This is a call to action to help many students around the globe.

Everybody knows that for most Universities’ Master in Business and Economics the only way to get in is to go through the GMAT Exam. In this period of quarantine and restrictions due to the Coronavirus outbreak that is affecting our everyday life, GMAT test makers have decided to publish an Online version of the test to allow everyone to take it in time for the Universities application deadlines.

Although greeted with hope, this Online GMAT test is rather a more complicated version than a regular one. The main issue resides in one particular requirement of the Online test: nobody is allowed to have pen and paper to write notes, calculus and drawings necessary for answering the questions; instead the GMAT test makers provide an online whiteboard (https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-online/prepare-for-your-exam/prepare-your-environment).

Even though mba.com ensures that there won’t be any change in the test procedure and that every student would easily feel comfortable with the Online GMAT, we suggest not. Writing with the computer trackpad or a mouse on the the online whiteboard makes every step of the already complex exam, incredibly more complicated. Nobody is at ease using these instruments and, in addition, they are likely to be hugely time-consuming - the test rules in fact remained the same, so that you still have only 2 minutes for each question, but the tools have changed thoroughly.

These whiteboard-realted information are hard to find whithin the website and, yet, they are truly game-changing for every student which is relying on this exam to be accepted at University. It is utterly important to acknowledge that this exam constitutes a pivotal point in the young life of every student and is being put at risk by a unnecessary and unfair requirement. Help us bring this issue to the attention of the Graduate Management Admission Council in order to change this unjust bureaucratic requirement that is going to frustrate worldwide student’s effort to pursue their life path. In the end, pen and paper are fundamental tools in the process of resolving questions and problems effectively, and yet there’s no valid reason for their substitution in the GMAT Online.

Thank you for your time: you can make the difference.