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New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2015, 06:50
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GMAC is introducing three new features to improve and streamline the GMAT exam experience for test takers. GMAC asked thousands of candidates and test takers about their GMAT experience and how to make it better. We listened and took action. These new features and options for test takers are effective July 19, 2015.

  • Cancelled Scores Removed from Score Reports
  • Repeat Exams Allowed after 16 Days
  • Authentication Code Replaced with Date of Birth

Cancelled Scores Removed from Score Reports
The “C” that represents a candidate’s cancelled scores will not be shown on any future GMAT score reports generated by GMAC. This means that when a test taker cancels their score, only the test taker will know. This feature will be applied retroactively to all previously cancelled test scores, which will be removed from all future score reports that are sent to schools. However, score reports with cancelled scores have already been sent to schools, they can’t be modified.
Removing cancelled scores from the score reports will help candidates gain more control and confidence of their GMAT experience—something that candidates have repeatedly asked for. In a survey of more than 3,000 students, 85% of respondents indicated that they would like to see the “C” removed from their score reports. This feature will also help deter any misinterpretations of cancelled scores in candidate profiles.


Repeat Exams Allowed after 16 Days
Candidates have the option to retake the GMAT exam after a 16-day time period (versus the current 31-day retake period). This allows candidates the flexibility to retake the exam within a shorter period of time in order to accommodate their schedules, study habits, peak performance times, and/or school deadlines.
As always, candidates can’t exceed five GMAT exams within a 12-month period.

Authentication Code Replaced with Date of Birth
Candidates will be able to view their Official Score Report online using their date of birth to authenticate their access. A separate authentication code will no longer be issued at the test center.
This change is expected to streamline the process for candidates to access their GMAT scores—and everyone likes one less password/code to remember.

https://www.mba.com/controlthegmat

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2015, 23:36
This initiative sounds reasonable & research driven.
I thank you GMAC for making it little easier for MBA aspirants to earn a decent admit.

about the new policies I have one:

1. If i write GMAT on 17th July 2015, will I be able to take the GMAT after 18 days?
2. Can i write 2 GMATs in one month?
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   26 Jun 2015, 06:32
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If you read the article you can see that the change would allow you to take 2 tests in a month now that the waiting period has been reduced from 31 days to 16. That is a great change for the GMAT and students pressing to get their target score before the application deadline will really appreciate that...

The only restriction (as noted in the article) is that only 5 GMATs can be taken during a year period.

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   26 Jun 2015, 12:05
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Hi All,

It will also be interesting to see how many Test Takers blow their way through 5 Official GMATs in 2 months and get 'locked out' for a year...

I bet that we hear about that exact situation sometime before the end of the year.

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2015, 08:41
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This initiative sounds reasonable & research driven.
I thank you GMAC for making it little easier for MBA aspirants to earn a decent admit.

about the new policies I have one:

1. If i write GMAT on 17th July 2015, will I be able to take the GMAT after 18 days?
2. Can i write 2 GMATs in one month?


Hello,

These are both excellent questions. Below are the answers:

1. Yes, after July 19th, if you go into the system to schedule a second exam, you will be able to schedule your exam for 16 days after your previous exam. If you try to schedule a second exam prior to July 19th, however, you would still be subject to the 31-day retake period, so if you'd like to take advantage of this new policy, please be sure to wait until after July 19th to go in and schedule your second exam.
2. Yes, the only restriction on retaking the exam is the 16-day retake period, and the limit of five tests in a rolling 12-month period.

If you have any further questions about these features, please let me know.

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2015, 05:56
Is Cancelling scores only available post 19 July ??????
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2015, 07:23
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Is Cancelling scores only available post 19 July ??????


No, you can currently and will still be able to cancel your score after completing the test and previewing your score. More information here: https://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/gma ... score.aspx.
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2015, 15:10
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I just called your customer service line to learn more about how score cancellations are reported and am confused by what I was told.

The representative explained that if I took the test after July 19th and cancelled my scores and then re-took again and kept my scores, the final score report would not indicate a score or cancellation remark for my second attempt BUT recipient schools will know that I took the exam a total of three times. I am very confused by what I was told. Can you please clarify?

