[humanser] GRE Preparation Materials in Accessible Formats

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Christina,

If you have not taken it, good luck on the GRE. If you do pass, tell  us.
I wish you success as you try to get into grad school!
I wanted badly to work with my bachelor's degree in  mainly psychology; I 
say mainly as it was an interdisciplinary degree in the liberal arts 
department that I created. However, I'm still searching; I'm interested in 
human services such as case management some job where you refer clients to 
other places, or being an activity coordinator or something in 
communications.
This email was of interest to me as I may pursue grad school someday soon 
and will have to grapple with the standardized exams like the GRE.

I'm concerned about securing accomodations too. I know ETS has improved 
accomodations a lot, and I even took praxis when my major was education. But 
some exams ETS administers does not allow use of  a screen reader.

I'm also curious wich accomodations you chose to use if you cannot use their 
version of a screen reader? Will you get it in braille, or have it read to 
you aloud?

I certainly agree that ETS takes a while to approve accomodations; three 
weeks sounds right. But really, given they are a large company for the 
nation, I suspect they cannot work any faster. Its frustrating, I know, but 
realistically, how can they be much faster. Yes, it sucks we have to apply 
and plan way in advance of everyone else, but I also understand why we need 
to do it.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Ashley