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Congratulations! Yes, it is an interesting data point. I have seen a number of folks do better on the test-center test.
Not sure what to attribute it to. Any thoughts/theories/etc?

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Interested to hear others experiences with online vs in-person gmat. Took the online test and then panic booked an in-person test for the next day. I scored 90 points better on my in-person test. Seems crazy to have such a difference between two tests so closely scheduled.

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Very interesting stat indeed. Happy New Year of 2021!
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 01 Jan 2021, 03:32
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Sorry if this the wrong forum but I want to know if like GMAT, GRE can also be double booked for online and offline testing. Thank you.

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Interested to hear others experiences with online vs in-person gmat. Took the online test and then panic booked an in-person test for the next day (originally had wanted to do in person but had shown no dates available at all when I looked). I scored 90 points better on my in-person test. Seems crazy to have such a difference between two tests so closely scheduled.

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Was the level of difficulty any different? Is the difference not attributable more to the nervousness of self while one is being recorded during online GMAT?
I also think that there are many people who feel an equal level of anxiety in the exam room at the test center because of the exam ambiance and hence, they would prefer online GMAT over the test center one?
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Interested to hear others experiences with online vs in-person gmat. Took the online test and then panic booked an in-person test for the next day (originally had wanted to do in person but had shown no dates available at all when I looked). I scored 90 points better on my in-person test. Seems crazy to have such a difference between two tests so closely scheduled.

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Was the level of difficulty any different? Is the difference not attributable more to the nervousness of self while one is being recorded during online GMAT?
I also think that there are many people who feel an equal level of anxiety in the exam room at the test center because of the exam ambiance and hence, they would prefer online GMAT over the test center one?
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For my experience, I ended my online exam and my in person exam with having felt in a good place so it was very shocking to have the spread of scores. I felt my temperament going into each exam was similar as well. Interesting point about maybe the unrealized anxiety of seeing yourself in the recording window being distracting/stressor. I also felt the test center had some similar distractions/stressors with all the covid protocols and people consistently entering and leaving the center combined with having to drive a far distance in bad weather.

Crazy times we are in! Looking forward to finishing applications.
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 01 Jan 2021, 11:27
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Hi jessmur1,
What made you take the exam the very next day?
I suppose your experience was similar - similar temperament or pros n cons of online offline - and we don’t get the online result the very same day ?

Was it instinctive or just to secure your result

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Interested to hear others experiences with online vs in-person gmat. Took the online test and then panic booked an in-person test for the next day (originally had wanted to do in person but had shown no dates available at all when I looked). I scored 90 points better on my in-person test. Seems crazy to have such a difference between two tests so closely scheduled.

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Was the level of difficulty any different? Is the difference not attributable more to the nervousness of self while one is being recorded during online GMAT?
I also think that there are many people who feel an equal level of anxiety in the exam room at the test center because of the exam ambiance and hence, they would prefer online GMAT over the test center one?

For my experience, I ended my online exam and my in person exam with having felt in a good place so it was very shocking to have the spread of scores. I felt my temperament going into each exam was similar as well. Interesting point about maybe the unrealized anxiety of seeing yourself in the recording window being distracting/stressor. I also felt the test center had some similar distractions/stressors with all the covid protocols and people consistently entering and leaving the center combined with having to drive a far distance in bad weather.

Crazy times we are in! Looking forward to finishing applications.
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That's really quite interesting to note :) Whatever may be the reason, this discrepancy should not be there in the first place :(

And hey, congrats on your +90 points score.!
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GMAT Online - What We Know [Master Topic] 02 Jan 2021, 11:19
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Hi,
I am currently in Italy and I have a residence permit in Italy (student), but my passport is Vietnamese. So when I register for GMAT online test, does it make any difficult to verify the location? Did anyone take online test in the different country from the passport country?

In the first step of registration for the exam, which address should I write?

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minhngoc310,

No, it won't make difference if you are living in a country other than your home country. You need to provide present location and address where you are living currently in Region of Residence/Country.

Country of Citizenship should be your own country i.e. Vietnamese.

As per your current address, you will be charged for GMAT Exam e.g. Tax on GMAT exam. That's how I filled my information.

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I am currently in Italy and I have a residence permit in Italy (student), but my passport is Vietnamese. So when I register for GMAT online test, does it make any difficult to verify the location? Did anyone take online test in the different country from the passport country?

In the first step of registration for the exam, which address should I write?

