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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The GMAT Online allows test-takers to use both a physical whiteboard and an online whiteboard—and there are great reasons to use both, actually. Learn when to use which in this post! When you take the GMAT Online, you’ll have access to both a physical whiteboard and an online one. The key is going to be knowing [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><b>The GMAT Online allows test-takers to use both a physical whiteboard and an</b><b> online whiteboard—and there are great reasons to use </b><b><i>both</i></b><b>, actually. Learn when to use which in this post!</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/i-took-the-gmat-online-heres-what-happened/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">take the GMAT Online</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you’ll have access to both a physical whiteboard and an online one. The key is going to be knowing when to use which and practicing ahead of time so that everything feels seamless on test day. (Math? Definitely the physical whiteboard. Time management strategy? Probably online whiteboard. We’ll figure it all out in this post.)</span></p>
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<p>This post addresses the classic GMAT; here&#8217;s the <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/gmat-online-whiteboard/">GMAT Focus version of this article</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our fabulous tech team replicated the official online whiteboard tool to allow you to practice under official test conditions in advance of the test, including the ability to resize the board and place it wherever you want on your test screen. If you have any type of syllabus with us, including our free </span><a href="https://www.kaptest.com/gmat/free/gmat-practice"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starter Kit syllabus</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the online whiteboard is ready and waiting on your CAT exam page. (No MPrep syllabus? Get a free one—just follow that link. You’ll also get a free practice exam and a free suite of foundational math and verbal study materials.) If you already have any type of account with us, log in and head to the practice exams or just </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/atlas/resource/94"><span style="font-weight: 400;">click this link</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (you need to be logged in already in order for that link to work—FYI).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are the </span><a href="https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-online/prepare-for-your-exam/whiteboard-options" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">official requirements</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the physical whiteboard that—yes—you have to buy yourself for the GMAT Online. (If you’re taking it in the testing center, they’ll provide the scratch paper for you. It’ll </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-GMAT-Simulation-Booklet-Marker/dp/0979017580?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=mprep-gmat-product-page-20&#038;linkId=4712500b5b6a2d553f6f7778099fc741&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">look like this</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.) You’ll want to take at least a couple of practice tests using your physical whiteboard to figure out exactly how you want to use it. So shop now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One more thing. Be prepared to take the exam online even if you plan / hope to take it only in the testing center. Centers could close again, but the GMAT Online is here to stay—so prepare yourself just in case you have to change formats in the end.</span></p>
<h3>Requirements for the physical whiteboard</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The maximum dimensions of the whiteboard are 30 by 50 centimetres (why, yes, I am in Canada <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">) or 12 by 20 inches. It does need to be a dry-erase board, not a wet-erase* product, and it does have to have a plain white background (no colors or grid lines). And buy a double-sided whiteboard—it’s allowed and it gives you double the “real estate” on which to write! (*If you have our </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-GMAT-Simulation-Booklet-Marker/dp/0979017580?&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=mprep-gmat-product-page-20&#038;linkId=4712500b5b6a2d553f6f7778099fc741&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yellow Pad</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you can’t use this for the GMAT Online. The Yellow Pad is still used for your scratch paper in the testing center, though, so it’s good practice for that format.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can have one eraser and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">two</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> dry erase markers—definitely have two markers and make sure they’re new or almost-new.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s a </span><a href="https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-online/prepare-for-your-exam/whiteboard-options"><span style="font-weight: 400;">partial list</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of what GMAC has said we </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">can’t</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> use. This isn’t an exhaustive list of what’s prohibited, though, so look for the largest whiteboard that fits the max size limits but go for simple after that—white, boring, basic.</span></p>
<h3>How the online whiteboard works</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Would you rather read or watch? This table lays out how to use each tool, in order as they appear on the screen from left to right and top to bottom. The same info is also in </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpCJsyZKXLw&#038;list=PL9COThsndjwFlF3yZAA36a9_EnSDLco2e"><span style="font-weight: 400;">this video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Your choice!</span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GpCJsyZKXLw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
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<td><b>Tool</b></td>
