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how was the experience?
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I'm sitting for the exam on Monday...eek! Wish me luck!
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Took the GRE at home at 12 noon my time. It was pretty relaxed. The proctor was very chill - I showed her my whiteboard once in the beginning. I also had a paper towel with me to wipe it down and I just had to show it to her in the beginning of the test so she could confirm there was nothing written on it. Had to awkwardly turn my laptop around so she could see all corners of my room. There was also this part where you needed a mirror or to use your iphone front camera so she could see your screen. I kept turning the phone wrong but I think it worked.

When it was time for my break, I was able to leave the room to get a snack from my kitchen and use the loo. This was a really nice break from my little desk. I played with my dog for a bit which was a high stress reliever for the second half. BUT...

When I came back from my break, and watched the clock countdown to starting the next section...the test froze and wouldn't start. I couldn't reach my proctor for almost 10-15 minutes, which was stressful because of course I started thinking the worst like "what if I have to start all over??!!" Eventually, she brought on someone else to get the test running again - this took about 30 minutes.

It's a LONNNNNG day. At the end, you don't get to see your scores until AFTER you decide to report them or not. So, it goes like this:
Screen asks if you want to report or cancel. You click "Report".
Next screen says something like "confirm you don't want to cancel - you didn't choose an option on the prior screen". (This was confusing - just choose "report" again)
THEN it asks you to submit your school information. I had to get the school codes off my phone, which I guess wasn't a problem since the test was done.
And, now, FINALLY, after entering the school codes, you get to see your score.

SO, even though you get to see your score - it isn't until AFTER you've decided not to cancel. That's the only sorta annoying thing.

Otherwise, pretty straightforward experience. Not too painful. Proctor was silently watching and has control of your computer so they can see if you open anything else up. Definitely take the online exam while you have the chance - taking it in my home, near a window, on a sunny day, was super relaxing (if test-taking can be relaxing).
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Thanks for sharing We appreciate a lot
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I think that it's much easier from home
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For me was much easy from home.
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Im planning to take it at home on my Desktop PC, i was wondering do i need to buy a camera and a table mic ?
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ku5htrim wrote:
Im planning to take it at home on my Desktop PC, i was wondering do i need to buy a camera and a table mic ?


Yes of course or a camera with a mic incorporated to put on top of your monitor.

As such, you can move it around the ambient when the proctor will ask you before the exam

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shift5105 wrote:
Took the GRE at home at 12 noon my time. It was pretty relaxed.

Is it possible to zoom in/out the test screen? I usually like to make the font bigger during practice tests.

I have downloaded the software "ETS Online Test" per instruction on ETS website but have not taken the test yet.

Thanks for your kind sharing.
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asyiklah wrote:
shift5105 wrote:
Took the GRE at home at 12 noon my time. It was pretty relaxed.

Is it possible to zoom in/out the test screen? I usually like to make the font bigger during practice tests.

I have downloaded the software "ETS Online Test" per instruction on ETS website but have not taken the test yet.

Thanks for your kind sharing.


No specific information is given on the ETS website or at least I did not find them

However, I think yes: you take the test basically in a browser. As such, ctrl and + should work
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