Sen Kerry's office helped my friend on the GREs

[WillyBrandt]

My friend was taking the GRE Physics test, but the proctor ended the test five minutes early. He had written down the answers, and was going to bubble them in, but since time was called, his work was for naught.

He wrote to Sen Kerry's office. Somebody there talked to the testing company--ETS--and they agreed to copy the written down answers into bubbles and to re-grade the test.

He's now getting his Ph.D. at UCLA

Go Kerry!

On edit: Sen's Kerry's office instead of Sen Kerry in the title

[ShimokitaJer]

1. Good for your friend... I guess

But is anyone else disturbed by the idea that a senator can call an independent testing company and ask them to alter a test sheet? This isn't a knock on Kerry, but I find the willingness of ETS to go along with it very disturbing.

[WillyBrandt]

2. ETS should have done it anyway

Senatorial offices do stuff like this all the time. It's part of constituent services.

[MsUnderstood]

3. It is sad. . .

That your friend had to get Kerry involved. That the ETS did not review the process until a senator called them.

I've taken tests before and it is BS that the test ends early and when you complain you get a "So What". Rules aren't meant to be broken unless the one in charge wants to break them.

Way to go Kerry. Nice of him to take the time to help out.

[HFishbine]

4. I had this happen on the LSAT

The whole room was dismayed. I quietly but firmly told the procotor, "We have six and a half minutes left" and went back to work. The rest of the room did the same and the proctor simply sat back down and waited until time was truely expired. I guess she had a hot date or needed to go to the bathroom or something.

[JVS]

5. You are not supposed to do that.

That is very corrupt. Of course they should not end the test early either

[WillyBrandt]

6. What is? ETS proctors shortchanging test-takers?

[pezcore64]

7. alright

i suppose that was nice of 'em...
but tuh..whats that hafta do with the campaign?