[NABS-L] SAT general examination

[Gene Kim]

Hey Aarush,

This may not be as helpful since I took it two years ago during very
different circumstances than today, but I worked with my school
administrator to arrange specific accommodations that would work for me
(i.e. rather than the College Board giving me a list of things I could do,
I outlined and proposed to them what would work best for me and they
approved it). I had access to a computer with JAWS to do scratchwork for
the math/reading sections and for writing in the essay section. For the
multiple choice I had a scribe read me the questions and record my
responses directly into the scantron. Unless College Board is handling
accommodations differently, when you're asking for approval to receive
accommodations, you should be able to propose to them a set of procedures
that works best for you/you'd feel most comfortable with.

Good luck working out the logistics and with the exam when you eventually
take it!

Kindly,
Gene








On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:32 AM Zachary Dreicer via NABS-L <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi when I did it, I only had the teacher write my answers into the answer
> document. I gave her all my answers. Then she wrote them. Best of luck!!
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> *From: *Aarush Bhat via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> *Sent: *Monday, September 28, 2020 12:27
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> *Cc: *Aarush Bhat <aarush.bhat04 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [NABS-L] SAT general examination
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> Greetings all!
>
> This is aarush.
>
> I reside in India, and am currently in highschool.
>
> I am going to give my SAT general examination this year, as am planning to
>
> apply for universities in the US.
>
> However, due to lack of experience there are some things I'm unsure about.
>
> So, first thing's first, I always prefer using my computer to give the
>
> paper instead of a scribe. That has just never worked for me, which is
>
> probably due to the fact that I haven't done it in the past except on very
>
> rare occasions. The problem is that most of the people  around here did
>
> indeed use a scribe, which is why I am unable to get guidance from them.
>
> I have explored all the accessible material available on college board's
>
> official site and found it to be very easy to work with but I think it
>
> would just help if i got an account of it from someone who's had a
>
> first-hand experience with giving the paper live, as there could just as
>
> easily be many other different sorts of challenges that I've never heard
>
> of, and I really do not want to take any chances.
>
> I am also not very sure about certain specifics (either they are not super
>
> clear on their sight or i'm overlooking something) and the biggest of them
>
> being answering the questions. I mean we can't really 'circle' the right
>
> option, so what do we do? Do we just write the answers in a separate file,
>
> or can we do it in the file with the questions itself?
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> I think that mostly sums it all up, just feeling a little nervous as i
>
> don't know how things work from a first-person-perspective. I mean, people
>
> here had many valuable tips but some things were just left hanging because
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> as i said earlier, nobody I know has taken the test using a computer.
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> In any case, I would love to know what you guys think!
>
> Regards,
>
> aarush
>
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