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by beatthegmat » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:18 pm
From what I understand, AWA is primarily tested on the GMAT to provide an additional writing sample to MBA admissions committees.
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by fsar45 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:48 pm
I thought the schools didn't see your actual GMAT essays, just the scores.

I got the impression they used it to compare to your application essays. If you get a 3 on the GMAT essays, but write a brilliant application essay, they're going to suspect you hired someone to write your application essay.

If there's no big gap between the score and the quality of your app essay, or if you get at least a 4, I don't think they pay much attention to it. I got a 6 on my first GMAT AWA, but tanked the rest (was sick and had enough energy to get through the essays, then could barely get through the rest, shouldn't have even scored it), and that 6 didn't do anything to help my chances. Too bad. Retaking is the pits.
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by drhomler » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:38 am
I think fsar is correct the AWA seems to be an additional writing sample that shows your ability to write under pressure in your own words, but I dont think it is a primary resource for admission. But I have read that a school can request to see the actual writing sample and can use it to compare writing styles relative to your essays.
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by Stacey Koprince » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:15 pm
Yes, the schools can see the actual essays if they want to. As long as you beat the average (4), they aren't going to want to. As someone upthread pointed out, they might do that if you turn in fantastic application essays but have a very low AWA score.
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