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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 01:54
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Feel the same. With the exam in one hour, why aren't you ready with the logistics? This is the first thing you need to check to avoid last minute worries. Keep a calm mind before the exam. The mood matters a lot. Especially in verbal, if you are distracted, you might waste precious time.

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Have anyone used Aadhar card as ID in GMAT online exam ?
I have exam in a hour. Please revert.
"Please be prepared to show one (1) valid form of unexpired, Government-issued personal ID. The Government-issued ID must have your signature and must have your photo."

Aadhar Card don't have signature on it.

I do not think Aadhar card would be an acceptable form of ID Proof but not sure. If the Proctor allocated to you is not from India (Not sure about proctor allocation as well) he might not be aware of Aadhar card. Please have your Passport handy just in case to be safe.

You have only one hour to the exam, so its better to go with safe choice which is passport here and have clear and peaceful mind before the exam. All the best for your exam.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 03:03
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Perhaps we can keep e-mailing them. You can send in e-mails to [email protected].

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If there is one lesson we have learned from the online whiteboard vs. physical whiteboard debacle, it's that GMAC is not immune to pressure ("feedback") from its customers.

Keep on calling, emailing, asking and petitioning GMAC for a retake option on the GMAT Online, and it will most likely happen sooner or later. The same goes for the ESR (Enhanced Score Report) option, which for some reason is still not offered for the online exam.

GMAC has never been known to turn down an opportunity to make more money, so your chances are good. ;)

Is there a petition for that which we can sign? If not, maybe we all can make and sign one and expect changes sooner? With round 1 applications coming soon, it will be great to have an option of retake on Online GMAT as soon as possible. An optional break between Quant and Verbal section will be a cherry on top.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 09:09
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I really hope GMAT provides ESR as well the retake option. I was consistently scoring between 720-740 in my mocks but I managed to bomb the GMAT online (scored 680). I had barely slept the night before the exam and wasn't in my usual headspace. Although there were mistakes on my part too. I tried being extra careful with the first ten questions in quant and started double checking most answers instead of trusting myself. As a result I ran out of time towards the end and had to randomly guess 4-5 questions in a row at the end. Obviously screwing up quant kept playing at the back of my mind once I got started with verbal and I couldn't focus properly. Also it really doesn't help that there is no break in between the sections and towards the end of verbal you are completely fatigued.

Now I feel a little lost and a ESR would definitely help me understand if my score was impacted because of above reasons only. Really shook confidence in my preparation.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 09:14
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I really hope GMAT provides ESR as well the retake option. I was consistently scoring between 720-740 in my mocks but I managed to bomb the GMAT online (scored 680). I had barely slept the night before the exam and wasn't in my usual headspace. Although there were mistakes on my part too. I tried being extra careful with the first ten questions in quant and started double checking most answers instead of trusting myself. As a result I ran out of time towards the end and had to randomly guess 4-5 questions in a row at the end. Obviously screwing up quant kept playing at the back of my mind once I got started with verbal and I couldn't focus properly. Also it really doesn't help that there is no break in between the sections and towards the end of verbal you are completely fatigued.

Now I feel a little lost and a ESR would definitely help me understand if my score was impacted because of above reasons only. Really shook confidence in my preparation.
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One thing I would like to point out is the misconception that the first 5-10 questions are more important to score higher marks. This is simply not true. There is a very good thread on here which shows the various experiments done. In one of them, if I remember correctly, the guy left the first 8 questions blank and still scored 49 I think. So forget all these non-important things and focus on your learning. What is known is consecutive wrong answers hurt regardless of its position and especially at the end when you have further questions to pick up the score.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 17:20
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Hi, do y'all think GMAT will let candidates take GMAT online twice? The centers are closed in my home city and I don't want to take a risk and travel to another city. I found the experience of GMAT online much better than the one at the center.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 18:46
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Can we prepare our physical whiteboards during the GMAT rules walkthrough before the quant section?
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Despite the fact that there is still no ESR (Enhanced Score Report) option for the GMAT Online, we can continue to learn from the ESRs of students who have managed to take the in-person GMAT.

It appears, for example, that the scoring curve on GMAT Verbal may have become even more unforgiving--and that the first quarter of questions is just as important as it has always been.

Here is an ESR example from a person who took the in-person GMAT yesterday and scored V31 (61%) despite answering only 9 of the 30 counted questions incorrectly.



For comparison, here is the ESR of another student who managed to score V40 (90%) while answering 10 questions incorrectly.

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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 19:26
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Despite the fact that there is still no ESR (Enhanced Score Report) option for the GMAT Online, we can continue to learn from the ESRs of students who have managed to take the in-person GMAT.

It appears, for example, that the scoring curve on GMAT Verbal may have become even more unforgiving--and that the first quarter of questions is just as important as it has always been.

Here is an ESR example from a person who took the in-person GMAT yesterday and scored V31 (61%) despite answering only 9 of the 30 counted questions incorrectly.



For comparison, here is the ESR of another student who managed to score V40 (90%) while answering 10 questions incorrectly.

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The second one seems to be an old ESR, isnt it? It seems that on the verbal section there are 41 questions
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The second one seems to be an old ESR, isnt it? It seems that on the verbal section there are 41 questions
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Hi patto, you are correct that the 2nd ESR I attached (V40) is an older one from the longer, 41-question Verbal section of the GMAT.

