of those things.
PrettyVal 0
Okay first of all, vibrate is NOT silent! 2nd of all, it is your fault for turning it on!!! That's a nooooooo
Ryu148 0
Epic amounts of irony detected.
Ryu148 0
#204: "#128, a score of 1500 is impressive. 1700 is even better." Not unless you're using the old scale (and I know you aren't, because you mentioned a 1700 right after). A 1500 is average (mean score from 2006: 1518 from 2007: 1511[new scale]). Old scale, a 1500 was impressive, but an old-scale 1500 is about equal to 2250 on the new scale.
OfficerNelson 0
From the SAT website: "Cell phone use is prohibited; students are strongly encouraged not to bring cell phones to the test center. If your phone makes noise, or you are seen using it at any time (including breaks), you may be dismissed immediately , your scores may be canceled, and the device may be confiscated." They have the legal right to cancel your scores, and you can't sue them or boo-hoo about it, because YDI. Also, wow, if you're reading this far down the page, FYL.
pianodoctor 0
You SOOOOO deserved this. Follow the rules when you retake, or at least listen whey they say WAIT UNTIL OUTSIDE to turn on the cell phones. What were you thinking seriously!? #21, i took the MCAT's 6 years ago and they didn't have that rule (they do now for the MCAT and the USMLE) so when so dummy's cell phone started ringing during the essay and they were too embarrased to turn it off, we all had to live with it.