Post your wishes and suggestions for GMAC

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GMAC Summit 
Hello GMAT Club Members!

GMAT Club will be attending the GMAC Summit in 10 days. If you have any suggestions for us to communicate to them or share, please post them here. We will pass them on.

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vards · Answer

Thats a great initiative..!!
Well, I have read quitesome posts in which test takers state that the SC's in real test were very different than those in OG or Gmatprep. However some test takers claim that the SC's in real test were quite similar..I also happened to read a post by PiyushK in which he stated that such SC's with such structure were never ever seen by him in any official question which sounds worrisome to me and may be to most of others. He is very active in SC section of gmatclub..m aware that GMAC had made an announcement that the pattern of SC has been changed, but its still unclear what has exactly changed and what should we expect .. Would really want to know clear picture.. Thank you so much ..

Kind Regards,
Vardhaman

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bb · Answer

Thank you very much! Very good question and definitely something very important and top of mind.

chetan86 · Answer

Hi bb,

As we all know that GMATPrep is close indicator of our final score, if we get the time taken for each question then it will be helpful to analyze the questions more thoroughly.
Right now they have provided the new analytics package but I feel if they can give more details then it would be much helpful.

ana1331 · Answer

TELL THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAMN QUANT PERCENTILES!

I can´t believe a 47 is just 68% now!! In a few years 50 will only be 80% because everyone will be scoring 51!

(I know there's nothing they can do, I just needed to share haha sorry, back to study to get that 49+...)

bb · Answer

Actually, they can. The scoring scale goes all the way to 60. They have it frozen at 51. Perhaps they were smart back in the day and that's why they were holding it at 51... or maybe their system could not handle numbers higher than 51. Either way, they have room to go up. They should.... way too tight up there. Thank you! P.S. Take the GMAT Prep Tools Survey please. You can win stuff :-)

ana1331 · Answer

You are right, bb. The top is 60. If you could raise that up that would be great. I already did the survey, I LOVE free stuff, specially when it is GMAT related

Thanks a lot and if I think of another thing I will come back and post it!

dabral · Answer

I will add my suggestions:

1) Yes, realign the scale at the upper end of the quant score. The scale needs to be able to distinguish between the high scorers. It is slowly becoming like GRE, where in the old test 4% of the top scorers would all get 800. To do this they will need to introduce harder questions at the upper end to distinguish between the high scorers. The quant scores have been creeping up. The GRE redid their scales with the revised GRE which now differentiates better at the upper end.

2) In GMATPrep tests they need to display the time spent per question. Perhaps a graph that shows where the average timing should be and how it compares to the actual time spent to that point.

3) Add two more official computer adaptive tests, say as part of Exam Pack 2. That would bring the total official CATs to six, which will be a good number of practice tests.

4) Redesign GMATFocus so that they are full length quant diagnostics consisting of 37 questions and not the current 24 questions. Also, give a single scaled score for the results and not the range that it currently displays.

5) Update the Official Guides with official GMAT questions that have been tested since 2006 when Pearson Vue took over the writing of GMAT. Retire all of the old ETS/paper test GMAT questions.

6) Allow students to see the results of their official GMAT test. By this I mean they should show the sequence of questions and which ones they missed and how much time they spent on those questions. ETS already does this with the GRE exam, they have been doing it for a long time. There is no reason why GMAC cannot disclose this data.

That is all that comes to my mind for now.

Cheers,
Dabral

12Sums · Answer

hi bb, suggestion about general thing (not exam related) :-D

the test centers are not allowing to wear any jacket in the test room. Its usually very cool in the test room in winter and monsoon. I don't know why this is the case, especially when they are monitoring everything through cams. It would be nice if they allow us to wear any warm clothes. :-D

dmmk · Answer

bb Does filling out multiple survey's increase one's chances of winning? :lol:

DmmK

bb · Answer

Thank you for asking. As with all surveys, we will be deleting duplicate entries.

dabral · Answer

One other beef I have with Pearson Vue test centers is about the 10 minute break between the sessions. An individual student has no way of knowing how much time has elapsed during their break because one cannot keep a watch or a timer. One has to glance from outside and look at the analog watch that is inside. I would urge Pearson Vue to hand a timer with a 10 minute countdown so students can keep it with them during the break and take full advantage of the break time, meaning rest and relax. I think most students cut their break short because they don't want to lose valuable exam time and often return to the computer station before they need to.

I know these are little things, but it bugs me. GMAC needs to do everything that they can to help reduce the stress that students have to go through the GMAT exam. I know they have been very receptive over the years and I hope they can implement something along the lines of what I suggested.

thoufique

It is ridiculous that one cannot wear a jacket. What I would suggest is wear a bunch of layers, you can always take them off if you are too warm. The last thing a student needs to be is freezing during the exam.

Dabral

souvik101990 · Answer

I did talk to them about the receding quant percentiles. As it appears Business Schools do not care between a Q49 and a Q51 that much. According to them a change in scoring now would require a lot of education on the test taker's part. So they decided against it. But they do have the room in case the differences in scores become relevant in B School admissions.

souvik101990 · Answer

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