<td><b>How to Use</b></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18808" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/pencil.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pencil / Pen. Write or draw anything you want. You can choose a thickness; set it to one of the smaller settings. The whiteboard will remember what you chose.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18803" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/eraser.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eraser. Choose the greatest setting for thickness. The whiteboard will remember what you chose.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18806" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/line.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Line. Draw straight lines. Can also make dashed lines and arrows. Use when it’s important to have perfectly straight lines or to make a grid. (So&#8230;probably not necessary.)</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18810" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/rectangle.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rectangle. Use for geometry or when you want to make a box or grid. You’ll probably do most math on the physical whiteboard.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18802" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/ellipse.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Circle. Use for geometry or Venn diagrams. </span></span>You’ll probably do most math on the physical whiteboard.</td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18812" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/text.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Text. Use this for notes on Verbal and Integrated Reasoning. </span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18809" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/polygon.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polygon. (Called Free Shape in the GMAC screen shot.) Can be used to make triangles or other more complex shapes. Ignore this tool (use your physical whiteboard).</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18807" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/pan.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pan. The whiteboard is very large (it appears to be infinite!). This allows you to pan around—eg, look at timing guidelines you wrote at the top, or keep panning down / right as you answer more questions.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18804" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/eyedropper.png" alt="" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eyedropper. Ignore.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18811" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/stroke.png" alt="" width="130" height="100" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Change the color of your drawing or writing. Probably ignore.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18805" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/fill.png" alt="" width="130" height="164" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill a shape with a certain color. Probably ignore.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18800" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/background.png" alt="" width="130" height="166" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Change the background color of the whiteboard. Choose your desired color at the beginning. Probably ignore after that.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18813" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/undoredo-white-background.png" alt="" width="128" height="48" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Undo a change or redo. If you accidentally delete something, you can bring it back. If you make a mistake or have a stray mark on the screen, undo it.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18814" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/zoom-in-zoom-out-white-background.png" alt="" width="141" height="59" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zoom in and out. The whiteboard size appears to be very large / effectively infinite, so don’t bother zooming in and out. Just keep using the Pan tool (above) as you need more white space.</span></td>
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<td> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18801" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/04/clear-white-background.png" alt="" width="99" height="45" /></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clear the entire whiteboard at once. Since the available space is infinite, there’s no need to clear the whiteboard.</span></td>
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<h3>Top Tips for getting the most out of the online whiteboard</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are the great things about the online whiteboard:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anything you write will stay there for the current section, even if you close and reopen the whiteboard</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—unless you choose to erase it.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The whiteboard is (effectively) infinite&#8230;so don’t bother to erase anything.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use these facts to your advantage! Use the online whiteboard to manage your time (more on this below). And take 30 seconds to jot down any facts, formulas, or positive mantras you want to remember during the test.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you want to move the whiteboard out of the way, you can either close* it or drag it partially or mostly off screen, your choice. Whenever you want to access that content again, drag it back over or open it up again. (*Reminder: The practice version will erase what you wrote whenever you close it. On the real test, the content will persist until you finish that section.)</span></p>
<h3>Time management and organization</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s that </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpCJsyZKXLw&#038;list=PL9COThsndjwFlF3yZAA36a9_EnSDLco2e"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video I linked earlier</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in case you’d rather watch me discuss how to set up your time management strategy. Note: This article and video address time management strategies for the classic GMAT Online only. Looking for the <a href="https://www.kaptest.com/study/gmat/gmat-focus-time-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new GMAT Focus time management</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> approach? There you go! