Test Day
Where Do You Take the CASPer Test?
At home, on your own computer. CASPer is fully online, there are no test centres, and nobody assigns you a location. That freedom is also the catch: the room is now your responsibility, and a bad room is one of the easiest avoidable ways to lose a quartile.
The short answer
- CASPer is 100% online. No test centre, no appointment location.
- Laptop or desktop only. No phones, no tablets.
- You need a webcam, a microphone, and a stable connection.
- You must be alone and undisturbed for roughly 90 to 110 minutes.
There is no CASPer test centre
People search for a location because most admissions tests have one. The MCAT has Prometric centres. CASPer does not have an equivalent, and never has. You book a date and time, and at that time you log into your account from wherever you happen to be.
So the question is not where you are allowed to take it. It is where you should. Nobody is going to stop you sitting CASPer in a busy kitchen, and nobody is going to give you the quartile back afterwards either.
What a good room looks like
A door that closes
Non-negotiable. You will be speaking aloud for the video response section, and you need to not be interrupted. Tell everyone in the building the time window and put a note on the door.
Light on your face, not behind you
A window behind you turns you into a silhouette on camera. Face the light source, or put a lamp in front of you. This matters for the recorded video section where how you come across is part of the response.
A wired connection if you can get one
Ethernet beats wifi every time. If wifi is your only option, sit near the router and get everyone else in the house off streaming for the duration.
A desk you can type at properly
The written section is a typing test in disguise. A laptop balanced on a sofa cushion costs you words per minute, and words per minute is score.
A machine you fully control
Work laptops and locked-down university machines often block camera or microphone access at the system level, and you will not find out until the check fails. Use your own device.
Locations ranked honestly
| Location | Verdict | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Your bedroom or home office | Best | Housemates, deliveries, pets |
| A friend or relative's quiet room | Good | Unfamiliar wifi, no backup plan |
| Bookable library study room | Workable | Booking overruns, speaking aloud, public wifi |
| Open-plan library or campus space | Avoid | Noise, no privacy for the video section |
| Coffee shop | No | Everything |
| Car, hotel lobby, shared kitchen | No | Connection, noise, interruptions |
The setup mistakes that actually cost people
Running the system check somewhere else
A check that passed on your home wifi tells you nothing about the room you are actually testing from. Run it on the real machine, the real network, in the real room.
Nobody in the house knowing
Tell people the exact window, not just "this afternoon". Silence the doorbell if you can. A knock during a five-minute scenario is expensive.
No backup connection
Have a phone hotspot ready and know how to switch to it. You may never need it, and it costs nothing to set up in advance.
Booking a time zone by accident
Sittings are scheduled in a specific time zone. If you are travelling or applying from abroad, confirm the local start time rather than assuming.
If the monitoring side is what you are actually wondering about, we answer it directly in can CASPer see your screen. For the full run of the day itself, the test day guide walks through it start to finish.
The takeaway
There is nowhere to go. CASPer comes to you, which means the room is a decision you are making whether you think about it or not. Pick a private room with a door, a desk, decent light and a connection you trust, run the system check in that exact setup, and tell the household when to leave you alone. That is the entire location problem solved.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the CASPer test online?+
Yes. CASPer is taken entirely online from your own laptop or desktop, wherever you choose to sit it. There are no physical test centres to book and nothing to install beyond a supported browser. You log into takealtus.com at your scheduled time and the test runs there.
Where should you take the CASPer test?+
Somewhere private, quiet, well lit, and on a network you control. A bedroom or home office with the door shut is ideal. The requirement that rules out most alternatives is that you must be alone and undisturbed for the full sitting, which is roughly 90 to 110 minutes.
Can you take CASPer at a library or coffee shop?+
Technically possible, practically a bad idea. Public wifi is unreliable, you cannot guarantee silence, and you will be speaking aloud during the video response section. A private study room with a door is the only public option worth considering, and even then bring a phone hotspot as backup.
Can you take the CASPer test on a phone or tablet?+
No. CASPer requires a laptop or desktop with a working webcam and microphone. Tablets and phones are not supported, partly because of the typing load in the written section. Do not plan on one as a backup device.
Do you need a specific location by country?+
No. Because it is online, you take CASPer from wherever you are. What varies by region is which test sittings are offered and at what local times, so check the schedule against your own time zone carefully when booking.
Is anyone watching you take CASPer?+
There is no live human proctor watching your room in real time. Your webcam is used for identity verification and the video response section, and the session is recorded for integrity review. It cannot see your screen or your open tabs.
What happens if your internet drops during CASPer?+
Contact Acuity support immediately using the details in your confirmation email, and note the time it happened. Do not restart repeatedly. Technical incidents are reviewed case by case, and a same-day report while the session record is fresh is far more useful than one sent later.