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I am sorry to hear about experience. I am sure that the heat and shock (of taking the test under such conditions) definitely impacted on your performance. You should report the situation to GMAC and see if you can get your scores cancelled as they are not a true representation of your potential.

Reading and familiarity with keywords definitely helps in RC. Add discover magazines, wsj, and harvard business review to the list. You can also check out our RC/CR courses for some free concepts. On another note, you do need to focus on quant as well.

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@mahajanakhil1985: Thanks for the Link! I definitely plan to start reading dailies like The Economist, NY Times, and WSJ.

@egmat: I thought about contacting gmac and notifying them of the situation, and to possibly have my score cancelled. However, I'm not sure if I should do this. What exactly will happen once they cancel it?

I also plan on working on my quant (its mostly data sufficiency that troubles me, and a few certain types of problem solving), but I'm going to spend maybe 60-70% of my time on the verbal portion.
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Re: Horrendous GMAT Experience! [#permalink]
I agree with egmat! You should at least call to see what can be done, and ask what does the score cancellation means (total clean slate?).

Also, if outages are a regular occurance, is it possible for you to fly to some nearby country that doesn't have the same issues? I know that's expensive, but if you're paying for the mba or even considering the impact of getting in a higher tier school... it may be well worth the cost. Though if you do this, don't forget to make sure you arrive early as to get used to the hotel, how to get to test center etc.
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Re: Horrendous GMAT Experience! [#permalink]
PS. Read this thread: do-i-have-a-valid-case-to-complain-about-the-test-center-132369.html#p1101496

It sounds like from another poster's issue, you may not get your score cancelled (given a free retake instead). However, you can explain the score and refer the school to the testing center/incident report.
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Hello, Raheel! Rebecca from GMAC here. I saw your post. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to file an incident report. While I cannot guarantee any particular outcome, at the very least documenting these incidents does help us to ensure all test centers are providing a fair experience to candidates. We appreciate all feedback on our test centers. Thank you for your cooperation in this.
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Hi Rebecca!

I've sent an email to the following address: GMATCandidateServicesAPAC@ pearson. com (sorry for the spaces in the email i cant post links yet). I sent it exactly a week ago, but I still have not received any response. Should I call them and speak to a representative? Also, its probably a lame question, but how exactly do i file an incident report?
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I'm sorry. You should have received a response by now. I will follow up with them and find out what happened to your email. In the meantime, you can see the process for filing a complaint here: https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/test-day/te ... cerns.aspx. Please be as specific as possible in your complaint and include as many details as you can remember. This will help us investigate the incident and speed the process.

Thank you!
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Ok, so I just received some good news. Pearson Vue are allowing me to take a free retake of the exam (my current score can't be cancelled)...Now I just need to decide where I should retake it :)
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