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Does anyone know how long before DCAS notifies us about the protest session? I know they have an outstanding track record, but I am hoping someone who is a little more reliable could fill me in on the process.
You will receive notice in the mail. It would be useful for all those wanting to protest to print out the relevant P.G. PDFs and assemble a little packet from which to voice their objections.
Do you actually have to print out procedures from the patrol guide that you want to protest, or can you just bring the P.G. and interim orders with you
Do you actually have to print out procedures from the patrol guide that you want to protest, or can you just bring the P.G. and interim orders with you
You can bring the whole thing if you choose. I'm protesting only a few.
For the protest session, I am bringing my "Total Guide" but I know that is not an acceptable form of documentation to base my protest on, so I printed out every procedure that I can remember that was on our exam. Apparently DCAS has a copy machine we can use, so if anyone needs to borrow one of the official P.G. procedures for their protest, please don't hesitate to ask me.
PS- If you're wondering who I am, I will be the EDP in the room who will be talking to himself as a direct result from experiencing this nightmare of an exam...
IMHO: The number of people that protest a question has no bearing on whether it is thrown out. Take your time and write thoughtful, persuasive explanations supporting the answer you think should be credited. For PG related questions, your protest must cite the PG section accurately. For judgment questions you must clearly and persuasively explain why your answer was the MOST correct. Very few of the judgment questions had clear errors (like the authorizing overtime one. I chose the "correct" answer but I knew it was wrong). Ultimately they will adjust the numbers to get a reasonablly large list; your goal should be to give them support for crediting the answers you got wrong so that you benefit from the changes. Don't let your emotions get the better of you at the protest. Do not waste time protesting the questions that made you angry, protest the ones that you can clearly argue against. Keep in mind that an answer may be a correct statement or a sound policy, but does not respond to the call of the question. I will be writing protests for the entire 6 hours because there were so many poorly written questions but there were also a lot of simply difficult questions (there always are). I hope in the end most of the people that studied hard and made tremendous sacrifices make the list. I am lucky to be on the good side of 70 but I am still furious that the test was such a curve ball. When you study hard you should do well, when you don't study hard you should fail. Traditionally, even with all of its faults, the test was usually fair in that sense.
