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Thanks to both of you!
I was really confused by this information. But it's really good to know!

And hey Dmitry! :D Actually, I'm from Germany, but I've spent my semester abroad at SDSU and fell in love with the city... So I'm trying my best to get a good master degree in order to find a job where I'll be able to travel there as often as possible ;)

What bothers me the most about the locker thing is that I won't be able to wear my watch. I hope I'll know when to go back within the 8 minutes...
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Hi SanDiego,

8 minutes is not a lot of time, so IF you have to 'ask yourself' if you have any time left, then you probably don't have much. As a general rule, it takes a little time to get out of the computer lab and get back into it, so you don't really have 8 minutes of break time (it's more like 7 minutes). You can use that time to grab a quick snack/drink and run to the bathroom, but you're not going to be lounging in the lobby.

As part of taking your CATs, you should try to use your two 8-minute breaks in a realistic fashion. There's no refrigerator to go to on Test Day, you won't be checking messages or email either (or anything else that you might do at your home or wherever else you might choose to take your CATs).

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Thanks, I thought so.

I hope it will work out in the end :)
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