[Blind-international-students] Taking the GRE

[Kartik Sawhney]

Hi,

I had another question regarding GRE. it looks like we're required to
take the paper-based test if we use any accommodations on the test (or
that is what the ETS Disability Services told me). However, the
paper-based test is only offered three times a year, and that too at
select locations. Does this mean that we can take the ETS only three
times a year with accommodations? Does anyone have any experience with
this?

Best,

On 1/23/15, Imran Ahmed via Blind-international-students
<blind-international-students at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Elif,
> I am actualy also considering taking my GMAT in order to apply for
> MBA. Is it possible for you to put me in touch with your friend who
> took this exam successfully on the computer? Furthermore, what
> accessible resources did she use to prepare for the exam? Your help
> would be much appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Imran.
>
>
> On 1/23/15, Elif Emir Öksüz <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi Holly,
>> The first think I'll suggest, start your process ASAP. ETS is too slow
>> to make required arrangement's.
>> One of my friends took GMAT on computer and she said it was totally
>> accessible.
>> I took my GRE in 2011 in Turkey, it was not accessible at all.
>> Actually they didn't claim that it is accessible. I had a reader.
>> Maybe in that year or in Turkey it was not possible to take it on
>> computer as accessible.
>> I also know a friend who had a reader and tactile forms of the shapes
>> and graphics.
>> I think you don't have to take all the exam as braille but having the
>> graphics and geometry questions as tactile is extremely helpful.
>> As an international student in the USA I'll be happy to answer your
>> future questions about the process.
>> Please don't hesitate to ask.
>> Good luck
>>
>>
>> 2015-01-23 9:29 GMT-05:00, Holly Scott-Gardner via
>> Blind-international-students
>> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>:
>>> I am planning to apply for a masters degree in special education in the
>>> US, which means taking the GRE.
>>>
>>> I am a braille user, however as I live in the UK I do not read nemeth.
>>> Taking this into consideration, what testing accomodations would you
>>> recommend I apply for.
>>>
>>> I am somewhat reluctant to apply for a braille paper, as I doubt it can
>>> be produced in british maths braille and nemeth is very different.
>>>
>>> Is the GRE test that can be taken on the computer accessible, or should
>>> I apply for a paper test, with a reader to tackle the maths component?
>>>
>>> I appreciate any advice you all can give me.
>>>
>>> Holly
>>>
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