Ansal University, Gurgaon - Review

Question

Has anyone taken their GMAT at Ansal University this year? If yes, how did you find it in terms of noise, pre-test process, facilities, distance of washroom from the test room, staff’s behaviour etc.? Anything specific I should be mentally prepared about?

I found some old pre-pandemic reviews here but I am looking for reviews from people who took their tests recently.

I am little iffy because it’s not a Pearson centre. But the other Pearson centre does not have my preferred date and timing slots.

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Consider calling the center to ask some of these queries. They may give you some advice. Perhaps it is a lot less noisy on weekday mornings, for example.

bb · Answer

Consider looking and searching on the forum:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/need-a-test- ... 21270.html

As well as in the test center reviews.

https://gmatclub.com/reviews/other-test ... -345345560

https://gmatclub.com/reviews/comments/g ... -345360727

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Dadhwal · Answer

I had given my exam at ansal (now it is named sushant university) in sep, previously I had given my exam in Pearson mg road centre. I found ansal's location more quite than pearson. Ansal centre is located in 5th floor in a corner location. I had scheduled my exam in morning, so university was almost empty if you have scheduled your exam after morning you can expect noise in waiting area due to classes nearby & a normal college hustle bustle. Inside test centre there will not be any noise issue. Test invigilator will also provide 3m corded earplug. At most there will be only 2 persons who will be invigilating. It will take 5-10 minutes to complete formality, a locker will be provided to keep ur belongings. Ansal has only a single row with 6 systems will be helpful to person who get anxiety by seeing other test takers, Pearson centre has more number of seats. At pearson Myself & some of my friends had faced issue of pen ink getting dryed in 5-10 secs if someone didn't put cap which was really frustrating, although I had taken 2 pens but both pens had same problem, at ansal I had not faced any such issue. Washroom (condition is like a normal university washroom) is nearby only on same floor I guess it will take only 1 minute to go there. If you face any issue with cooling you can ask invigilator guy to increase or decrease temp. Overall I hadn't faced any issue at ansal.

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ridamagarwal · Answer

Thank you so much for this review. I booked Ansal after reading this. This was genuinely very helpful!

ridamagarwal · Answer

This link was really helpful! I found reviews I hadn’t read before. Thanks bb!

ridamagarwal · Answer

Sure, I will do that. Although I do feel their responses might be biased.

Anyway, I booked the centre after a little bit of research. Thanks for your response!

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Somendrasharma · Answer

Hello! thanks very much for this thread and all this information.

I too am planning to book my Test Centre at Ansal - mid march - (22-27 Mar-23) at Ansal university (Sushant university). I was hoping to ask how your experience was when you took the test at Ansal. A more recent review will help a ton!!

Many thanks! any replies or response is appreciated.

(Edit: Any information on number of peers taking the exam and noise levels will be particularly helpful. Also, I smoke (I know it is a disgusting habit), but I cannot leave that now, I would prefer if I had a smoke before the exam, any chance of that at Ansal uni campus?)

~Somendra

ridamagarwal · Answer

To everyone booking or considering booking Ansal University for GMAT, read ahead to know how my personal experience was (test given on 15th Nov, 2022). Watch out for (++) for positive points, (--) for negative points and (==) for neutral points:

1. (++) Only 5 students at a time  – There really are only 5 systems and it definitely was quiet when I went to give my exam (11 am IST).

2. (--) Exam started late – My exam started 1 hour late.  Out of the 4 other test-takers there, 1-2 were retaking the exam at the same centre and said that their previous exams started on time and the registration was smooth. It wasn't the case that day though. The 1 hour we waited, we had no clue when we were going to start. The invigilator kept saying things like 'wait for 10 more min', 'come back later', 'it will take some time' etc whenever someone went to get an update.

3. (--) System went blank and said 'reconnecting' multiple times  – I don't know if this is usual with other centres or it was a connection issue at this specific centre or that specific day, but my exam paused a lot. I have a feeling that the clock was running every time my screen went blank with a 'Wait, you are being reconnected' message, because I was keeping track of it and suddenly at the end of both verbal and quants sections, I had only 5 min remaining with 4-5 questions left to answer. The reconnection issue was manageable in quants if I had already read the question, but was a major pain in the neck during verbal and IR sections. It broke my flow. I was already so exhausted with the waiting and prolonged anxiety; this was an added negative.

4. (==) The invigilator was unprofessional  in the sense that he was chatting with me during my break. I did not mind it tbh. It did not bother me too much because I did not respond much. But I was definitely surprised given some of the debriefs I had read about how strict invigilators usually are and how you're supposed to not speak to anyone during breaks.

5. (++) Washrooms are right next to the test room.  Big plus point. But you'll find students in there gossiping about the most randomest college things and it feels a little surreal because you're here to give an exam you have been rigorously preparing for for months now; so you're extremely stressed and you're not allowed to talk to anyone. On the other hand, there are people in the same place at the same time worrying about how that one classmate snitched about them to the professor and how they need to get what they deserved. Again, not something that bothered me as it help me relax about the seriousness of the whole scenario and the proximity makes it a plus for me. Also, they're as clean as a college washroom is expected to be, perhaps slightly better. (FYI I'm a female so I have no clue about the men's washroom ob).

Advice.  
 
  Go early so you don't waste time finding the room. 
  Keep an eye on that clock so if it does reconnect, you can check if the clock was running. That way you can raise it as an issue with GMAC. I couldn't do this. I wish I had. 
  Be prepared to see a loooooooot of faces – not of test-takers but of students of the university. I guess I wasn't prepared for this bit personally. 
  Practice AWA on an old keyboard attached to a monitor. I was used to typing on Mac and boy, did I struggle to type on those old keyboards with the big keys!

I blame my performance being lower than my official mock scores on the centre. I bet I'd have done much better if my exam didn't start late and the system did not pause for reconnection after everyone 5-6 questions. In any case, I couldn't afford to give a retake and test my hypothesis about my actual performance because I needed time to build my apps for R2.

All the best, y'all! Hopefully your experiences at Ansal will be great!

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