Procedure & Guidelines

To take the GMAT™, you must first select a test center. Each test center operates on its own schedule and can accommodate varying numbers of test takers throughout the day. Once you have chosen a location, take note of the test center type, because this will affect how you can register for the GMAT™. At a Permanent or Mobile site, the test will be computer-based. If you take the GMAT™ at a Supplementary site, the test will be paper-based.

Once you have decided where to take the test, you will need to schedule a GMAT™ appointment. If you are registering in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, Canada, or at a Permanent test center elsewhere, you may register using one of four methods—online, by phone, by mail, or by fax. If you plan to take the GMAT™ at a Mobile test center, you must register by phone, fax, or mail through your Regional Registration Center. Available time slots change continuously as people register for the test. You will find out what times are available at your chosen test center when you register.

For online appointment click here. (But before that you have to register on www.mba.com)

To schedule your test appointment by phone in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada: -

• call 1-800-GMAT™-NOW (1-800-462-8669)
• call the test center directly or
• call 1-800-529-3590, if using TTY

To schedule your test appointment by phone in all other locations: -

• call your Regional Registration Center (RRC)

Fee payment for both this mode can only be done by credit cards.

To schedule your appointment by mail or by fax in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada, complete the downloadable Voucher Request Form. To schedule your appointment by mail or by fax in another location, complete the International Test Scheduling Form. When your form is complete, mail or fax it—with appropriate payment to one of the addresses below or your RRC. To complete the Voucher Request Form, you will need to enter the Country Code of your mailing address, using the Educational Testing Service Country Code List. If your country does not appear on the list, please write in the name of your country on the Voucher Request Form. Requests received without payment will be returned unprocessed.

Once ETS processes your registration for a test center in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada, you will receive an authorization voucher by return mail. Allow two to four weeks for processing and delivery. Once you have received your voucher, you may call to schedule your GMAT™ appointment.

For registration by mail or fax in another location, you must mail your request to your Regional Registration Center (RRC). After your RRC has processed your registration request, you will receive a confirmation number, an appointment time, and the test center address by fax, e-mail, or mail. Call the RRC if you do not receive confirmation of your appointment at least three business days before the earliest test date listed on your form.

You must preregister for a Supplementary test center by fax or mail. Most of the Supplementary test centers, those that offer the GMAT™ as a paper-based test, offer the GMAT™ only once a year, so planning is essential. If you plan to take the GMAT™ at a Supplementary test center, you will need to preregister first. To preregister, complete the Supplementary Test Center Preregistration Form and fax or mail it to Educational Testing Service. (Do not include payment when submitting this form. Your payment will be accepted at the test center).

Address: -
GMAT™
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541-6103
United States
Fax 1-609-883-4349

Within two weeks of receiving your Supplementary Test Center Pre-reregistration Form, ETS will send you a packet of information that includes:

• The time you should arrive at the test center
• The exact location of the test center
• Payment information
• A copy of the GMAT™ paper-based test Administration Supplement, which includes a registration form and important information about the test
• Test preparation information

Pre-registering will let the test center administrators know that you plan to take the test, but it will not guarantee you a seat. Your seat will be secured when you complete your registration and pay at the test center, on test day. Before test day, complete the registration form found in the GMAT™ Paper-Based Test Administration Supplement. On the day of the test, bring the completed registration form, along with your payment, and submit both to the test administrator. (Cash is not an acceptable form of payment.)

If you are unable to submit the Supplementary Test Center Pre-registration Form by the deadline date (printed on the form), you should call 1-609-771-7330 or e-mail gmat@ets.org to request test date information. You will be admitted to the test only if adequate test materials and space are available after all pre-registered test takers have been accommodated.

Note: -

• Admissions deadlines for graduate schools vary. Check with the schools and make your test appointment early enough to allow your scores to be reported before the schools' application deadlines.
• When scheduling your test appointment, be sure that the spelling of your name matches the name printed on the identification you will present at the test center. If this information does not match, you will not be permitted to take the test and your test fee will be forfeited.

If you have a documented disability and require nonstandard testing accommodations, follow the registration procedures described below

For test takers with documented disabilities, the following nonstandard testing accommodations are available:

• Extended testing time (all tests are timed)
• Additional rest breaks
• Selectable background and foreground colors (for the computer-adaptive test only)
• Recorder/writer of answers
• Sign language interpreter (for spoken directions only)
• Alternate formats (audio cassette, Braille, or large print)

The following adaptive technologies are also available for test takers who are familiar with their use:

• Kensington Trackball mouse
• HeadMaster Plus mouse
• Intellikeys keyboard
• keyboard with touchpad mouse

Test takers with disabilities who are eligible to take alternate formats of the GMAT™ (audio cassette, Braille, large print, etc.), will receive test preparation and test procedure information designed specifically for non–computer-adaptive formats of the test.

For registration materials and additional information, download the Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities pamphlet. You can receive nonstandard testing accommodations only by registering for the GMAT™ according to the instructions in the supplement.

You may also order a copy of this supplement by using any of the following methods:

• E-mail: stassd@ets.org
• Fax: 1-609-771-7165
• Telephone: 1-609-771-7780
• TTY: 1-609-771-7714
• For mail, write to following address:
  GMAT™ Disability Services
  Educational Testing Service
  P.O. Box 6054
  Princeton, NJ 08541
  United States

Visit the Educational Testing Service Office of Disability Policy Web site at www.ets.org/disability to access other important information and/or publications often needed for submitting documentation to GMAT™ Disability Services when requesting nonstandard GMAT™ testing accommodations.

Note: - Before requesting nonstandard testing accommodations, you may want to contact the graduate school(s) to which you are applying to ask if they would be willing to waive the GMAT™ requirement and consider your application on the basis of other information.