We know COVID-19 has created new and unexpected challenges. Many of you would have planned to take the GRE or registered for the GRE and you have had the GRE canceled due to COVID–19.
In this demanding situation, Educational Testing Services (ETS) is supporting the students by temporarily offering GRE General Test as a home option.
In ETS’s words,
As of April 2,
the GRE General Test at home is now available everywhere that the computer-delivered GRE General Test is offered, with the exception of Mainland China and Iran.
Before getting into the details, there are two limitations for the GRE home testing.
At any case, home testing option is good news for many of you.
Equipments and testing room checklist:
Make sure to do a complete checklist before registering for the home test. If the requirement is not met, do not register.
Computer | – Must be a desktop or laptop computer; a tablet or mobile device is not accepted. – Must use Windows operating system, versions 10, 8, or 7. – Cannot use iOS operation system. |
Microphone | – Must use an internal or external microphone that is not part of the headset to communicate with the proctor. |
Speaker | – Must use an internal or external speaker to hear the proctor. – Headsets or wireless earphones are not allowed. |
Camera | – Can be a built-in camera in the computer or a webcam. – The camera must be able to be moved to show the proctor a 360-degree view of the room, including the tabletop surface before the test. |
Testing room checklist:
GRE home testing can be registered in the usual way. You have to create an account on ets.org for registration.
Certain points to be noted while registering for the home test,
As mentioned earlier, if the system and testing room requirements are not met, do not register for the home test.
Is the GRE Home testing the same as the usual GRE?
One difference in-home testing is, for security reasons, you cannot use papers or a notebook for doing rough work.
You can use one of the following,
So, when you mark and move to another question and come back, you may not be able to continue the work from where you stopped; you have to start working from the beginning but in a way, it is good as you will have to take a fresh look at the problem. As for pacing advice, you have to do all the easy questions first and have to decide on questions that you want to do later.
ETS is taking every precaution to ensure that test delivery and administration meet the usual high standards.
Human Proctor:
Artificial Intelligence Technology:
Students can effectively make use of this lockdown period for GRE preparation and can take the at-home testing option.
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