Will I have issue with my score getting cancelled?

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Hello!
I am going to do the GMAT online exam. I have read the rules on this site (mba(dot)com/exams/gmat-online/gmat-online-experience/policies-and-procedures/policies-and-procedures-gmat-online#examday) and they claim the following: "Reasons scores are cancelled due to a Testing Irregularity include: Inconsistent performance on different parts of the exam". I am around 22 percentile on Quant and 70 percentile on verbal. I am also MUCH better at RC and CR than SC because I am not native a English speaker. I would say that my performance on the different parts are inconsistent.

So my question is: Will I have to undergo investigation (which will delay the time to receive score) because of this and can it result in my score getting cancelled?

Thanks for the answers!

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Fair to say Online scores going into review is common. Had a student for example who went from a 700 to a 760 (Online) in about 10 days. The 760 went into review and took about 2 weeks to become Official. A review doesn't necessarily mean the score will be cancelled.

MBA website: "Scores are canceled if there is a good-faith reason to question their validity."

Suraj0184 · Answer

There seems no inconsistency here. Quant may be a weak area for some who haven't pursued Maths as a subject during the degree courses.

Suvankar8250 · Answer

If there's a reason to question validity of the score received, only then is the score cancelled. Inconsistency in different sections of the exam, mainly when one has a few weak areas, does not obviously results into a review. Moreover, a review doesn't always means cancellation.

bb · Answer

I would say that 99.9% of all test takers have nothing to worry about in terms of testing irregularities as a test center.

For the online test, there’s a lot more reviews and a lot more disputes. But I would say still it’s 99.5% safe probably based on the volume of concerns and issues. Many of the online scores get reviewed but very very few gets canceled. There are other issues with the online test such as connectivity and lack of proper expectations about the proctor and so on. But that’s a different topic

Also, when they say inconsistent, didn’t mean scoring high on quant and low and verbal. What they mean is that you scored really high on the Quan’s portion but then you fail the quantum questions in the integrated reasoning. Or, you went from scoring really low to really high within a short period of time. You can score as high as low as you want a different sections. It won’t raise any suspicion.

I would say you have no reason to be concerned with that line in the terms and conditions 😇

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MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi RandomMan12345.

They won't be surprised or concerned by differences between your Quant and Verbal performance. They are looking for differences that don't make sense, such as a very high Verbal score but very weak performance on verbal IR questions.

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