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The physical whiteboard is limited in size, so you’re going to have to keep erasing it as you go. As a result, you don’t want to put stuff here that you want to have available for the whole test—like your time management strategy. The other great use of the online whiteboard is typing—specifically during the Verbal and IR sections. If you prefer to type vs. write notes, use the online whiteboard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most people are going to want to do most, if not all, of their math on the physical whiteboard. Consider, though, that there may be times you actually do want to use the online whiteboard. Some problems can be solved simply* enough that the online whiteboard is adequate—and actually has the advantage that you can do the work right next to the problem on screen. That is, you don’t have to keep looking up and down while you try to solve.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*This isn’t limited to easier problems. Some math problems will appear to have a lot that has to be copied down (a table of info or an ugly formula) but it turns out that you can estimate or use some other quick-and-dirty solution method. Considering whether you want to use the online whiteboard might slow you down just long enough to realize that the quick-and-dirty method exists&#8230;and that could end up saving you time and mental energy.</span></p>
<p>The online whiteboard will become available when your first problem pops up on the screen. Take 30 seconds to set up whatever time management strategy you prefer for that section. (Practice ahead of time so that you can set it up efficiently!) Repeat this process at the start of the other sections.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re already using our </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-gmat-time-management-part-1-of-3/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yellow Pad time management strategy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to get ready for the in-person test and want to be able to use just one approach for both exams, you can! You’re going to draw a mini-grid on screen that mimics the 8 faces of the yellow pad so that you can track your progress in the same way. First, draw 8 plus signs, as shown below. Next, write down your time markers, counting up from 0 to 56 by multiples of 8. (I used the draw tool for the numbers, but you can also use the text tool.) Finally, put an X through the first box in the first group:</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-19009" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/06/gmat-online-manhattan-prep-whiteboard-1.png" alt="gmat-online-manhattan-prep-whiteboard-1" width="649" height="336" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The visual represents the 31 problems you’ll do, but use your physical whiteboard to do the actual work. On screen, you’re just going to keep track by placing a check mark in each box as you go:</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19008" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/06/gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-2.png" alt="gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-2" width="512" height="267" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a little more complicated than just doing the work on the Yellow Pad: You might forget to check off a problem. But you can fix this quickly. First, glance at the upper-right corner of the test screen; that tells you your current problem number. Then start counting and, if necessary, adding checkmarks from the very first box until you’ve counted out the correct number of checkmarks. Glance back to the upper right of your screen to check the remaining time and carry on accordingly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If that seems too cumbersome, you could instead create a little table that tells you approximately what the clock should say when you’re on a certain question number. Here are two ways to do that:</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-19007" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/06/gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-3.png" alt="gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-3" width="391" height="315" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The table on the left is easier to create (but has two drawbacks). Count up by 5s in the first column; in the second column, write 52 down first and then count down by 10 each time. The drawbacks: First, because you’re doing groups of 5 problems, it’s easier to get into trouble with the timing, so this isn’t a great option if you tend to have timing issues on quant. Second, if you’re also preparing to take the GMAT in the testing center, it’s better to use the same counting mechanism for both exams—once less thing to remember / think about.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In that case, the table on the right is better—it keeps you in the groove of doing 4 problems every 8 minutes. For this version, count up by 4s in the first column and, in the second column, start at the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">bottom</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and count up by multiples of 8.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s true that either of the table options is faster to write out than the first method I showed. The big drawback to the tables, though? They don’t have a built-in reminder to look at the timer to check how you’re doing. The first method does—you put the final checkmark in a grouping of 4 and you know it’s now time to glance at the clock.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re like me and time management on Quant is A Thing, then set up the more comprehensive tracking method—the eight crosses—and check off each problem as you go. If you practice this in advance, you can draw it out very quickly. Alternatively, if Quant is your stronger section and you never struggle with the timing in this section, then feel free to go with one of the simpler table methods.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the Verbal section, time management is&#8230;annoying is the only word&#8230;because it takes longer, on average, to do Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension than it does to do Sentence Correction—but the problems can come in any order on the exam. You could have 4 RCs in a row (expected time about 7.5 minutes) or 4 SCs in a row (expected time about 5 minutes)&#8230;so how do you track that?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re going to split Verbal into just 4 groups of 9 problems each (there are 36 problems in this section). Why? There are usually four Reading Comp passages (with associated questions) on the test and they’re often (though not always) roughly evenly spaced out, so assume that each grouping of 9 problems will contain one RC passage (on average). