Exceptions will be made to the following for any relevant approved accommodations.

Some restrictions are based on the NY Bar Exam policies.

Before the exam:

• Exam takers must sign in outside their assigned exam room and will be given their seat number.
• The exam room will remain locked until 15 minutes before the exam begins.
• Once the exam room is unlocked, exam takers must:
  • Find their assigned seat and place any allowed materials on the desk.
  • Place all personal belongings and prohibited items in the designated area at the back of the room.
  • Return to their seat and start Exam4, following the instructions on the handout. Stop at the Wait screen.
• Ten minutes before the exam begins, the proctor will review the exam instructions and distribute the exam packet face down. Do not turn over the exam packet until instructed to do so.
• Students must write their exam number on the back of the exam packet.
• When the proctor starts the exam, exam takers must allow Exam4 EMS to capture a photo of their student ID and a photo of their face.

Students are expected to:

• Have Cornell-issued Student IDs on desk.

Permitted Exam Items:

• One beverage.
• Quiet snacks (unwrapped in clear food bag). No nut products.
• Pencils, pens, erasers, and pencil sharpener. No pencil pouch allowed.

The following items are expressly prohibited:

• Electronic devices of any kind, excluding the exam laptop, including: cell phones, smart watches, smart eyewear, headphones, ear buds, calculators (if your exam permits, the Registrar will provide you with a calculator), cameras, fitness trackers, electronic rings, tablets, eReaders, external monitors, external keyboards, external mouses or trackpads, any USB device, watches, or clocks (clocks will be provided at the front of every exam room).
• Laptop stands or risers.
• Post-It notes.
• Dictionaries unless it is an open-book exam (dictionaries will be provided in every exam room).
• Personal ear plugs. The Registrar’s office will make ear plugs available for all exams.
• Personal effects not required for the exam. All bags, purses, handbags, coats, jackets, backpacks, briefcases, laptop sleeves, pencil pouches, etc. must be left in the designated area of the exam room.
  • Hats are not permitted (religious headwear permitted).
  • Personal effects may not be accessed during the exam.

The following conduct is expressly prohibited:

• Using a virtual machine or an AI application (i.e. Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.).
• Covering or otherwise blocking the laptop camera.
• Writing anything on your exam or scrap paper, other than your exam number, before the exam has been started.
• Going beyond the Exam4 Wait screen before the proctor has started the exam. Anyone starting an exam early will be required to close the exam and restart, even if that means losing exam time.
• Attempting to reproduce or record exam materials.
• Copying or attempting to copy exam responses from another student.
• Continuing to work once the proctor has announced the exam has now ended.
• Removing the exam packet (if any) or provided materials from the exam room.
• Discussing the exam content with other students before grades have been posted.

Leaving the Exam Room during Exam:

• Bring Student ID to Proctor before leaving.
• Only one student is allowed to leave the room at a time.
• In extenuating circumstances, if more than one student needs to leave the room at one time, the Registrar’s Office will be notified and will monitor appropriately.
• Students are not allowed to remove anything from the exam room.
• Students are not permitted to leave the building during the exam.
• Students are expected to follow exam protocols while outside the exam room.
• Students must check back in with the proctor upon return to the exam room.

Exam4 EMS Feature Statement

The Exam4 Environmental Monitoring Service (EMS) provides a minimally invasive method of verifying the student identity during an examination.

 At the beginning of the exam, the student will be required to take a photograph of their ID and a photograph of their face.  During the exam, EMS will capture photographs of the student at random intervals.  EMS will also capture screenshots at random intervals throughout the examination.

 Students are not required to take any additional action during the exam and will not be notified when photographs or screenshots are captured.

EMS is not used for biometric purposes. It is only retained for the purposes of investigating academic integrity violations and only accessed by the Registrar’s Office if there is reason to investigate an academic integrity violation. The EMS data is deleted after one year.