Hi
Ilmisrael sorry if my words have been taken too broadly, from your story you seem to fit under the "guy in lockdown from China" I meant that as a generalization of someone that did not take the GMAT in advance, could not take it before applying and now is unable too. My point is that Covid disrupted many people and from comments here and some pm I got I have seen messages of "I would not take it even if I can because I probably will have more chances of getting in", or the "I won't bother the take the GMAT unless I'm selected for an interview, what's the point" and the "I did not send my GMAT low results, will try to make it through without".
That said I'm sure you can explain to the school your specific situation, but if a third of the applicants fail to provide a GMAT/GRE before the deadline, probably they will have to find a different way to sort them out, or they will move them to the R3. We have to understand that they have a process to compare our profiles and if we do not give them a full picture they will require other means, and those won't be as accurate and probably cannot be standardized or scaled as the current process.
I hope the situation improves there soon and you can take it without issues, I had to take it at home with noise plus the technical issues and surely was not a nice experience nor outcome.
I did not vent here my personal situation but I can assure you that is not easy, and I'm happy with my attitude, as you say, I'm just against people taking advantage (like the cases I exposed), if you recall, I already told you I believe you have a strong profile in the profile evaluation thread so do not take it personally.
ELATIKA made a good point regarding the relative importance of the GMAT in the overall application, and it is even more accentuated in INSEAD, I'm quite sure that they won't overlook someone for not providing a GMAT.
Regards,
Pablo
Ilmisrael wrote:
So I applied without the GMAT and I am really offended by some of the comments here making accusations about people who have sent in applications with GMAT (I sent my application in May 20th still haven't gotten an application complete email which is driving me crazy)
It's not just some person from a remote region of China that has issues with the online GMAT
I lived in the USA in North New Jersey which is peak covid
I have a lung issue which means that my wife and I could not go out at all because we were already warned by our doctor that if I got COVID I am a dead man. Simple as that. And after losing a loved one who was perfectly healthy before and being told after 20 days on a ventilator he was finally turning the corner only to die that same night, we have taken 0 chances.
My apartment building houses nearly all the young doctors at the hospital 1 mile from us which has turned into one of the largest COVID hospitals in the state
Our internet service has not always been the best and since the COVID lockdown we have had random internet slowdowns or downtimes nearly daily.
I was scheduled to take the GMAT 3 days after my state decided to shutdown which would have been "more than enough time" to submit the application with a GMAT but GMAC decided to shutdown everything.
So how exactly is a person like me supposed to take a GMAT in a small apartment with unstable internet and an incredibly barky dog that we can't take out longer than 10 minutes because we cannot risk any type of exposure.
So please go on and tell people like me how we should have taken the online GMAT when it's nearly impossible to. I am already anxious about waiting for email about the application and interviews especially since besides the GMAT I think I have a very strong profile. Im a Jewish american that spent 10 years in Asia 4 of those working as a strategy consultant in Myanmar, Thailand, and China, speak 3 Asian languages not including 2 dialects of Chinese fluently and did my graduate degree abroad at top tier school in London and did my undergraduate with honors at a top 10 US uni and came back to the US to help turn around a small publicly traded tech company. So all you throwing scorn at people taking "advantage" of this situation, maybe if you went through the pain, sorrow, and frustration of living in a COVID hot zone you would have a different attitude.
06 Jun 2020, 05:07
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