Everyone knows that times can be tough during a recession, but if you’re Asian and you’ve taken the GMAT before (wait, aren’t those two things synonymous?), this could be the perfect job for you.
Ernie — who always likes to look out for fellow 8Asians — forwarded this Craigslist job posting:
Here’s what I want to know: Do you think this person is requesting an Asian person because they’re expected to naturally score higher on the GMAT or is this just some Asian student looking to cheat by assuming that we all DO look alike and can therefore dupe the system? And which one is more offensive?
It’s probably the latter since ID will be provided, but I’m hoping that if enough Asian business students do this, we can pitch this as a sequel to 21, except it would be titled 800. (Get it???)
I already broke the rules by staying far away from any sort of graduate school, so I won’t be responding to this ad anytime soon. But hey, if someone needs an Asian girl to write a blog entry for them, please leave a discreet comment and we’ll talk.
(Hat tip: Dave Kim, via twitter)
What next?
Other posts you may be interested in:
Recent Comments
- Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents
- Natalie: Oof, I’m having a lot of awkwardness with my in laws at the moment re: cross cultural differences (they’re HK Chinese and I’m white/English) and “we’ll understand each other, as long as she’s...
- Tim: The link was actually about Chinese in the Phillippines. For some reason all the links I found about Chinese culture and the youngest daughter, were about transplanted Chinese taking that bit of culture with them. Today, with fewer...
- Activisit Feng Zhenghu Caught Between China & Japan
- Big Red One: Anyone who associates themselves with Christina Chan loses all credibility with me.
- Mending Broken Glass: Khmer Rouge History Now to be Taught in Cambodia
- Savannah: I am still very frustrated at the way that the Khmer genocide is casted off to a five lined paragraph sub-section of the Vietnam War in all my textbooks since fifth grade…What’s even more frustrating is the looks...
- Daul Kim: One Sassy ‘n Smart Bitch
- Chole: For you who have been folllowing her blog, how can you explain her demise in context of contents of her blog? CHOLE
- KFC vs. KGC: WTF???
- alienation: This is a great thread! I grew up eating Kentucky Fried Chicken. My family would make an effort to get it in East L.A., over by the King Cole Pizza. It was way better than the Kentucky Fried over in MPK and up in SG. I...
- Proof that Russell of Disney/Pixar’s Up is Asian: The Color Scripts
Recent Events
- [Nov 3] NORTHERN CA: Intro to Movietelling (Neo-Benshi) with Dennis Somera
- [Nov 14] SOUTHERN CA: Grace Kim & the Spiders From Mars
- [Nov 22] VANCOUVER: S.M. Global Audition
- [Nov 22] TORONTO: S.M. Global Audition
- [Nov 27] NEW YORK: S.M. Global Audition
7 Comments to “WANTED: Asian GMAT Test Taker”
John wrote:
Oh cool, a new potential income stream
.
Seriously, I think there are more Asians that take the MCAT and LSAT over the GMAT. So there could be movies called 45, 180 and 800 respectively. I have a friend (not Asian) who actually took the MCAT, LSAT, GMAT AND GRE – she said the LSAT was the hardest….
I’m assuming the guy who posted on Craigslist is Asian and is looking for a similarly looking enough Asian to take the test. For a lot of Caucasians, Asians do look very similar and using an existing ID might actually work – especially in regions of the country where there are not a lot of Asians. I played off of that “ignorance” once… though not for test taking.
I used my friend’s student ID AND his marriage certificate to get a pair of tickets to the Final Four back in 1999. His grad school had gotten into the Final Four as well as mine, and he won the student lottery to get a pair of tickets (I did not). He FedEx’d his ID and marriage certificate and I redeemed a pair of tickets in St. Petersburg, FL at will call / box office. His photo ID wasn’t all that great and I think for the average white person in Florida, I could pass easily for him.
As soon as I got the tickets, a scalper offered me $1,800 for the pair of tickets. I declined! I didn’t drive 10+ hours to not go to the Final Four – when else was I going to be a student and be at a Final Four to root for my school !!! Too bad Duke lost to UCONN in the finals! Go Duke Blue Devils!
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 7:13 pm | Permalink
jozjozjoz wrote:
You would think it might make a difference if the test taker is supposed to be a male or a female.
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 7:42 pm | Permalink
Kim wrote:
White guy has flagged the posting—seems I’m not the first.
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 8:20 pm | Permalink
Efren wrote:
Hehe, I’m just amazed that people would even actually consider this–but then again this is for an MBA, I’m surprised more people don’t do this.
As an aside, I scored in the 99th percentile for the PCAT, but the test is so damn easy that none of the schools in Cali require it. I could offer my services to help…for a very substantial price.
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
Efren wrote:
(Uh, I WAS joking, people. Srsly.) kthxbai.
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 8:25 pm | Permalink
Moye wrote:
Oh…nevermind then… *discreetly slides checkbook back into bag*
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 8:28 pm | Permalink
Patti wrote:
I seriously will pay anyone who can get me a score of 1000 or higher on the GRE
Posted on 01-May-09 at 3:55 pm | Permalink
Post a Comment