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I’ll post this here too, since it’s relevant to CAS’s response.
By cancelling the April exam sitting now, we will be able to expend our energy on a viable contingency plan for October that would allow candidates to take exams remotely.
Where is that contingency option? According to the other thread, the contingency is a refund, or an expectation to travel 6 hours out of state and quarantine for two weeks before sitting.
Make sure you get to your testing center two weeks early. Minnesota requires a two week quarantine on out-of-state travelers.
By cancelling the April exam sitting now, we will be able to expend our energy on a viable contingency plan for October that would allow candidates to take exams remotely.
Where is that remote option? Pearson offers remote testing.
Pearson offers at home testing. With a flip of a switch we could be taking exams at home today.
https://home.pearsonvue.com/Test-takers/OnVUE-online-proctoring.aspx
To clarify, there were no refunds until the November 16th announcement. Plenty of exams were taken this sitting before then.
Obviously we have differing opinions about the matter. But just to respond to some of your points, some of our companies require passing exams in a certain period of time to maintain employment. It isn’t as easy as just not sitting if I’m not in the mood. We already lost the spring sitting.
I’m also nowhere near under 30, and as I said above, have a condition that puts me at risk. While it’s unlikely to catch it while wearing a mask, it’s possible. Especially with 4.5 hours of exposure time.
I totally agree with everything said above.
I’ve been studying for this sitting for over a year now. I was told May, then July, then October, now next week. The COVID numbers are the worst they’ve ever been and I feel forced to exposure myself for the sake of my job.
I contacted the CAS about having a health condition that makes me high risk, and asked if there was any possibility of online exams. I quoted their disability accommodations policy. They said “no and no refunds”. They didn’t bother to email me a few days later when they changed their minds on refunds.
I had to take exam 5 at home in spring 2018 against my will, and during a global pandemic they won’t offer this option again—- when Pearson is fully capable of offering this to all exam takers today.
I study nonstop for an exam that will likely be cancelled do lock downs happening through out my state. For an exam I feel I am literally risking my life for.
