Her advice to future test-takers of the at-home exam: Practice for at a least a week, if not two weeks, with the virtual whiteboard before taking the test (see She Took The At-Home GMAT Today. Test-takers who opt for the GRE test at-home are allowed to take notes on a physical whiteboard with an erasable marker or on paper with a transparent sheet protector and erasable marker on their desktops.Ī GMAC TUTORIAL ON THE WHITEBOARD FEATURE PLUS ACCESS TO THE TOOL FOR PRACTICEĪ professional test-taker at Manhattan Prep who took the GMAT test on Monday has told Poets&Quants that she thinks she would have scored 100 or more points less if not for spending five to seven hours practicing with a similar tool recreated by her firm’s staff. The issue also puts the at-home GMAT exam at a severe disadvantage to the GRE which launched its at-home version nearly a month earlier than GMAC. “That’s CRAZY!!! No human brain is able to solve math problems without writing down notes, in particular under the <2min GMAT time restrictions.” More than 1,500 have already signed a petition demanding that GMAC allow test-takers to use scratch paper and a pen for the at-home exam. “‘GMAT at home’ will not allow test-takers the use of a whiteboard (as well as physical notepads) during the exam,” wrote one critic on Poets&Quants. GMAC, however, put the new feature in without either a tutorial or any opportunity for test-takers to practice using the tool before sitting for the test. Anything new is change and change is uncomfortable and particularly change that comes about quickly.” ![]() ![]() “We were able to get the test delivered quickly from a standing start,” he says, “and we were able to preserve the integrity of the test. Like anything you do at a rapid rate, you have to make some decisions to maintain the integrity and security of the test as well as the capability of the delivery platform. Thus far, close to 3,000 test-takers have signed up for the at-home test and several hundred people have taken it, according to Sangeet Chowfla, GMAC CEO. Ever since announcing the debut of the at-home exam, which was taken by hundreds of test-takers starting Monday (April 20), GMAC has faced a torrent of criticism from prospective students over a ban on using either scratch paper and a pen or a separate whiteboard to work out test problems on the desktop. After enduring harsh criticism over a critical feature of its new at-home GMAT exam, the Graduate Management Admission Council today (April 23) rolled out a way to practice using the controversial virtual whiteboard for notetaking during the test.
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