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I had applied for it, but I believe that offline test would be more feasible. Although I am positive about it and hope that I will secure some Athletes based admission.
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Hi jessmur1,
What made you take the exam the very next day?
I suppose your experience was similar - similar temperament or pros n cons of online offline - and we don’t get the online result the very same day ?

Was it instinctive or just to secure your result

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I didn’t finish the IR section and just wanted to have a full successful second attempt as it was my last chance before submitting my apps. Thanks!
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I just took the GMAT online exam today. The amount of Data Sufficiency questions was SHOCKING. There were so many of them, I have never experienced having so many DS questions in any of the 7 practice exams I took. Did anyone else notice this and you think there's a reason for this? I believe my score will differ from the ones on the Practice exams a lot due to the unexpected PS/DS ratio.
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I just took the GMAT online exam today. The amount of Data Sufficiency questions was SHOCKING. There were so many of them, I have never experienced having so many DS questions in any of the 7 practice exams I took. Did anyone else notice this and you think there's a reason for this? I believe my score will differ from the ones on the Practice exams a lot due to the unexpected PS/DS ratio.
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Hey jessmur1, can you shed some light on this? Did you see anything like this on the Online test and on the Centre-based test?

Only you can shed light on this man as you have recently encountered both the exams :)
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Hi everyone, I am 100% sure you already answered this several times, though am not being able to find where.

If I re-take GMAT online (already took once on July), does this count toward my lifetime and year attempts limit?

Did the one I took on July count on my lifetime limit?
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Hi everyone, I am 100% sure you already answered this several times, though am not being able to find where.

If I re-take GMAT online (already took once on July), does this count toward my lifetime and year attempts limit?

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All Online exam attempts will count towards your 5 GMAT™ Exam attempts during a rolling 12-month period and 8 lifetime limits. Online and test center appointments will be combined to determine your eligibility for future appointments.

Please note that, as previously communicated, any GMAT™ Online exams taken prior to September 23, 2020 will not count towards your 12-month and lifetime limits.

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Thanks a lot zhanbo. Very clear

Had to take one more before September 23rd though
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Yes, I have similar experience. More DS questions. Quant was way tougher than normal practice tests. I don't know reason and I am skeptical about my score too.
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Naive lpir, are you not aware that you are not supposed to discuss/disclose GMAT questions :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Something interesting to point out is the following: my friend and I took the exam at exactly the same time. After the exam we discussed our experience and it turned out we had almost identical questions on both Quant and Verbal - even the four reading passages were absolutely the same.
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Hello everyone;

I have a physical whiteboard with two sides, the first is blanc but the second has the Bic's logo and is gridded. Is this whiteboard ok on the test day?
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I took the GMAT online this past weekend and during the verbal section the test froze on the last 4 questions which were part of an RC. My time left went from 4minutes and change to 1 minute and 10 seconds after they unfroze the exam causing me to guess on the last 4 which definitely impacted my score. I reported the incident to Pearson and they've created a case.

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I recently took the exam and had two instances where the proctor interrupted the exam without stopping the clock. During the quant section, Skype tried to run an update and so the proctor relaunched the entire Pearson VUE application. In the middle of the verbal section, the proctor asked me to adjust the camera but was unresponsive when I asked if the adjustment was okay. In both occasions the proctor let the clock continue to run without letting me look at the exam. Did you hear back after reporting? I was conflicted on reporting because I did lose a couple of minutes from both incidents. Had no idea this would happen during the online exam.

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I took the GMAT online this past weekend and during the verbal section the test froze on the last 4 questions which were part of an RC. My time left went from 4minutes and change to 1 minute and 10 seconds after they unfroze the exam causing me to guess on the last 4 which definitely impacted my score. I reported the incident to Pearson and they've created a case.

Has anyone had any similar scenarios and what the outcome was after the investigation?

I recently took the exam and had two instances where the proctor interrupted the exam without stopping the clock. During the quant section, Skype tried to run an update and so the proctor relaunched the entire Pearson VUE application. In the middle of the verbal section, the proctor asked me to adjust the camera but was unresponsive when I asked if the adjustment was okay. In both occasions the proctor let the clock continue to run without letting me look at the exam. Did you hear back after reporting? I was conflicted on reporting because I did lose a couple of minutes from both incidents. Had no idea this would happen during the online exam.

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Is it even possible for the proctor to pause the clock at all? It is probably "by design" to continue the count down no matter what. Otherwise, it is possible, though not highly likely, that some test takers can gain additional time working on tough questions while proctors pause the test in order to fix technical issues.
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