Comments on: GMAT Breaks Shorter as of July 17th

By: Ericka Carnevale

Ericka Carnevale — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:08:22 +0000

Hi there! Thanks so much for the update! Higly appreciated!

By: David McD

David McD — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:00:12 +0000

I knew about the shorter break times going into the GMAT, so I was ready for them (even practiced with the minute breaks). 10 minutes would have been nice, but I don’t think the loss of the two minutes affected my score.

By: Lilly

Lilly — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:18:14 +0000

“It could be that shortening the total appointment time by 15 minutes would allow more appointments at the margins. Or it could be an added security measure so that people have less time to do anything non-test related during break periods.”

I guess we will never know, but 15 minutes seems a lot to cut off – especially to read instructions and fill out forms. I wonder how this worked out?

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By: Labelle

Labelle — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:46:55 +0000

The loss of these two minutes could mean failure for some. And I really doubt it will effect the overall security.

By: Dan Micheals

Dan Micheals — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:32:19 +0000

There are a few ways to look at this. Is it really a security measure. I haven’t heard of there being a great increase cheating on the GMAT.Not where 2 minutes would make a difference. I honestly think they just wanted better numbers. This will force people taking the GMAT to be capable of comprehending the instructions faster. Either way I do not think that it will have a detrimental impact on the majority of the people taking it. It still comes down to who is prepared and who isn’t……

By: Annette

Annette — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:27:45 +0000

This is going to cause too much stress for some people. I wonder whether that is what GMAC meant to do, or if it were for other reasons.

In my opinion shaving off time to read instructions is never good.

“The other 11 minutes come from the time allocated to read Instructions, fill out background info, and decide whether to see your score”.

By: John Littner

John Littner — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:38:09 +0000

Yup totally agree with the previous comments on here. That two minutes could be crucial for some people. Why would they add unnecessary pressure to an already stressful situation?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:39:57 +0000

When I took the GMAT I needed all the time I could get. Dropping those 2 minutes during the breaks could be a big problem from some. I agree – a stressful situation just got more stressful.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:43:15 +0000

“The other 11 minutes come from the time allocated to read Instructions, fill out background info, and decide whether to see your score”.

Kind of hard to shave much off that, would you agree? If a person hurries with instructions, they may not get it right. Background info they are going to want as well.

For some people, what they do will expand to fill the time alloted, but for others, this is shaving off time they truely need.