Specifically, if I take the GMAT again after July 19th and decide to cancel but want to send my initial report to schools (from my first test date last month), will the schools know that I took the exam twice or will they only see my first score?

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Official GMAT,

I just called your customer service line to learn more about how score cancellations are reported and am confused by what I was told.

The representative explained that if I took the test after July 19th and cancelled my scores and then re-took again and kept my scores, the final score report would not indicate a score or cancellation remark for my second attempt BUT recipient schools will know that I took the exam a total of three times. I am very confused by what I was told. Can you please clarify?

Specifically, if I take the GMAT again after July 19th and decide to cancel but want to send my initial report to schools (from my first test date last month), will the schools know that I took the exam twice or will they only see my first score?

Thanks!


Hello,

Thank you for your question on this new feature. First off, to clarify, everything depends more on when you request the score report vs. when you take the exam. That being said, any scores reported after July 19th will not show any previous cancels on the score report. There will be no indication of the amount of times the exam was taken, unless scores were reported. For example, if you tested in January and canceled your scores, then tested again in March and kept your scores, schools you indicated at that time would have received the score report with a “C” for January and a score for March. However, after July 19th, if you were to then send an additional score report to another school, all they would receive is a score for March, with no indication of the cancelled January score.

Let us know if you have any other questions we can help with.

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2015, 09:35
To confirm then, this implies that, after July 19th, if I take the official GMAT test and am not pleased with the score, I can cancel it with zero evidence to the B-School that I ever took the test? The only negative is essentially that I spent $250 for nothing?
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To confirm then, this implies that, after July 19th, if I take the official GMAT test and am not pleased with the score, I can cancel it with zero evidence to the B-School that I ever took the test? The only negative is essentially that I spent $250 for nothing?


Yes and it is better than that, if you order a score report after the 19th, regardless of when you took a test and canceled your score, the cancelation will not show up.
At the same time, if you take one on July 19th and cancel, you can be back at the test center on Aug 6th with another $250 in your hand.... just keep in mind, you can take the test 5 times in a 12-month period.
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SprayinChilean wrote:
To confirm then, this implies that, after July 19th, if I take the official GMAT test and am not pleased with the score, I can cancel it with zero evidence to the B-School that I ever took the test? The only negative is essentially that I spent $250 for nothing?


Yes and it is better than that, if you order a score report after the 19th, regardless of when you took a test and canceled your score, the cancelation will not show up.
At the same time, if you take one on July 19th and cancel, you can be back at the test center on Aug 6th with another $250 in your hand.... just keep in mind, you can take the test 5 times in a 12-month period.


Interesting. Thanks for the quick reply. I wonder what this will do long term for GMAT acceptance scores. I would be inclined to think this will raise the average as folks will be prone to taking (and canceling) the test multiple times until they get the perfect score, whereas previously folks might have settled after 1-2 tests for fear of overtaking the test.

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Interesting. Thanks for the quick reply. I wonder what this will do long term for GMAT acceptance scores. I would be inclined to think this will raise the average as folks will be prone to taking (and canceling) the test multiple times until they get the perfect score, whereas previously folks might have settled after 1-2 tests for fear of overtaking the test.

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It is an interesting question. It depends - "yes" if GMAC excludes canceled scores from their percentile calculation and likely a "no" if they don't. My guess is that they do not exclude the canceled scores from their volume/calculation. Welcome other thoughts, however.

What we can definitely conclude is that this policy will increase A) Cancellations and B) Numbers of Tests taken since folks will be canceling and retaking more frequently, only limited by the budget (which I believe is the reason the 2 policies are updated simultaneously - to increase the volume of tests taken).

