Re: Dvorak vs GMAT and GRE
Keith Ratliff <[email protected]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:35:31 -0700
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What do they do for foreign languages? --Keith On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 19:10, Paul Martzen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > GMAT and GRE are standardized testing services used to rank student > applicants to graduate schools. There is absolutely no way they would > allow or could be forced to allow personal keyboards or usb devices or > personal programs for switching keyboards. Any of those options > introduce the potential for cheating or damage to their systems. If > test takers are to have a Dvorak option the GMAT and GRE will have to > allow it and provide appropriate methods of switching. > > In my communications and studies of the matter, it appeared to me that > the medical necessity options were pretty limited and did not include > Dvorak. Claiming a medical need to use Dvorak did not seem to be a > situation that they would consider. > > Paul Martzen > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]