Warlock007 wrote:
Aj85 wrote:
Warlock007 wrote:
Dear all
Firstly, I never asked the GMAT to make anything easier for anybody. As a STANDARDISED test, the GMAT HAS an obligation to make the test EQUAL for everyone. If thousands of b-schools are accepting the GMAT, then I believe it is subject to some integrity.
The GMAT was designed to predict your chances of success in business schools in the United States. The test is as unfair to non-native speakers as a pre-screening for health insurance coverage is to obese people. On average, they'll cost the company more to support. Its nothing personal, its just statistics. You're confusing "being unfair" with "accurately predicting a lesser chance of success". Being exceptional in English, not just adequate, is very important to doing well in US business schools. If you didn't realize how dominant and important English is in the business world, you wouldn't be trying to get a degree at an English speaking institution. Its just the way it is. Sure, it sucks for non-English speakers, but it's fair. To be clear, I'm not saying that an English speaker with a 750 GMAT is smarter or better apt than a non-native speaker with the same score. In fact, the opposite is probably true, as some of the non-native speaker's intelligence was likely lost in translation. An Indian with a 600 GMAT could be much smarter than an American with a 670, but that's not what business schools are testing. They're measuring...your chances...of being successful...in US...business schools....the end.