What's the earliest you have ever walked out of an exam!

So guys me and a few mates were talking together about how some of our exams are way too long and that we found ourselves finished early and then for other exams were begging and pleading for a few extra minutes to finish off the paragraph we are working on.

For me it has to be one of my modules I did for I.C.T in January.. It's an hour and a half long exam. I had the paper finished in 45 minutes and spent fifteen minutes proof reading my work. Having concluded that there was nothing more I was going to find I left thirty minutes early and went to discuss the test with my class teacher and waited for everyone else to finish theirs. I think the rest of them came out about 10-15 minutes after me.

I ended up getting a B in this particular exam, but its harshly marked or so the HOD has told me so I'm petty pleased!

What about you guys? How long before the end of an exam have you walked out, and what did you end up getting?

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half an hour before

I finished C1 in 25 minutes and got 100%

Reply 3

Smoosh

Not allowed to walk out.

Reply 4

jayshah31

The second it finished.

Are you even permitted to leave public exams early?

Edit: Why? You walk out after 45 minutes. You are allowed to come in up to an hour late (depending on the centre), so that's < 15 minutes of "what's on the paper" time.

Reply 5

Cymru1991

Biology GCSE (so June 2007).

Was a 1 and a half hour paper and I'd finished and proof-read in 45 minutes, so was given permission by the invigilator to leave. I ended up getting an A*. :biggrin:

Reply 6

misslaurabee

We're not allowed to walk out of our exams at my sixth form, no matter how early we finish. Not that I ever would leave earlier, to be honest, I only ever seem to have five minutes spare at the end anyway. English and humanities exams seem to be pretty tightly timed.

Reply 7

Higgy90

ive left an hour early in a 3 hour exam and got an A

Reply 8

stephyrose23

I walked out of my Philosophy AS exam before it had even began . . . =S

I arrived at school and just thought to myself 'I can't do this!' and left. Haha.

Reply 9

ADREAM

Don John

I finished C1 in 25 minutes and got 100%

Damn, I thought my 35mins was a record! :frown:

Reply 10

ADREAM

jayshah31

Are you the jayshah from Wilsons?

Reply 11

eulerwaswrong

maths modules - i have finished c1-c4, m1/m2/s1/d1/fp1 all within 30-45 minutes - finished C2 in about 25. But have to wait until 60 mins before you can leave - this is standard in maths though

Reply 12

jayshah31

ADREAM

Are you the jayshah from Wilsons?

If only ...

No, I'm not.

Reply 13

MathsHamster

We're not allowed to walk out.
GCSE statistics was dire, it was a 2 1/2 hour paper (the longest any of us had ever sat) and it was a paper where you either knew the answer or you didn't, either way we had all finished in about an hour and had to just sit there...
Grade V Music Theory was great as I could walk out when I'd finished (about 40 minutes early I think)

Reply 14

Malsy

Yes; not allowed to just walk on, moron.
Rather sit there till time's up!

Reply 15

Lachlan

In Standard Grade I used to finish the General papers in about 20 mins, 1hr 10 mins before time ended. Chemistry was a personal favourite, finished it in 17mins.

Reply 16

thetopnotch

we weren't allowed to walk out of our exams, but i finished my maths GCSEs in half the time, then went through the whole paper and re-did every question :yep: