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10.20.2007 ||> Fiasco
Last Saturday, I went to the testing center to take my GMAT exam. The GMAT is important for getting into a business school, and it is $250, so I took it very seriously. As I was instructed, I didn't study the night before and came in well before the test began. And that's where it all went sour.
Apparently, the "system" was "updating" and I was forced to wait with 10 other people from 8:20 until 11:40. During that time, one of workers put their the regional manager on speaker phone where he was heard to have informed the guy to tell us to go home, in order to make room for the next group, after we had already waited a long time.
After it was clear that no testing was to be done that day, we were promised a phone call by a guy named Jeremiah and that the testing center would be open on Sunday the 14th.
None of the people at the testing center got a phone call as we were promised and I spent a horrible afternoon and evening wondering if I would be able to take the test on Sunday. Later that evening, I happened to check my email and noticed that I had been automatically re-registered for the test on Sunday. No one had contacted me or asked me if this was okay. As it happens, I came down with food poisoning, so it would not have been alright.
Nervous about the test and feeling forced to take it even thought I didn't feel well, I came in despite severe stomach cramping and was forced to wait an additional 2 hours as the system still wasn't available. I couldn't believe that there had obviously been little done to make our testing experience run smoothly.
Unfortunately, before I could take the test, I fainted from the stress and stomach pain and had to be taken to the ER.
I am ok now health-wise, but that was only the beginning of the Week from Hell. I am rescheduled to take it Monday, which is upsetting for a variety of reasons. But I will study today, hold off tomorrow. Wish me luck for Monday!
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