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Draw four tic-tac-toe boards for Verbal. Each grouping has 9 little cells; count out the time as multiples of 16 (going up):</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-19006" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/06/gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-4.png" alt="gmat-online-whiteboard-manhattan-prep-4" width="544" height="571" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And here’s how we’re going to handle the fact that RC takes so much more time. The letter R represents one RC passage. Each time a new passage pops up on the screen, cross off one R. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s say you’re still answering problems in the first group but a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">second</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> RC passage pops up. Now what? Go down and cross off the R in the second grouping (next to the 32). Because you’ve crossed out an extra R, expect your time to be a few minutes </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">less</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> than you’d otherwise expect when you finish the first group—so you’ll have maybe 45 minutes left, not 48. That’s fine, since you started an extra RC passage in this group.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if you finish a group without seeing an RC passage at all? In this case, you won’t cross off the R. If you get to the end of a grouping and the R is still not crossed off, then you’ll need a few minutes extra left on the clock—because that passage is still coming later in the test. In this case, maybe you’ll have 35 minutes left on the clock rather than 32. When you do finally see that RC passage later in the exam, you’ll have the time you need to read it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you prefer to type your notes, do so to the right of your tic-tac-toe boards. Leave enough space vertically between the groupings to accommodate the volume of notes you typically take for 9 verbal problems. (What’s your “typical” volume? This is one of the things you’ll learn about yourself as you take your practice exams.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to get extra fancy? Verbal is all about finding and crossing off the four wrong answers. Drag the online whiteboard partially off-screen and place it right next to the right-hand end of the answers. Now you can keep track right next to the answers as you go. (I use X’s to mean “nope, definitely not it” and squiggles to mean “maybe; look at this again later.”) I barely use the physical whiteboard for most of the Verbal section (RC is the exception—more on this below).</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-19005" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/06/manhattan-prep-gmat-online-whiteboard-5.png" alt="manhattan-prep-gmat-online-whiteboard-5" width="843" height="232" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this example problem from mba.com, I’ve definitely eliminated A, D, and E. I need to compare B and C to decide. (Note: This problem is from the free official problem set on mba.com.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Doing your answer choice eliminations on screen should work fine for SC, CR, and Two-Parts (in the Integrated Reasoning section). It may not work as well for RC or the rest of Integrated Reasoning, given that those problem types take up a lot more real-estate on the screen. I did use the whiteboard to take my RC passage notes but I had more than one problem that took up almost the entire screen. I tried resizing the whiteboard to fit the remaining white space, then realized that I could just keep closing and opening it as needed. I used my notes to figure out where I needed to look in the passage, then closed the whiteboard and answered the problem. And I opened the whiteboard again when I got to the next problem.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you use the physical whiteboard, only write down ABCDE once. Make your markings next to the letters, not on them, and just erase the markings after each problem.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the Integrated Reasoning section, use this same grid idea that we used for quant—it’s just going to be easier because this section is so much shorter.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This time, the big X represents a problem I didn’t even try to answer—I bailed almost immediately. You’ll see 12 problems on IR; we recommend bailing immediately on 2 or 3 of them. On average, I’m probably going to bail on one problem per group of 4.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I do decide to bail, I put an X in that box so that I can factor my decision into my timing. If I bail once in that grouping, that’s expected; when I finish that group, I should be about on the expected time (20 minutes). If I bail twice in that group, though, then I need to have an extra 2-3 minutes remaining (around 22 to 23 minutes left, not 20). And if I didn’t bail on any problems in that group, I should have something like 17 to 18 minutes left, not 20—and I should also expect to need to bail on 2 problems in one of the later groups.</span></p>
<h3>Concentrate on the Pen, Text, and Straight Line Tools</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These three tools are the most important ones for the online whiteboard. Use the pen or line tool when you need to make a grid, jot down a single number or letter, or draw symbols for your answer choice eliminations—something quick and easy. When you need to take more extensive notes, type using the text tool (or write on your physical whiteboard).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you find yourself making the careless mistake of solving for the wrong thing (especially on math problems), you might also put what you’re solving for on the online whiteboard so that it’s sitting on screen to remind you, right before you select your answer: Did you just solve for the right thing?</span></p>
<h3>Take a Practice CAT to Mimic the GMAT Online</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The official practice tests now incorporate their own version of the online whiteboard. When taking our CATs (or CATs from any other company), use our whiteboard tool—we deliberately built it in a browser so that you could use it for anything.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can choose from the same three test order options that are used in the testing center and you’ll have the same breaks (same locations and same length) as in the testing center. When you practice for the GMAT Online, the only real difference will be in how you use your physical whiteboard and online whiteboard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good luck and happy studying!</span></p>
