GRAMMAR - SPELLING - PUNCTUATION TEST

The GSP is offered several times per semester, although the Measurement and Evaluation Center, which administers the test, maintains no permanent testing schedule. Dates are scattered throughout the year, usually just before the beginning of the semester, just prior to consent, and near the end of the semester. Test dates and times are posted outside the RTF Undergraduate Advisor¹s office (CMA 7.230), as well as outside the RTF Department office (CMA 6.118). You may also find out test dates by contacting the Measurement and Evaluation Center (MEC) at 471-3032.

The GSP tests are offered several times during the test-day, usually every hour on the hour between 10 am and 3 pm. You will be assigned a test time when you pay your fee the day prior to the test. The GSP is a 60-question computerized test offered at the MEC at 2616 Wichita. A passing score is 45 and above. You may take the test up to three (3) times. The test costs $25.00 each time. Financial aid recipients may be able to obtain a one-time only fee waiver.

If you have not obtained a passing score after your third try, you may petition the RTF Department for permission to test again. If English is your second language, you may appeal to the RTF Department to waive the three-trial limitation. Remember that you may not register for, nor take, any upper division RTF classes unless you first pass the GSP test. Petition/appeal forms are available in the RTF Office at CMA 6.118.

To help students prepare, the Learning Skills Center offers GSP preparation and tutoring with review classes, self-help in the verbal lab, annotated GSP tests, relevant exercises and reference materials. The Learning Skills Center is located at Jester A332 (471-3614). You are strongly encouraged to make use of this free resource.

• The DAY PRIOR to the test date, go to the MEC and pay your test fee ($25) between 9 am and 3:30 pm only. The MEC will not sell any tickets after 3:30 pm nor on the day of the test. The MEC will accept cash, check, money order (payable to UT Austin) or financial aid fee waiver.

• At the time you pay your test fee you will receive a test-room admission slip assigning you to a test time. On the test day, you should arrive at MEC no later than the time listed on your admission slip. Bring a form of identification that includes both your signature and photograph (such as your student ID). Without such identification, you will be admitted only if you bring and relinquish a photograph of yourself.

• You will know the results at the time you complete the test. The results will be transmitted to the Department of Radio-TV-Film by the following day.

• If you have a temporary or long-term disability, you should contact the Measurement and Evaluation Center at least a week in advance of the test date to specify the conditions you need.