[nabs-l] Would love some help or advice from any blind graduatestudents

[William ODonnell]

Natalie,
Please email me off-list to:
william.odonnell1 at yahoo.com.  I will give you helpful imput and some advice from my points of view since I am about to take the GRE for a second time.



--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Would love some help or advice from any blind graduatestudents
> To: jsorozco at gmail.com, "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 12:10 AM
> Hi, natalie,
>   I'm a second-year graduate student in psychology and
> also totally
> blind. I took the GRE  in 2008 and my experiences were
> similar to what
> Joe talked about. I would be happy to talk to you more
> about grad
> school in general so feel free to contact me off-list with
> any
> specific questions. Good luck!
>    Katie
> 
> On 9/11/10, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Natalie,
> >
> > I took the GRE in 2007 and can give you some
> advice.  The accommodations
> > process was a little taxing but not totally
> frustrating.  In the way of
> > accommodations, I got Braille exam, reader/scribe,
> Perkins Braille writer
> > and the use of my laptop for the writing
> section.  I wrote the essays onto a
> > thumb drive which the Procter then connected to a lab
> computer and printed.
> > I had no real difficulties in obtaining these
> accommodations, and after my
> > accommodations were approved, I was provided a
> two-volume test prep in
> > Braille which I used to get ready.  I read a few
> discussion forums to learn
> > more about the nature of the exam, but if I had to
> break it down into a few
> > simple tips, they would be these:
> >
> > 1. Start more than 6 months in advance to request your
> accommodations, just
> > to ensure everything is set and ready to go on test
> day.  I think I had to
> > get some things provided by my doctor and so
> forth.  Allow for response
> > time.
> >
> > 2. Prepare for all the sections equally.  Do not
> presume that because you're
> > better at verbal than math that you should spend more
> time on math.  I speak
> > from experience.
> >
> > 3. From all the materials you get your hands on,
> develop a study guide that
> > succinctly jogs your memory in the couple weeks before
> the exam.  The GRE is
> > not something you can study for in the sense of
> memorization, but there are
> > strategies you can use to loosen your mind to take on
> the test.
> >
> > Good luck on the test,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some
> turn up their sleeves,
> > some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at
> all."--Sam Ewing
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Nat Barrett
> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 5:50 PM
> > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [nabs-l] Would love some help or advice from
> any blind
> > graduatestudents
> >
> >
> > Hello Nabs list,
> >
> > My name is Natalie and I only joined the mailing list
> a day or
> > so ago. I'm really hoping to get some help. Someone
> recommended
> > I try this mailing list, so I'm keeping my fingers
> crossed.
> >
> > First off, I'm a totally blind person, and while I'm
> not a
> > student now, I was a student up until this past May.
> Since
> > graduating I've debated with myself on whether to
> continue on
> > with a masters degree. I really would love to, but
> I've come
> > across a few roadblocks.
> >
> > My first roadblock is taking the GRE. I really would
> like to
> > talk with anyone offlist if they're blind and have
> taken the
> > GRE. Or done whatever needs to be done to get into the
> graduate
> > program at their respective schools. I really would
> like to
> > know how they studied, what kinds of accomodations
> they got for
> > it and so on.
> >
> > I have more questions, but I don't want to clutter
> this e-mail.
> > I'm interested in talking to anyone who can help me.
> Even if
> > they're not a graduate student now. Anyone with any
> kind of
> > tips, advice, or suggestions will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Natalie
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