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bp2013
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07 May 2018, 14:18
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I just learned about this extra time accommodation today and am battling back and forth on whether I should pursue. I am 30 and was diagnosed as a teenager with ADD. I took medication for it for a few years, but stopped altogether for about 10 years since I didn't want to rely on drugs. I've struggled a bit throughout the time but have made it through just fine (although my undergrad GPA took a hit). Only recently did I start taking medication again, and it is mainly for the GMAT to help me study. I'm a poor test taker.
I am wanting to apply to top 5 part time programs, and am needing a very strong GMAT to do so (undergrad GPA 3.0). My test is scheduled for a month from today and now I'm wondering best course of action.
-If I take the accommodations, I may feel like I cheated and my score isn't a true score.
-I make a lot of careless errors on the GMAT, and wondering if I will be able to ever score in the 700 range without this. I'm at my max capacity for studying, have taken a manhattan in person course, magoosh, and not seeing a whole lot of improvement (Typically 630-650, ~36 quant, ~38 verbal).
What would you do? Or have you used the accommodation with ADD?
I'm wondering if I should apply, keep my scheduled test date (the result of my accommodation request will likely be right around the time I take the exam), and then schedule it again with the accommodation if I get a poor score?
I am planning to apply in the winter program at Booth, deadline is October 4
I am wanting to apply to top 5 part time programs, and am needing a very strong GMAT to do so (undergrad GPA 3.0). My test is scheduled for a month from today and now I'm wondering best course of action.
-If I take the accommodations, I may feel like I cheated and my score isn't a true score.
-I make a lot of careless errors on the GMAT, and wondering if I will be able to ever score in the 700 range without this. I'm at my max capacity for studying, have taken a manhattan in person course, magoosh, and not seeing a whole lot of improvement (Typically 630-650, ~36 quant, ~38 verbal).
What would you do? Or have you used the accommodation with ADD?
I'm wondering if I should apply, keep my scheduled test date (the result of my accommodation request will likely be right around the time I take the exam), and then schedule it again with the accommodation if I get a poor score?
I am planning to apply in the winter program at Booth, deadline is October 4
07 May 2018, 23:16
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bp2013
1. This is something that all exams do (or are required to do) in order to ensure that the testing process is as fair as possible. If you feel that you are in a better position to take a call on whether accommodations are fair or not than the people who are obsessed with ensuring that they deliver a reliable test, take the test without any accommodations. However, if you do opt for accommodations, you can be sure that you will not be "cheating".
2. 620-650 is a good score range, and your verbal seems to be very good. However, I'm not sure whether you are truly comfortable with the concepts that are tested in the quantitative section. A Q36 is not generally the result of only careless mistakes.
3. I'm not sure whether you will get an approval within a month's time. The procedure on the mba.com site doesn't seem very simple.
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08 May 2018, 09:15
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I agree that I'm not only making careless mistakes, that there are general concepts I need to improve as well.
I don't think I'd get approval in a month's time either. I would likely schedule an appointment with the psychiatrist soon (next couple weeks) assuming price is reasonable, probably keep my regular GMAT date, but apply for the time extension in the meantime, so that I can schedule a new date as soon as I get approval, and either cancel my current date if approval comes before then, or go through with the regular date, and schedule the new date once approved as a 2nd exam.
Then if I happen to get a good enough score without it, cancel my 2nd attempt with time extension, keeping it if I don't do as well as I want
