RE: Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE

This issue has come up here before.  Legal action may be necessary.

You may be able to get the exam administered in a handwritten or typewritten
format if you can obtain a certificate attesting to medical necessity.  As I
understand, the reports of your scores would indicate that the exam was
administered in a non-standard format--and that might invite discriminatory
treatment.

Scott Horne
 

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> nathansmithgoestowashington
> Sent: 14 janvier 2010 06:04
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> Subject: [altkeyboards] Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE
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> I use the dvorak keyboard. I did not learn QWERTY. I am 
> looking to go to grad school soon and have found that the 
> GMAT and maybe the GRE will not allow me to change the 
> keyboard settings to dvorak during the test. Since there are 
> essays on the tests, and I am required to use one of their 
> computers to take the tests, this puts me at a disadvantage. 
> I was wondering if any of you have heard anything about this 
> since you are a proponents of the dvorak keyboard and I see 
> that some of you may have had issues with this in the past. I 
> told the GMAT people that all I needed to do was change one 
> setting but they still refused my request. I do not want to 
> learn QWERTY just so that I can take a test. If any of you 
> know of anyone that can help me with this issue I would 
> greatly appreciate it. 
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> Thank you,
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