Re: Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE

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

In all seriousness, I think one or two such actions would be good for the
movement as the media would probably jump on it.

FFT

--Keith

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 15:01, Patrick S Horne <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:[email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf Of
> > nathansmithgoestowashington
> > Sent: 14 janvier 2010 06:04
> > To: [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [altkeyboards] Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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