My Note to GMAC:
Dear Sir/Ma'am,
I hope you are doing well and hope you and your family are safe during these tough times. However, I am writing to express my disappointment with this shoehorn of an Online Test that GMAT has introduced.
I was hoping for a much better and creative solution. The biggest challenge that I, and other test-takers, have with this is the lack of 'accessible' note-taking ability. While you have introduced an online whiteboard, it does little for us candidates, who are accustomed to solving on physical scratch paper. It is just a hefty waste of time to try mousing over the screen and solving problems on the board. I do not know if the GMAC cares for their average candidates, ones who are not mental geniuses. I roughly score a Q49-50 and even I have a major problem with this. Maybe to the creators of GMAT Q49-50 seems like a low score but for many of us, it's not. Majority of the reason why we score that are the expedited calculations through scratch paper we get. Without it, I can guarantee you I would not score above a Q46.
Please advice on what the thought process was while designing the scratch paper policy, or the lack of. I look forward to hearing from you.
Pls sign the petition to GMAC on Change . org "Allow Use of Pen-paper in the GMAT Online Exam"