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I got 4.0 (21%). I can not believe it. I know I am no writing wizard, but 4.0, a 21%, does not look too good.

I know that in my case, when i finished the first question (which was analysis of an argument), I did not explicitly click "next" once finished. When it ran out of 30 min time for the question, it automatically popped out of that screen, with a pop-up saying something like - your time for the question has expired. I am wondering if that means it did not record the answer that was typed on the screen. Does anyone know?
The second question, which was analysis of an issue, went ok.

I probably was not expecting a 6 in awa but a 4 with 21% sounds terrible.

Are adcoms going to judge my admission essays with AWA score?

Any advice?


I had got 730 (v40, q49) a few days ago, when I ran out of time for last 3-4 questions in each section - and had made the following post then.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/took-gmat-to ... 26660.html

[quote="workonnet1"When it ran out of 30 min time for the question, it automatically popped out of that screen, with a pop-up saying something like - your time for the question has expired. I am wondering if that means it did not record the answer that was typed on the screen. Does anyone know?
The second question, which was analysis of an issue, went ok.
[/quote]

I did not click next either when I wrote my test back in Sep. Called GMAC and they told me that the system would accept what was on the screen at the time the clock hit zero.

So, I dont think clicking "next" was an issue.