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What will happen if I won't write an essay? 29 Mar 2016, 01:30
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I'm going to enter the magistracy at the university. I've made a research about the entering prerequisites. The people in charge say that I just need to get 600 score in a GMAT exam. They don't say anything about the AWA section. Hence, I've decided to concentrate more on Verbal and Quantitative sections without spending a time on learning the essays' structure. On the exam I'm going to do just them without writing anything in the AWA section.

What could be the repercussions for me when the university gets the GMAT result without an essay?

Thank you, I would be grateful for any advice.
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I'm going to enter the magistracy at the university. I've made a research about the entering prerequisites. The people in charge say that I just need to get 600 score in a GMAT exam. They don't say anything about the AWA section. Hence, I've decided to concentrate more on Verbal and Quantitative sections without spending a time on learning the essays' structure. On the exam I'm going to do just them without writing anything in the AWA section.

What could be the repercussions for me when the university gets the GMAT result without an essay?

Thank you, I would be grateful for any advice.
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Every University has minimum Qualifying benchmark in Essay and IR section. SO if you don't write your essay probably you won't qualify in the very first round itself.

Although it's difficult for me to even imagine why wouldn't you want to write essay :P
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Every University has minimum Qualifying benchmark in Essay and IR section. SO if you don't write your essay probably you won't qualify in the very first round itself.
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Thank you.

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Although it's difficult for me to even imagine why wouldn't you want to write essay :P
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I thought, if there is no any requirements of having the result of AWA then I could skip it on account of the fact that I don't even know the structure and what I need to write about.
Now I know that I need to write something.
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mate,

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here is a brilliant topic from chineseburned
with his template, I managed to get 5.5 on awa without any preparations.
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mate,
here is a brilliant topic
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Thank you. It looks very helpful. I'm going to analyse it.
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Hi FireShock,

Most Schools expect you to be able to write a decently-organized essay in a short period of time (which shows your ability to communicate effectively with written words). As long as you score at least a 4.0 on the AWA, then you should be fine at most Programs (and a 4.0 out of 6.0 is a relatively easy score to achieve). Business Schools are also allowed to read your AWA prompt - they will sometimes use that prompt as a reference point for any Essays/Personal Statements that come with your application (since some applicants hire writers to create their essays for them, your AWA can be used as a way to verify that academic fraud is not taking place). Beyond that, if you 'skip' the essay (re: leave it blank) and a School notices that, then you will have effectively told that School that you chose not to complete the Full GMAT - and I don't know too many Admissions Officers who'd be interested in accepting someone who won't do the work that everyone else did or refuses to train for what is ultimately a fairly standard component of the Test. This is all meant to say that writing the AWA is not that difficult, nor does it require a lot of effort to do properly. The overall benefits of writing the essay far outweigh the minor benefit of skipping over it.

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Beyond that, if you 'skip' the essay (re: leave it blank) and a School notices that, then you will have effectively told that School that you chose not to complete the Full GMAT - and I don't know too many Admissions Officers who'd be interested in accepting someone who won't do the work that everyone else did or refuses to train for what is ultimately a fairly standard component of the Test.
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Oh, I understand. I thought that some universities require certain parts of GMAT. Having said that, relying on what you just told me, despite the university's requirements which the people in charge said to show them to enter the master's course ("...just 600 scores..."), they will also indeed check the AWA and IR parts.

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The overall benefits of writing the essay far outweigh the minor benefit of skipping over it.
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Capisce. Thank you.
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