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Cheating Scandal in Nairobi? Score cancelled? Updated on: 17 Dec 2014, 15:44
Originally posted by jenkinsleroy on 17 Dec 2014, 15:28.
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Anyone else on this forum have their Nairobi GMAT score cancelled?

I took the GMAT in Nairobi in November 2013. GMAC cancelled the score in September 2014 without any explanation other than the "testing issues" line. I heard it was a cheating scandal and a bunch of scores were cancelled.

Was anyone else affected? Does anyone else know what happened? I am debating ways to get GMAC to tell me why my score was cancelled. I'm in a MBA program and they did not take the issue lightly at all; it was a huge pain and I had to re-take the GMAT asap with very little prep to keep my spot.
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Cheating Scandal in Nairobi? Score cancelled? 17 Dec 2014, 15:30
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This is really not a good way of handling it, it seems :(
sorry to hear that, esp if that happens while you are in a business school. My suggestion would be to reach out to OfficialGMAT representative and see if you can get help that way....

P.S. How did you do on the retake? Was it OK?
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Cheating Scandal in Nairobi? Score cancelled? 18 Dec 2014, 11:37
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Very sad to hear about the incident. Unfortunate that gmac took such a harsh measure.

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Cheating Scandal in Nairobi? Score cancelled? 23 Dec 2014, 10:51
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Hey,

Thank you for the concern / constructive ideas. I will try to reach out to them. In my previous interactions, GMAC told me they would not discuss anything due to "internal security policies". They also won't tell me what the "internal security policies" are or when I agreed to them. They have also refused to discuss the situation further. Oddly, their response to me was the same as to my school, so everyone was confused. It was an impressively poor way of handling it.

The GMAT re-take went fine in that I got a score and it hasn't been cancelled. I did worse than I had originally, which reflects the tight timeline I had to re-take it. I don't want GMAC thinking it can arbitrarily cancel scores (until they tell me why my score was cancelled, it is arbitrary), force students to re-take the exam to maintain their seat in a MBA program, and then say everything is fine since the re-take was OK.

Also, I had to go out and re-purchase new study materials. I was hoping they would comp me some materials so I could prepare (I had thrown out my books at that point since I am in a MBA program). They offered me 10% off at the store, but since the marginal cost of these products is close to 0 (they're almost all electronic), I didn't see why GMAC should make money off cancelling test scores and then selling effected students study materials.

Thanks WaterFlowsUp
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