There's good news for
students who want to take the GRE.
ETS
is temporarily offering a GRE General Test at home option. The test is
identical in content, format and on-screen experience to the GRE General Test
taken at a test center. It is taken on your own computer at home and is
monitored by a human proctor online through ProctorU®.
At home administrators are currently available
around the clock every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday through June 30,
2020. https://www.ets.org/s/cv/gre/at-home/. Please note the equipment requirements and limited dates.
To check the viability
of this option, I queried Michael Flynn, an experienced GRE instructor, and
below is his positive response:
"Great idea to share this GRE information
with your colleagues and their students. The reports I've seen from folks who
have taken the at-home GRE are overwhelmingly positive. Since the test will be
taken on a computer in any case, most test-takers find doing so in their home
is less stressful than at a testing center. And the invisible proctor (you can
speak or text with her, but not see her), while a little unsettling in theory,
actually works out well in reality. As you mentioned, the problem for some will
be the equipment requirements, mainly the need for Windows and having to use an
erasable whiteboard instead of scratch paper. Mac users will have to get
creative in either finding a PC they can borrow or installing Windows on their
Mac. In either case, they should be encouraged to practice with that system in advance,
including taking ETS's computer practice tests on the machine they'll use on
test day, and purchasing a small whiteboard or pad to use on those
practice tests as well. I'm including information on this in the workshops I'm
teaching, including the video linked below (a bit dry, but informative
nonetheless), and welcome you to help spread the word to as many students as
possible so no one is caught by surprise."
Please share widely with
students.
Stay healthy and safe,
Nura Dualeh
Graduate College
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