GRE at Home - It's Official!

The is definitely great news but not for me - India and GRE. Hope GMAT reflects something similar.
Well GRE must have brainstormed about the test in home conditions with extremes considered, what vyshak and zhanbo have mentioned raises eyebrows - the curiosity rover would pause for a moment on hearing this .

How Proctor works:
I have had proctor account four years ago. The experience certainly differs from GMAT's not sure of GRE galaxies apart. After creating your account you confirm the test details then schedule/timings of test(might be that they provide you a specific time - i forgot) and then you are assigned a proctor who first checks the system(not sure what as i was naive those things then). After that you are supposed to show the room(live feed) where are taking test by moving the laptop/webcam 360deg without you blocking the view - during this time proctor is always taking a note of the surrounding conditions.

The odd part:
While you are taking test the proctor is watching you which is kind of spooky - a mutated version of combination of a physical person and a webcam/CCTV. For some it might be distracting as i found it so.

The good part:
No distraction from fellow table knocking test taker.

PS: In 4 years it must have changed but ironically only honest test takers suffer. I used chrome on windows 7 PC.

Let's see how things materialize.
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Hope prudence will prevail and business schools will not accept the GRE scores churned out in the phase of test from home with latent hacks. GMAT test takers must raise this issue with business schools if GMAC is not ready to raise any concern.

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It will be... we were all expecting quite a bit of change when GMAC announced section order option - that was equivalent of going to the Moon in terms of GMAC's flexibility and test innovation so going "at home" is like light speed or castle run in 9 parsecs
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GRE OFFICIALLY AT HOME, WILL GMAT FOLLOW?!

I don't think so, it's so easy to record the questions.

University are starting to not request gmat for the application processes.

What do u think?

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I hope that everyone understands that any individual that attempts to cheat at the "GRE at home" test will compromise the remaining majority of test takers. Needless to say I hope that the community of test takers will demonstrate prudence and will repudiate the idea of cheating.

Update: this morning I have spoken with technical support representatives from both UProctor and ETS. The former said that "Windows is not a must, but if ETS mandates Windows, then it is a must". The latter said that Windows is a must. I asked about Mac computer running Windows, but the support rep insisted that the computer has to be a Windows machine.

So, unless one wants to experiment with bootcamp on Mac and have a Windows machine next to him in the room, I dare say Windows is a must for the "GRE at home" test.

I've been trying to get a hold of GMAT for the past one hour and teh phones are busy and the chat lines are also busy.

My ETS account isn't logging in and its super slow. Wonder if there is a lot of traffic on the ETS website with people trying to book the exam date?

Merged some stray topics. Please keep all "GMAT at Home" discussions here. Thank you
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Lol. One has to incur costs to enforce strict adherence to rules and regulations, unless you want GRE exams to be treated as proctored MGMAT mocks. It just took one person to create a massive pandemic. Similarly, it takes one person to replicate the questions and distribute them to the masses. I hope ETS is taking adequate measures to ensure that their question database remains authentic.

ari.banerjee haha, good catch! It seems that "Windows only" restriction comes from the ETS side because their tool can only run on Windows. I wonder, though, if Windows on Mac will work just fine. Having dealt with support teams in the past, I can posit that it is not uncommon for support people to not fully understand a question / issue. So, maybe ETS tool will work fine on Windows that is running on Mac through bootcamp / VirtualBox. Who knows.

Also, I have registered for the "GRE at home" test this morning without any waiting time, the website worked just fine, and there were plenty of registration spots starting from March 27th all the way up until end of April (I did not check May). Also, one can even take a test during the weekend. What can I say? ETS indeed disrupted the test taking industry literally overnight.

There are numerous ways to distribute those questions. We will be the buyers knowingly or unknowingly. And it's not about just 30 or 40 questions. If the process is repeated, the entire question bank can be exhausted.

Right. For GRE, their questions are not adaptive. They use the same medium-level section, followed by one of three sections with different difficulty levels. And they probably change sections every 1-2 weeks. Leaking those questions out can have severe consequences.

We could probably make a small fortune selling GMAT Ninja "hearing aids."

Bummer that I actually have morals about things like that! Otherwise, I'd be able to spend the rest of my life drinking quarantinis on a yacht in the South Pacific.

In all seriousness, I do worry that this will cause all sorts of test security issues. I'm THRILLED that this option is available, but I'm curious to see if it'll have staying power once the world returns to normal.
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FYI. GRE at home has been extended to everywhere except China and Iran.

https://www.ets.org/s/cv/gre/at-home/



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I think this is so cool! I think we are at the brink of a new test taking experience. I hate the test Centers so much lol

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See the video above on how it will work.

However, that procedure is NOT for all locations around the world. You should contact them to see how and in what manner
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My gf wrote the LSAT a few months ago and while I feel like LSAC is light years behind GMAT in test taking experience they introduced the LSAT writing section which is exactly the same as the above video from GRE! I wondered when this technology will transcend to Other forums.

It took the COVID 19 crisis to do it!

I think this will change everything!

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The test is offered in your country or location. As of March 23, 2020 (13:00 UTC), the at home test is available in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hong Kong (China) and Macau (China).
You must have computer equipment that meets the requirements for the test.
You must have a room that provides an acceptable environment for the test.

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I am starting to digest this as my adrenaline rush is subsiding... looks like no options for the #2 and #3 Markets - China and India. Also, no UK or Australia?

I know that one never had to prove one's residency. What if I am a Chinese national traveling to Germany. Can I take the test from a hotel room? How do I have to prove my residency? Will we have "traveling" GRE Test-takers?
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