entranced wrote:
It's interesting, I wasn't told that I wasn't allowed to erase anything. I smudged only a couple of times when I miswrote a number or something. The marker is similar to a vis-a-vis or any other overhead marker. It rubs off a little on your hand, but comes off easily with liquid .. well, given the circumstances, saliva. The sheets themselves surprised me a little bit because they're I think, pretty close to legal size (longer) pages. I ended up using the booklet horizontally. When I practiced, I always put the keyboard out of the way after the AWA and put my scratch paper in its place. I made sure to ask first, but they had no problem with me putting the keyboard up on the PC when I did my quant. section.
For me, the proctor hersefl put the kepboard away and made room for the scrathcpad after my AWA. That was bit of a surprise to me. Anyway people taking GMAT should stop worryiong about scratch pads and markers. I have seen few people who take this very seriously and get tensed up unnecessarily.