I took my CI test yesterday at Gallaudet. I can’t go into details because we sign a confidentiality agreement - I can’t tell anything about the warmup or test materials themselves. I got there right on time, though, and there was hardly anybody in Fay House (the home of Gallaudet Interpreting Services). I filled out my initial paperwork and waited patiently while the LTA explained everything to the woman who was going to be replacing her on Monday. They set me up with the practice tapes and I chose which speakers I wanted to work with, and then I reviewed the practice speeches for each one.

I took a short break while the LTA set up the tapes for the actual test. I think I did okay; there were some parts I fumbled. I didn’t walk out of there with the same “I aced this!” feeling I had after my CT test, but I think I did okay.

I will say one thing about one of the tapes I picked. It was related to computers, but these tapes are from the early-to-mid 1980’s at best. So it was pretty funny to hear the guy describing what is now archaic technology! At one point he mentioned the name of a long-defunct service, and I really had to dig deep in my brain to remember the what that company was called.

The wait is apparently three to four months for results now, which beats the nine months I waited for my CT test results. I think I have also heard of results coming as fast as two and a half months, so hopefully I’ll hear those results around the same time as I hear back about whether I’ve been accepted (!) to Gallaudet.