Canadian spelling on essay portion
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19 Jan 2006, 19:25
Hi all,
been studying like crazy the last few weeks on this thing. I was sharing my experience with a colleague at work and she asked me if the essay portion of the GMAT used US or Canadian spelling. I didn't know! As far as I understand, a computer gives your essays a first pass and scores them before getting to human eyes, and if it doesn't recognize your spelling, it won't be able to recognize the sentence. i.e., it will consider the word "color" (US spelling) is different than the word "colour" (Canadian spelling).
I of course make the foolish mistake of calling GMAC to ask, and the surly rep I get immediately responds "US Spelling" when I ask which they use. I push a little and say, "are you sure?". And she says "it's a normal spell check". As far as I'm aware, there is no spell check, so I explain this to her and push further for a clear answer. She pushes back and says "people will be grading your essays", and I explain that I do not want the people reading them to be biased by an initial computer-given score. She puts me on hold for 10 minutes, and finally tells me to check to website! Useless.
So - anyone know if the variations on spelling will affect the grading? Any insight would be appreciated on this, as it will seriously immpact the way I write.
Thanks!
mike