Committed to enhancing the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam experience for test takers, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has formally announced the implementation of three new GMAT features and options. The changes became effective on July 19, 2015.

The organization will remove cancelled scores from score reports; allow graduate management education candidates to retake the GMAT exam after a 16-day time period rather than the previous 31-day retake period; and enable test takers to view their Official Score Report online using their date of birth instead of an authentication code. These features will join a host of other updates that GMAC made over the last year.

“We continuously ask candidates and test takers about their GMAT experience and seek input from them about ways to make that experience better,” said Ashok Sarathy, vice president, Product Management, GMAC. “This new change in GMAC’s score cancellation process will help candidates gain more control and confidence over their GMAT experience by allowing them to cancel their scores without the cancellation appearing in score reports.”

According to Sarathy, GMAC’s research has shown that candidates cancel scores for a wide variety of reasons, and not solely based on poor test performance. Therefore, the removal of the “Cancel C” indicator will provide students an opportunity to present scores they feel best represent their skills. This feature will be applied retroactively to all previously cancelled test scores as well. Any score cancellations done prior to July 19, 2015, will not be included in score reports sent to schools after July 19, 2015. Score reports already sent to schools cannot be modified. As always, candidates have 60 days to reinstate a cancelled score.

In addition, GMAC will provide candidates with the option to retake the GMAT exam after a 16-day time period versus the current 31-day retake period. This allows candidates the flexibility to retake the exam within a shorter period of time in order to accommodate their schedules, study habits, peak performance times and school deadlines. As always, candidates can’t exceed five GMAT exams within a 12-month period.

The third new feature enables candidates to access their Official Score Report online using their date of birth for authentication. A separate authentication code will no longer be issued at the test center. This change will streamline the process for candidates looking to access their GMAT scores — eliminating the need for the test taker to remember their code and retain the code printout provided by the test center. If an individual takes the GMAT multiple times, they will no longer have to refer to multiple authentication codes. Since scores are good for five years, this new feature will make it easier for candidates to retrieve information about their GMAT score any time they need it.

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