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Hi Hatakekakashi

Thank you for your time. I managed to book a test, so I keep my fingers crossed and hoping for the best. Thanks for your assistance.

Hi

Can some one please tell me how long it takes the Gmac to provide the ESR I had requested one almost a week back and money has been deducted with confirmation from Gmac but no access code yet...

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Hello Leah / GMAC Official Representative,

I recently received word that the student who received only a V50 with 100% of counted questions correct had his score raised by GMAC to a perfect V51, so that issue is now resolved--thank you!

Please answer these 2 more questions:

1) Why does the GMAC website continue to indicate 60 as the maximum possible score on both Quant and Verbal, even though the top score on each section is well known to be a 51, and has been for decades?

2) Will GMAC go on record to acknowledge the following, which we can already infer from ESR analysis: there are 23 experimental ("pretest") questions on the GMAT (25.6% of the test): 11 on Verbal, 9 on Quant, and 3 on IR? (In the past, GMAC has only gone so far as to say that "10 to 25%" of the questions on the GMAT are pretest.)

Thank you,
Brian

Hi

Can some one please tell me how long it takes the Gmac to provide the ESR I had requested one almost a week back and money has been deducted with confirmation from Gmac but no access code yet...

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Hello,

I apologize for any frustrations!

It can take up to 72 hours after your GMAT Exam is completed, to be able to apply your ESR to your past GMAT Exam. If you have taken your exam more than 72 hours ago, and do not see "Enter ESR Code" next to your past exam on My GMAT & Scores on your mba.com account, please reach out to customercare@mba.com. they will be happy to assist further!

Regards,
Leah

Hi Leah,
Thank you,

I see a link next to my GMAT score for "enter ESR activation code" but I have not received the activation code from GMAC. It has been more than a week.

Re: Question About a New Lifetime Limit Policy

Hello,

I have a question about a new lifetime limit that will take effect on December 17. I understand that there is an exception to the policy for a test taker who genuinely wants to take a 9th test.

I did send this week a request for an exception via the inquiry box in “Contact Us” section of the official GMAT site and has received the following response:

“Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding the GMAT lifetime retake policy. We do understand that some candidates will need to take the GMAT more than 8 times. Therefore, we are allowing you to request an exception to this policy. A request for an exception can be raised with the supporting documents if a requirement has been made by the school you intend to join.”

Since I was not clear about the supporting documents required, I asked a follow-up question and received the following response:

“We would require a document on the letter head of the school, stating that they require you to take the GMAT exam again and an exception should be provided to you. Please send the documents by replying to this email address. “

However, I doubt that a business school will issue such a letter. Since this is about an exception to the general rule, I assume that the request will be considered on a case-by-case basis and the review process will be flexible taking into account relevant circumstances. Therefore, I am hoping that the kind of supporting documents required will not be rigid but can be flexible.

In my case, I applied to a top 10 US business school this fall but my application was rejected. I would like to re-apply next year with a higher GMAT score. My score was around the school’s average but my GPA was lower than the school’s average. I have been studying to take the GMAT test again in April and I am confident that I can gain a substantially higher score. As you may be aware, an applicant who has a lower GPA can often increase the likelihood of acceptance by showing a higher GMAT score than the school’s average.

My school does not provide a feedback to a declined applicant as it receives a large number of applications. Therefore, it will not issue the kind of the letter your PearsonVUE customer service representative described. However, I can send a document showing that I did apply this fall using a GMAT score from this year. I believe that it shows that I am not abusing the current test process. I’ve also filled in five school names each time I took a GMAT exam and my scores have been sent to them.

I’d appreciate it very much if you could provide some guidance in this matter for someone in a similar situation to mine. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Todd

A question regarding IR:

1. I've heard from GMAC that everyone gets 8 scored questions (with fixed number of questions in each type) and 4 experimental questions (in random question types). (please correct me if I am wrong)

Hello. The mba (dot) com can't be accessed and thus I can't register for my GMAT test. I get a "Service Unavailable". In addition, when it was open I got a Block Error (or something like that, I can't see it right now). How can I register for the test? Thank you in advance.

edit: Now that the site is online again, I managed to log in but when I go to "Take the GMAT Exam" I get this message:

This might not apply to you, but just checking: have you purchased the ESR yet? Once you buy it, you'll get another email with the code, which can also be found under the purchases section.

Hi

yes I had bought the very next day of my GMAT exam (20th Feb). I havent received anything as yet.

OfficialGMAT Dear Leah, I have a similar query and need your help. Could you please answer to Todd2381; it will help me too.

Dear Leah,
Has anyone ever allowed to take the test 9th/10th time in case her/his request has been found genuine and legitimate?

Regards,
Pradeep

Hello!

We have had business schools that are interested in candidates attending their programs, reach out to us on the candidates behalf (via letter/email), for taking the GMAT Exam an additional time. If you are interested in attending a university and they have expressed interest in you, they may draft an email/letter to send to us, and request that you take the GMAT Exam again. Unfortunately an appeal on the basis of just wanting to take the GMAT Exam again, will not be sufficient for the request. You may also bring this up with Pearson VUE in your region by visiting: mba.com/contactus.

Thanks!
Leah