Someone in India scores an impossible GMAT Score and Hailed as Hero

Question

Funny/Strange/Confusing/Odd News. The person got a 798 on the GMAT!

https://www.uniindia.com/politicians-hai ... 04706.html funny-gmat-news.png

bb · Answer

And the story continues with more details: Bhopal: Shivangi created history by securing the first rank in-country, second at the world level at GMAT https://english.newstracklive.com/news/ ... 157-1.html She got her score on Aug 23 and within 1 month, already admitted to Howard!!!!

This is so funny and so sad

kntombat · Answer

bb , there seems to be something amiss here.

bb · Answer

I agree... I think this is perhaps another test? SAT maybe?

Kinshook · Answer

Hi  bb 
Do you have her verified GMAT score?
Is she a member of GMATClub.com?

KrishnanTN · Answer

Nonsense - Some fabricated idiocy.

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bb · Answer

Several moderators and I think this may be a joke/prank to show how easy it is to fool people?
Not sure but another article on the same subject:
https://news24online.com/news/education ... -249f1e1b/

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TopperV41 · Answer

Is 798 really a score on the gmat ? 
It’s probably a typo or the news is fake .
If it’s true congratulations to the girl .

Kudos please !! Much needed .

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bb · Answer

1. No kudos. Please don't beg. 
2. It is not possible
3. GMAC does not release country/world ranks
4. It is BS/Mistake/Misinformation

TopperV41 · Answer

So sorry will keep in mind the next time .
Thanks for clearing.

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SurajV89 · Answer

In one article it’s mentioned that she gave exam on 12th feb, got first stage result on 27th of March and final result on 23rd of April. This is legit a prank but it really shows sad reality of Indian media. Anyways it’s good to have some humour in life and she definitely brought in mine 😂

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chetan2u · Answer

A google search, and Surprisingly, she has been interviewed too in some local channel. Shows madness of the media.
Went through the entire 4-5 minutes in a hope to hear GMATCLUB coming up in her preparations. But she just thanked her dean and not BB.

I believe GMAT and GMATCLUB are two sides of the same coin and one cannot be present without the other.

sumitkrocks · Answer

This is hilarious. I wonder how did bb manage to get to this article.
In India you will find so many regional sub standard news papers and magazines and if you are not looking for entertainment, you better refrain from such sources.

At the same time there are so many reliable sources of news and information such as The Hindu, Times of India, The economic times etc.

I would wonder, if I see same story published in reliable newspapers.

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