<p><strong>RELATED:</strong> <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/the-gmat-online-what-to-expect/">The GMAT Online: What to Expect</a></p>
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<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong><em> I took the GMAT online! And boy, do I have a lot to tell you. <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/i-took-the-gmat-online-heres-what-happened/">Read all about my experience here</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>NOTE: </strong><em>This post was accurate when published but is now outdated. Please follow the link above for updated information regarding all things GMAT Online.</em></p>
<p>You can take the GMAT online! The test will be available from Monday April 20th until (at least) Monday June 15th; GMAC, the organization that makes the GMAT, will reevaluate the timeline as we get closer to June.<span id="more-18797"></span></p>
<h4>So&#8230;what’s up with this online whiteboard? Really?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m starting here because this is what everybody’s talking about. For test security reasons, GMAC isn’t allowing us to use physical scratch paper. We have to use an online whiteboard tool during the test.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I understand why they’re doing this, and I can even appreciate it at one level. I don’t want anyone stealing questions and selling them to other people—that cheapens my score and all of my hard work. I also don’t want business schools deciding that they’re going to “discount” scores for tests taken online because the security is more lax. So, at that level, I’m really glad that GMAC takes test security very seriously.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But&#8230;I’m also pretty nervous about taking the test with this online whiteboard thing. I’m not great with technology; I’m really not sure how much it’s going to affect my ability to take the test. It’s true that I’ve been teaching online for many years and I’ve gotten pretty good at drawing on a whiteboard with my finger on a trackpad—but the pace of class is slower and less relentless than problem after problem after problem on the test.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s the great news: My coworkers are awesome. Our dev team, in particular my colleagues Brian Kennedy, Sam Cross, and Irman Ahmetovic, built a replica of the GMAT Online’s whiteboard tool so I can practice! And you can, too. We’ve put the tool in all of our Atlas syllabi, including our free GMAT Starter Kit syllabus. If you’ve got any type of Atlas syllabus, the Manhattan Prep online whiteboard tool is already waiting for you on the </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/atlas/resource/94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CAT exam page</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Note: You have to be logged in already for that link to work. (If you don’t yet have an Atlas account, sign up for a </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/account/create/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">free account</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and you’ll get access to both the online whiteboard and a free practice CAT exam.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I only have four days to practice before I have to take the GMAT Online and I’m worried that it’s not going to be quite enough time. I’d recommend that you give yourself more like one to two weeks of daily practice—but I’ll update this recommendation after I take the test on Monday and see what it’s like. Maybe it will be better than I’m thinking. (In fact, I’ve played with our whiteboard tool for a couple of hours now, and there is at least <a href="https://youtu.be/GPpsawfpM_E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">one big thing</a> that’s actually </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">better</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> than physical scratch paper.)</span></p>
<h4>When can I take the GMAT Online?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From Monday April 20th to Monday June 15th, the GMAT Online will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (I’m signed up for noon eastern time on Monday.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Test-takers who are approved for extended time (1.5x or 2x) or extended breaks will be able to take the exam starting in early to mid-May (exact date still to be announced).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A live proctor will monitor your exam. You will need to give the proctor control over your computer and you will be video- and audio-recorded for the entire exam. You can find more on tech requirements later in this post.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At this time, you can take the GMAT Online only once. This exam will </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">not</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> count toward the maximum-5-tests-in-12-months limit or the 8-test lifetime limit. If the GMAT Online continues past June 15th, it’s possible that GMAC will revisit the only-one-online-test restriction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll pay </span><a href="https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-online/gmat-online-experience/registration-and-fees" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">$200</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (a $75 discount from the regular price in the US) to take the GMAT Online. Your fee also allows you to report your scores to up to 5 schools. For the GMAT Online, you do not have to choose those 5 schools in advance of your test; you can choose them after you see your scores. (More on this in a bit.)</span></p>
<h4>I’d already signed up for an in-person exam but it was canceled.</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are currently registered for an in-person exam, you cannot directly transfer that registration to the online exam, but you can cancel your in-person exam (for a full refund) and then separately register for the GMAT Online.</span></p>
<h4>Is the test itself the same?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GMAT Online is mostly the same, but the AWA (essay) section has been dropped. The three other sections—Quant, Verbal, and Integrated Reasoning—haven’t changed at all and the scoring is also the same (though of course you won’t get an essay score).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everyone will take the second of the three possible test orders: You’ll start with Quant, then go straight into Verbal. Then, you’ll get a 5 minute break and finish up with Integrated Reasoning. The total test time will be about 2 hours 45 minutes, including the break. GMAC also says to expect about 10 to 15 minutes for the check-in and test security process at the beginning, so plan for a 3-hour testing experience.</span></p>
