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Hey bb and others

1. Is it okay to take the exam on my work laptop? It has satisfied all the necessary checks though.

2. Can I use a wireless mouse with my laptop rather than the touchpad?
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Hi there. It is OK to use Win or Mac laptop. What made you think it was not or would not be OK?

As to the mouse, one person reported that the proctor asked them not to use their wireless mouse. Not sure why since you would have to use it on the desktop so it may not be an official policy per se but this is all we know right now.

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Hi there. It is OK to use Win or Mac laptop. What made you think it was not or would not be OK?

As to the mouse, one person reported that the proctor asked them not to use their wireless mouse. Not sure why since you would have to use it on the desktop so it may not be an official policy per se but this is all we know right now.

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Thanks for the input bb . My concern is between using work laptop and using personal laptop rather than between win and mac.
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Hi, I gave my exam on Saturday on a work computer at an office with both Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth mouse attached to the laptop. I had asked examity about this before and they said that it's not explicitly banned in the rules so it depends on the proctor. I did not raise the topic with the proctor and he did not have any objections as well when he saw them. It is important that nothing is running on your work laptop in the background though. Not even teams or vpn so make sure that you kill all the processes and the laptop is clean.

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Thank you for sharing this. It does seem to be proctored dependent as suspected.

PS. I hope you got the score you were looking for :-)



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Hi, I gave my exam on Saturday on a work computer at an office with both Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth mouse attached to the laptop. I had asked examity about this before and they said that it's not explicitly banned in the rules so it depends on the proctor. I did not raise the topic with the proctor and he did not have any objections as well when he saw them. It is important that nothing is running on your work laptop in the background though. Not even teams or vpn so make sure that you kill all the processes and the laptop is clean.

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I got a 760, which is pretty close to my target of 770 and a lot more than the 720 I set out as my target when I started the prep. But I'm still waiting on the official report. My friend gave the test on sunday and has already received the score yesterday, so I'm somewhat skittish right now.

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I got a 760, which is pretty close to my target of 770 and a lot more than the 720 I set out as my target when I started the prep. But I'm still waiting on the official report. My friend gave the test on sunday and has already received the score yesterday, so I'm somewhat skittish right now.

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Wow! Congratulations! That’s an awesome score!

It seems to take about five business days from the average reports. There’s a number of factors that have absolutely no rhyme or reason as to why certain individuals wait longer while others get their scores right away.

There is no reason to be concerned 😬 no I understand the feeling. I did not believe my 750 until I got the official report either 😂
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Hi, I gave my exam on Saturday on a work computer at an office with both Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth mouse attached to the laptop. I had asked examity about this before and they said that it's not explicitly banned in the rules so it depends on the proctor. I did not raise the topic with the proctor and he did not have any objections as well when he saw them. It is important that nothing is running on your work laptop in the background though. Not even teams or vpn so make sure that you kill all the processes and the laptop is clean.

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Thanks for the reply and congratulations on your score nightshade19.
On that note, I've seen a bunch of online experiences in which people are saying that the online GMAT is harder than the in-center exam. How do you fare the verbal section? It's been my kryptonite in my previous two attempts even though I did considerably well in the mocks😶.

I've booked my exam for 21st of this month and any tips/inputs would be really helpful.
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I scored a v42 and was pleasantly surprised when I saw this score no doubt. According to me, the rcs were of a similar level to the mocks, the crs were of a similar level, but very different to the ones in the mock, and the only difference in difficulty was in the scs. I had thought that the best strategy to attempt the sc questions was to eliminate the wrong answer choices based on any mistakes that I could find, rather than find the correct option. However here, the part underlined in the question in many questions was quite small, reducing the chances to eliminate the wrong answer choices. A lot many questions depended on idioms is what I'm saying and that made it a tad bit difficult for me.

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