It will likely inflate some scores, probably making the 500 and 600 bands more competitive since that's the areas people will be canceling but since the percentiles are calculated based on all tests taken, I think the impact on 85+ percentiles will be minimal. Even more so, it may have an opposite effect where people will start taking the test unprepared (just to see what it is) and the number of lower scores will increase more so than higher, depressing the percentile inflation we have been seeing in the previous years...
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2015, 13:00
Since,most schools use the best scores, it does make sense to remove the scores which the test takers think are low.If the schools do consider only the best score then there is no use of low scores or cancelled scores being on the report card :) Correct me if I am wrong...
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2015, 13:10
Hi BB, in terms of strategising,suppose I have a 700 already, and get another 700 or 710 ,is it better to just cancel my score then and if need be reinstate it later for $100? Plus side is, I would not need another 700(unless verbal quant are specifically skewed in the pervious attempt) and lets say if I get a 710, and later feel I cant do better I get the score back. Moreover, the cancelation doesnt show if I dont reinstate them and just take it again. What do you feel?
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2015, 13:13
Also, to add to the points put forth by the official GMAC people, the reason people were unhappy with the C was that it might not the a real indicator of their performance. Removing the C from future reports should also be accompanied by removing the previous lower scores. Dont you think both have the same effect. If the colleges only take your highest score, why show the lower scores on the report and hamper someone's chances of admission.
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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2015, 08:14
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Since,most schools use the best scores, it does make sense to remove the scores which the test takers think are low.If the schools do consider only the best score then there is no use of low scores or cancelled scores being on the report card :) Correct me if I am wrong...


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Hi MBA18,

That's an interesting opinion for an Adcomm to offer, since the idea is 'incomplete.' Is she implying that SHE would be more likely to be interested in an applicant under those circumstances? Or is she saying that she would prefer to see a duplicate score so she can 'weed out' an applicant who doesn't have the capacity to improve? Is she implying that ALL Admissions Officers at one particular School would think that? Is she implying that ALL Admissions Officers at ALL Schools would think that?

Can you provide the context for the conversation you had? And can you provide any additional details?

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Re: New GMAT Features Launching July 19 [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2015, 11:36
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siinamits wrote:
This initiative sounds reasonable & research driven.
I thank you GMAC for making it little easier for MBA aspirants to earn a decent admit.

about the new policies I have one:

1. If i write GMAT on 17th July 2015, will I be able to take the GMAT after 18 days?
2. Can i write 2 GMATs in one month?


Hello,

These are both excellent questions. Below are the answers:

1. Yes, after July 19th, if you go into the system to schedule a second exam, you will be able to schedule your exam for 16 days after your previous exam. If you try to schedule a second exam prior to July 19th, however, you would still be subject to the 31-day retake period, so if you'd like to take advantage of this new policy, please be sure to wait until after July 19th to go in and schedule your second exam.
2. Yes, the only restriction on retaking the exam is the 16-day retake period, and the limit of five tests in a rolling 12-month period.

If you have any further questions about these features, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jeremy



Hi Jeremy,

I just took the GMAT on July 8th and I wasn't pleased with my score. I tried to reschedule a new exam for 25th which is 16+ days after I took the exam, but the system didn't allow me to book my date as these new rules are still not active (i was told I need to wait 31 days). Is it possible to book my exam now? I'm asking this because if I wait until July 19th there will be no dates left for July and probably half of August in the region I'm in.

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OfficialGMAT wrote:
siinamits wrote:
This initiative sounds reasonable & research driven.
I thank you GMAC for making it little easier for MBA aspirants to earn a decent admit.

about the new policies I have one:

1. If i write GMAT on 17th July 2015, will I be able to take the GMAT after 18 days?
2. Can i write 2 GMATs in one month?


Hello,

These are both excellent questions. Below are the answers:

1. Yes, after July 19th, if you go into the system to schedule a second exam, you will be able to schedule your exam for 16 days after your previous exam. If you try to schedule a second exam prior to July 19th, however, you would still be subject to the 31-day retake period, so if you'd like to take advantage of this new policy, please be sure to wait until after July 19th to go in and schedule your second exam.
2. Yes, the only restriction on retaking the exam is the 16-day retake period, and the limit of five tests in a rolling 12-month period.

If you have any further questions about these features, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jeremy



Hi Jeremy,

I just took the GMAT on July 8th and I wasn't pleased with my score. I tried to reschedule a new exam for 25th which is 16+ days after I took the exam, but the system didn't allow me to book my date as these new rules are still not active (i was told I need to wait 31 days). Is it possible to book my exam now? I'm asking this because if I wait until July 19th there will be no dates left for July and probably half of August in the region I'm in.

Thanks.
KD


Hello,

I understand the position you're in, but no, you cannot take advantage of the new 16-day reschedule policy until July 19, when these enhancements take effect.

Thanks,
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