<h4>When will I get my scores?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You won’t get to see your scores at the end of the test, as is usually the case for the GMAT; instead, you’ll receive your scores via email about a week after the test. You can wait until you receive your scores to choose the five schools to which you want to send those scores, without paying anything extra.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You also won’t get to choose to keep or cancel your scores—you have to keep them. But, in a recent webinar, GMAC also said that these scores will be kept in a separate database from the usual score database for exams taken in a testing center </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that you can give schools access specifically to your GMAT Online scores. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">possible</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that this </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">might</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> mean that you can choose whether to release these scores, after you’ve seen them—that is, you </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">might</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> be able to decide to choose no schools for your GMAT Online scores and, separately, to choose schools to receive your “taken in a test center” scores (assuming you have scores from a test-center-based GMAT). I hope this is the case but I’m not sure. I’ve sent in a question to GMAC and will update you when I hear back.</span></p>
<h4>How is the GMAT Online actually going to work?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can take the exam on a Mac or PC. You’ll need a webcam with speaker audio; you can’t use a headset or earbuds. You can’t use a second monitor, a tablet with stylus, or any other external device. Here’s a </span><a href="https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-online/prepare-for-your-exam/system-requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">full list of the system requirements</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll have to show that you’re in a room alone, and software will be listening for any sounds that might indicate the door is opening, someone is walking by, someone else is talking, etc. If they detect anything, they may ask you to pan your webcam to prove that nobody is in the room with you. If a security breach is detected, your test will be ended and your score canceled.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Except for the break, you have to stay within the webcam’s field of view for the entire exam. If you leave the field of view, your test will be ended and your score canceled.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you do have a tech issue during the exam, you can talk or chat to your proctor at any time. GMAC has said that there is some resilience built into the platform; if you are briefly disconnected or your machine freezes, for example, your exam will be able to continue from the point at which you were interrupted. If a continuation is not possible (e.g., you lose power for an extended time), GMAC’s security team will review the recording; assuming that the tech issue is verified, the test-taker will be allowed to test again for free. (In this case, you will have to start again from the beginning—this is no different than the test center losing power and you having to come back on a different day.)</span></p>
<h4>A Future Case Study Coming to a B-School Near You?</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big picture: GMAC is very clearly calling this an interim, temporary measure. Some of the restrictions in fact seem designed to encourage most people to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">wait</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> until they can get back into a regular testing center.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You would expect a company that is losing lots of revenue to this pandemic to want everyone to start using the service and paying money immediately. Right? But that is really not the approach that GMAC seems to be taking. If anything, they appear to want only those who truly need to take the exam right now to take it. I respect that they’re not willing to loosen test security, even though I am torn because I’m really nervous about the online whiteboard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So let us be your guinea pigs. We’ll have more for you about everything after we’re able to take the exam ourselves next week. Wish me and my colleagues luck! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And if you think that you will or may take the GMAT Online, start </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/atlas/resource/94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">practicing with the whiteboard tool</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a little bit every day (reminder: log into your Atlas syllabus to make that link work). Make today your first day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good luck and happy studying!</span></p>
<p><strong>RELATED:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/how-to-use-the-gmat-online-whiteboard-tool-for-the-gmat-online/">How to Use the GMAT Online Whiteboard Tool for the GMAT Online</a> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b> </b></span></p>
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<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/instructors/stacey-koprince/?utm_source=manhattanprep.com%2Fgmat%2Fblog&#038;utm_medium=blog&#038;utm_content=KoprinceBioLinkGMATBlog&#038;utm_campaign=GMAT%20Blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stacey Koprince</a> is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, California.</strong> Stacey has been teaching the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT  for more than 15 years and is one of the most well-known instructors in the industry. Stacey loves to teach and is absolutely fascinated by standardized tests. <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/classes/?utm_source=manhattanprep.com%2Fgmat%2Fblog&#038;utm_medium=blog&#038;utm_content=KoprinceCoursesLinkGMATBlog&#038;utm_campaign=GMAT%20Blog#instructor/86">Check out Stacey’s upcoming GMAT courses here</a>.</em></p>
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