Registering for the GMAT exam is easy. Once you choose your testing center and determine which of the avail-able testing dates and times best suits your schedule, you can schedule your exam online, by phone, or via fax. A complete list of testing centers and their contact information is available on the GMAT website at www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/TestCenterList.htm. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to down-load the list. You can also downdown-load the GMAT Information Bulletin; pages 10 through 16 include list of national and international testing centers and their phone numbers.
You can register for the GMAT exam in several ways:
■ By phone. Call 800-GMAT-NOW (800-462-8669) or 800-529-3590 for TTY or call your selected test-ing center directly.
■ By mail. Call 800-GMAT-NOW to request a Voucher Request Form, or print the form from the GMAT website at www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/VoucherRequestForm.htm.
The following items are considered testing aids and are not permitted in the testing room during the exam sessions:
• notes • stopwatches or watch alarms
• calculators • telephones or cellular phones
• dictionaries or thesauruses • pagers or beepers
• translators • photographic devices
• personal data assistants (PDAs) • stereos or radios
• rulers or other measuring devices
You will be given pencils and scratch paper at the testing center, so don’t bring your own pens, pencils, or blank paper into the testing room; if you do, you will be asked to store them in your locker until the test is over.
Send your completed form and testing fee to:
GMAT
Educational Testing Service P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541-6103
■ Online. Register directly on the website www.mba.com. Click on “Take the GMAT” and then “Schedul-ing a GMAT Appointment.” You will need a valid Visa®, MasterCard®, or American Express® card to pay your $200 registration fee.
Again, whether you register by mail, phone, or computer, make sure you register with the name that is printed on the ID you will take to the testing center. If your registration name and ID do not match—for example, if you make a spelling error when you type in your registration online—you may not be permitted to take the exam, and your testing fee will not be refunded.
Registering for the GMAT Exam outside the United States
How you register for the GMAT exam outside of the United States, U.S. territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada depends upon the kind of testing center you choose. Three kinds of international testing centers are available—
permanent, mobile, and supplementary. Each has a different registration procedure.
Permanent centers offer the GMAT CAT year-round. You can register for the test at a permanent cen-ter via phone, fax, mail, or Incen-ternet. To schedule by phone, call the Regional Registration Cencen-ter (RRC) for your desired testing center (phone numbers for RRCs are listed on the Testing Center Locations List). You must call at least three days before your desired test date, and payment by credit card is required at the time of your call.
To register by mail, download the International Test Scheduling Form from www.mba.com/mba/
TaketheGMAT/Tools/InternationalTestSchedulingForm.htm (or call 800-GMAT-NOW to request this form) and return it with your payment to the RRC for your testing center.
To register by fax, send your completed International Test Scheduling Form and your credit card infor-mation to the fax number for your testing center RRC.
Mobile centers are temporary and offer the GMAT CAT on a limited schedule. You can register for the test at a mobile center by mail, phone, or fax. Follow the instructions provided for permanent centers.
Supplementary centers offer the paper-based GMAT exam only once or twice each year. To register for the test at one of these sites, you must complete a Supplementary Test Center Preregistration Form and send it (via fax or mail) to the ETS by the appropriate deadline. You can download this form at www.mba.com/
mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/SupplementaryTestCenterPreregistrationForm.htm or request it from 800-GMAT-NOW. This form reserves you a place at the testing center for the exam. Do not include payment with this form.
After the ETS receives your request, you will receive a packet of information with details about the testing cen-ter location and information about the paper-based exam.
Nonstandard Testing Accommodations
Test takers with disabilities can arrange for several nonstandard testing accommodations for the exam. These accommodations include the following:
■ extended (but not unlimited) testing time
■ additional breaks during exam sections and/or extended breaks between sections
■ adjusted background and foreground colors (for CAT only)
■ a recorder or writer of answers
■ a sign language interpreter for spoken directions
■ audio cassette, Braille, or large-print GMAT formats
Follow the Rules
A considerable portion of this section has been dedicated to rules. This is because GMAT testing center reg-ulations must be followed very carefully. If you violate any regreg-ulations during the exam, you may be dismissed by the test administrator, and your violation will be reported to the ETS. Consequences may include the can-cellation of your test scores and forfeiture of your testing fee. If your violation is serious enough—for example, if you attempt to use testing aids or remove test questions from the testing room—you could even be barred from future exams.
Test takers may also request a Kensington® Trackball mouse, a HeadMaster Plus™mouse, an Intellikeys® key-board, or ZoomText®. If you request an alternate format GMAT exam, you will receive special instructions for your non-CAT version of the test.
To register for nonstandard testing accommodations, you must obtain the GMAT Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities form and follow the instructions for registration in that bulletin. You can download the form from www.mba.com or request a copy from:
E-mail: gmat@ets.org Phone: 609-771-7780 Fax: 609-771-7165 TTY: 609-771-7714
Mail: GMAT Disability Service Educational Testing Services P.O. Box 6054
Princeton, NJ 08541
Rescheduling or Relocating Your GMAT Appointment
You may need to reschedule your GMAT appointment date, time, or testing center location for many reasons.
You can reschedule by phone or online at www.mba.com (see page 15 for details). You must reschedule at least seven days before your appointment date or else your testing fee will be forfeited. The rescheduled date must also be within a year of the original scheduled exam. The GMAC charges a $40 fee for rescheduling. This fee is paid at the time of rescheduling, so you must have a credit card ready when you call or go online.
Canceling Your GMAT Appointment
If you want to cancel your GMAT appointment and do so within seven days of your scheduled exam, you will receive a partial refund of $80. If you cancel any time closer to the test date, you will not be refunded any por-tion of your testing fee. You can cancel by phone or online at www.mba.com.
The GMAC offers a print version of most of the GMAT information available on its website at www.mba.com.
You can download this bulletin at www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/GMATBulletin2002.htm or call 800-GMAT-NOW to request the brochure.
GMAT Fees
GMAT $200
Rescheduling exam $40
Canceling exam $80 refund
Additional school report $25 per school
P a y i n g f o r t h e G M AT E x a m
The GMAC charges $200 for the GMAT. Payment is due in full at registration; partial payments are not accepted. In the United States, payment may be made by cash,* check, credit card, or money order (checks must be drawn on funds from a U.S. bank). In Canada, cash payments are not accepted; registrants must pay by credit card, check, money order, bank drafts, money orders, or UNESCO coupons. Please note that appointments are automatically cancelled if your credit card is declined. Checks should be made payable to ETS-GMAT; they may not be postdated.
That should do it for administrative matters. Now it is time to review study skills and create a study plan so that you can maximize your GMAT preparation time.
*Cash payments may be made in U.S., Canadaian, Australian, Hong Kong, New Zealand, or Singapore dollars. British pounds, Danish and Norwegian kroners, euros, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, and Swedish krona are also accepted.
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W h e r e D o I S t a r t ?
Chances are you already have a crowded to-do list, and you may be wondering how you will fit in the time you need to prepare for the GMAT exam. You have a life outside your plans for business school that may include work and family obligations, and you may already be in school, so you don’t have an unlimited amount of time to prepare. The key is to maximize the study time you do have.