However, that fact shouldn't matter for comparison's sake, since even the old GMAT had exactly 30 counted questions on Verbal (the prior version of the exam had 11 experimental questions on Verbal instead of 6).
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 29 Jul 2020, 23:42
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I personally do not think ESR's are helpful so I tend to ignore them (due to lack of information/precession, vague categories, not because I don't think it is important to review your tests)... as far as I understand, the ESR only includes stats for the counted (real, non-experimental questions), which makes it pretty vague even about how many questions one took in the first, second, third, or fourth quarter of the test. We don't know if the user got 50% of how many questions right/wrong.

Yes, the person made ONLY 9 mistakes and got a V31. They missed HALF!!!!! of the first 9 questions (whatever the hell that means per ESR). But that's a lot and the second quarter of the questions was pretty easy as we can see from the list. Had they missed them all upfront, they would have gotten V22 https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-prep-so ... 46146.html

In other words, they did not do well. I do not see enough evidence to conclude that a test has become more of anything or less of anything. I just see someone who bombed the test.... missing half of the first quarter of the questions would ding them pretty good, esp if they got them in a row (and again, ESR is not telling us anything about that, which means - the figure is not drawn to scale)


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The second one seems to be an old ESR, isnt it? It seems that on the verbal section there are 41 questions
Hi patto, you are correct that the 2nd ESR I attached (V40) is an older one from the longer, 41-question Verbal section of the GMAT.

However, that fact shouldn't matter for comparison's sake, since even the old GMAT had exactly 30 counted questions on Verbal (the prior version of the exam had 11 experimental questions on Verbal instead of 6).
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 30 Jul 2020, 02:34
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Hi, do y'all think GMAT will let candidates take GMAT online twice? The centers are closed in my home city and I don't want to take a risk and travel to another city. I found the experience of GMAT online much better than the one at the center.
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Allowing for retakes is the most logical thing to do, in my opinion. I suggest you to keep sending emails to GMAC regarding the same, so that GMAC will come to know about the situations in and around the places where its potential test takers reside. GMAC will probably then be able to take a call regarding the same.

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Yes. I totally agree with the idea that GMAC allowing to retake online version. As a guy living in Lao PDR ( a country does not have any GMAT exam Center), I have been stuck there for more than 3 months, feeling hopeless at the prospect of traveling to neighboring countries to take the in-person exam as they all close the national border as well as international flights.

Please advise what should I do?
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Did you try e-mailing the GMAC? Maybe you can speak to the business schools you are interested in applying to and ask them for a waiver/extension.

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Yes. I totally agree with the idea that GMAC allowing to retake online version. As a guy living in Lao PDR ( a country does not have any GMAT exam Center), I have been stuck there for more than 3 months, feeling hopeless at the prospect of traveling to neighboring countries to take the in-person exam as they all close the national border as well as international flights.

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I see they have updated, "Appointment dates are available beginning April 20, 2020 through December 31, 2020". But still no retakes updates which is disheartening ....
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I'm taking the GMAT online this weekend and one of the requirements is to take a picture of the room and ID. Can someone provide a bit more information on this? When and how do you send these pictures?
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I'm taking the GMAT online this weekend and one of the requirements is to take a picture of the room and ID. Can someone provide a bit more information on this? When and how do you send these pictures?
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When you sign-in into the system to take the test, you will be asked to provide photos if room and ID.

You take pictures using the Laptop camera to take pics. You take pictures similar to mobile deposit in bank apps.

All the best for your exam.

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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 30 Jul 2020, 16:46
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Akadiyan, thank you very much for the clarification. Also one of the requirements is to have a clear work space, my desk is connected to a book self, would that be a problem?
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I believe that would be a problem if there are books in the shelf.

GMAC any item other than those allowed should be out of reach and out of sight according to their website.

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Did you try e-mailing the GMAC? Maybe you can speak to the business schools you are interested in applying to and ask them for a waiver/extension.

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Yes. I totally agree with the idea that GMAC allowing to retake online version. As a guy living in Lao PDR ( a country does not have any GMAT exam Center), I have been stuck there for more than 3 months, feeling hopeless at the prospect of traveling to neighboring countries to take the in-person exam as they all close the national border as well as international flights.

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Thank buddy. What is the GMAC email should I send to them?
Hopefully, a lot of emails, from all of us, requesting GMAT to accept the option retake for Online Exam mode would help change their rigid mind.
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Yes, I agree. You can send in e-mails to [email protected]

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Did you try e-mailing the GMAC? Maybe you can speak to the business schools you are interested in applying to and ask them for a waiver/extension.

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Yes. I totally agree with the idea that GMAC allowing to retake online version. As a guy living in Lao PDR ( a country does not have any GMAT exam Center), I have been stuck there for more than 3 months, feeling hopeless at the prospect of traveling to neighboring countries to take the in-person exam as they all close the national border as well as international flights.

Please advise what should I do?

Thank buddy. What is the GMAC email should I send to them?
Hopefully, a lot of emails, from all of us, requesting GMAT to accept the option retake for Online Exam mode would help change their rigid mind.
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