Cancellation of GMAT Score.

Question

Folks,
I was planning to appear for GMAT next week but I am short of complete preparation. I am targetting 700+ score and right now I am at Q45, V3) ~620 percentile. I understand that I have to pull verbal to 42 and anything above 45 in maths is bonus.

Coming to question. Since I have paid for the examination I would like to appear for the test and have a overall feel and then I would like to cancel the score. If I cancel the score, would admission committees of B-school be able to look at the score or would they know that I appeared in the examination?

In Gmat Prep they in the end that though you will not receive official score but when you take the test next time, it will be shown that you had appeared.

Also anything specific to earn those elusive 12 points. Also approximately how many more correct answers in verbal will take me to the score of 42 ( Right now I am at 30, do not go back or front ;-)

Please advise.

Please advise.

bb · Answer

Nobody would know your score in this case but I would recommend not canceling it but instead giving it your best shot. Getting a 620 and then a 700 is not a bad idea at all. Getting a cancel is not bad either but why waste $250? It does not matter a whole lot if you have multiple scores. Many people do and it is a reasonable explanation - wanted to get a higher score and felt the first one was not up to my expectations...

hakunamatata3 · Answer

I agree with bb. I have read on many sites that b-schools don't care much about how many times you have taken the exam. Also, I think that taking the exam and gaining a real test day experience would be very valuable to you in preparation for your next GMAT testing (which you might not even have to do if you actually ended up reaching your goal on your first try!)

saxenaashi · Answer

Thanks for your response. I am not prepared well, there are few things that I see being asked in questions but I do not find time to read about them. I would have gmat experience but probably would not want the final scores.

Thanks again for timely response.

Thanks again for timely response.

viks4gmat · Answer

you can always postpone/.... 250 for cancelling and 250 for retaking the test is $ 500

if you postpone.. ypou could save upto $ 100 i guess... and the results are the same... in both cases you have only one score :-)

krishp84 · Answer

ok - You probably feel that you are not ready to write the test. If you have more than 7 days left, why don't you postpone your test to a later date that you feel comfortable ?
I remember reading at the site that postponing takes hardly $50. Once again confirm this at mba.com
If the test date is less than 7 days, you cannot cancel the test and get any refund unless you do not attend the test in person or you attend and self-cancel the scores. 
 
 I would never suggest anyone to write the test and cancel the score unless s/he really feels something went wrong during the test. 
When you are going to write a test thinking that I will cancel the score, the very purpose of getting the real feel is lost. Also how will you know your actual performance if you performed your best and still cancelled the score ?

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