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GMAT Online Experience on Apr 20 Updated on: 29 Apr 2020, 18:44
Originally posted by Cyjdong on 23 Apr 2020, 07:38.
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This sounds horrible. GMAC should understand that in such a short span how come students will be able to shift from scratchpad to white paper ?.
I am in the same position as you are. Don’t know what shall I do.

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GMAT Online Experience on Apr 20 23 Apr 2020, 09:35
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Sorry to hear that buddy, Tough luck !
But thanks for being the brave one.

Most of the guys who have given the online exam are saying that difficulty level in both quant n verbal was same as the original GMAT.

What is your normal breakup of SC,CR & RC (VERBAL) in Gmatprep cats ?

Is it possible that you were stressed out or exhausted by the time u started verbal.


How were sentence corrections in particular ?

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Hi everyone,

I took the online exam the first day it was available. This was because, either a) I take my chance at the online GMAT, get a decent score (I hope), and meet the deadline. OR b) wait until next year with the flood of people.

I took my chances. I am not an instructor. I work full-time in a high-stress corp job, I don't consider myself smart.
So I studied on and off since January (around 3.5 months?), and I used scrap paper for my studies of course. (Scored around 680-730 for the OG practice exams, not sure how good of an indicator they are as I have never taken the exam before previous to this).
I practiced with the online whiteboard maybe for the 5 days prior to my exam day - but I had partially given up at this point.

Morning of the exam, I ran the test for my system, and was good to go.
I was able to launch the exam 30 mins before my start time to take pictures and send them to the proctor.
It was easy enough. My exam started shortly after.

Quant was a nightmare. The questions honestly weren't that hard but, with the online whiteboard, I would type some numbers out and forget what they meant.
Mind you - this is a high stress/pressure environment so I am already freaking out as is.
I wasted a whole chunk of time typing things out. It was a nightmare.
Ended up guessing a few because I ran out of time.

Verbal - The questions were A LOT harder than the practice exams. (I was getting 36-40 for verbal in all my CATS).
I genuinely think I got below 30. The RC component was especially hard.
Also, getting no break after quant and going straight into verbal take a toll, more than you would think.

During this 5 min break, I wanted to go to the washroom.
Flagged the proctor down, no reply.
She chatted me AFTER my break, during my IR session and when I said never mind, she would KEEP MESSAGING ME!
And then, not sure if it was a glitch, but the chat box would open up randomly throughout and disturb my calculation process!

All in all, I cried after the exam. It was a horrible experience.
I was mad that I had prepared hard, giving up the little free time I had after work.

Worst of all, now I am haunted by what my score will be every night because the score will apparently be emailed to me in 7 business days, not shown right away like at the centers. I would not wish this anxiety to anyone.

In conclusion, write it if you have to (e.g. to meet a deadline).
Or, write it as a score you will write off, practice exam (you can say) until the test centers open.
Other than those two, I would not recommend writing it. I would not wish this experience to anyone.
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Don't take it hard on yourself. Take it as yet another mock. Moreover, you would be in a much better position for the next time you appear for the test as you know the first hand experience facing GMAT exam much better.

Good luck with your studies and let us know what score you get.
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GMAT Online Experience on Apr 20 23 Apr 2020, 16:10
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Hi Cyjdong,

I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not turn out better. There are clearly a number of issues with how the at-home GMAT is administered, so you should not feel bad about how you handled this experience (and you are clearly not alone). Thankfully, this attempt won't count against your 8-attempt limit - and you'll be able to retake the GMAT once the Test Facilities reopen. I suggest that you take a few days 'off' from your GMAT studies - and then let's see what the Official Results are.

In the meantime, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) What study materials have you used so far?
2) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
3) What is your overall goal score?
4) What Schools are you planning to apply to and what application deadlines are you facing?

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GMAT Online Experience on Apr 20 29 Apr 2020, 22:19
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Hm... I see you deleted your debrief today Cyjdong - it did not go as you planned? I am sorry :(
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