Are there any other Visually impared grad students here? how did you get accomidations for the GRE? How do you handel all the research and reading in graduate level class?
Thanks,
Angela
Actually, I am visually impaired with RP. I haven't started graduate school yet (I start at Wake Forest this fall), and I'll let you know if/how I survive once I get there. ;D
I did survive the GRE process, although I did have some complications. The GRE website has an accomodations form that you can have someone in the disability office at your school sign off (or a doctor's letter works as well I think....). The disability process does take some time--two to four weeks. You have to submit documentation, which they approve, and then you call the test center for an appointment to take the test. The only way you do it is through snail mail, hence the time delay.
The general GRE installs Zoom Text on the computer and gives you extra time. The first time I took the GRE, everything was fine (except my score ;D). I took it again, and this time I had an issue. Apparently, they reassigned my computer that I was registered to use to someone else and they could not install Zoom Text on another computer. Meaning, I had to leave the test site that day and return a ouple of weeks later with another appointment. Needless to say, I was ticked off. I managed to take it a second time, although it threw off my schedule a bit.
As for the psych GRE, you have to use large print booklets. If you go this route, call the test center in advance to make sure they have your test. I was about to take the test without large print (I can still read normal font with my vision, but it is harder to read and I make more reading errors). However, as I was filling in my name and information on the scantron sheet, my test arrived, thank goodness.
So yes, the GREs are fun. Most of the time, things turn outfine, but it is always good to call and double check on these things. Good luck!
