ETS's Notice on the Suspending of GMAT in China

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The Notice

SARS Concerns Temporarily Suspend GMAT Testing in China

MCLEAN, VA. (April 25, 2003)-- China’s National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA) has requested that administration of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) be temporarily suspended because of SARS concerns. The Graduate Management Admission Council, in conjunction with ETS and Thomson Prometric, will implement NEEA’s request immediately.

The Council will resume GMAT testing as soon as it is permitted to do so by NEEA. “No one will be disadvantaged,” said David Wilson, the Council’s president. “We will act quickly to insure that every test taker will be accommodated in a timely manner. If it means bringing in mobile sites, adjusting mobile site schedules as we did in Hanoi, adding test administrations or extending hours at test centers, we will do so. We are committed to serving all people who seek to gain access to graduate management
education.”

According to the Council’s estimates, about 3,000 people that would have tested between May and August will be inconvenienced by the suspension. The Council is already analyzing the resources that will be needed when circumstances change. “We hope that testing can resume with as little lost time
as possible,” Wilson stated “we will keep all test takers and schools fully up to date as events unfold and encourage people to visit our Web site www.mba.com.”

“In the southern hemisphere, we are just moving into the peak admission cycle,” noted Sue Bennett Williams, director of MBA Programs at the Australian Graduate School of Management, in Sydney. “But because of the long visa processing requirements,” she added, “we have strongly urged Chinese applicants to have tested already. ”Although any delay in testing is regrettable and the situation
in China is certainly unfortunate, it appears, at least for now, that the impact for applicants to our program could be minimal.”

“The Council has successfully responded in the recent past to unanticipated demand for test appointments and will do so again,” Wilson said.

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