[endless1234]

Were everybody else also doing it on pen & paper, or were you the only one?

[shard]

Good question :)

Yes, all students took the test together on paper and pencil in the classroom; a digital version of the test was not available.

I just went through my files to check, and indeed the final exam for my artificial intelligence class was in-class, 2 hours, pen only (no pencil).

[endless1234]

My point being that it's quite different if everyone does it on pen & paper. If you're the only one, it's a disadvantage to do an essay exam on paper when your competition does it on laptops, no?

[csmcg]

? Every exam I ever took for my BS in EE was pen and paper. 2015-2020.