MSCF Quantitative Assessment

Assessment Overview

The MSCF Quantitative Assessment is designed to evaluate quantitative skills relevant to the MSCF admissions process. Students may choose to take the GRE/GMAT and/or the MSCF Quantitative Assessment. Students are not required to do both, but they must choose at least one.

  • Twenty multiple-choice questions.
  • One-hour time limit.
  • Submitted automatically when the one-hour period ends.
  • Must complete the assessment independently.
  • Activity within the assessment portal will be monitored.
  • All assessment questions and materials are confidential.
     

Scheduling and Access

All candidates in each application round will be invited to schedule an assessment after the round deadline has passed. The assessment is held on one specific date per round with two different time options to accommodate for candidates across many time zones. You must take the assessment in the round for which you have an active application, and you may only take the assessment once per application year.

For Fall 2027 applicants, the QA Testing Sessions are as follows:

Round One

Tuesday, January 12, 2027

8am ET and 8pm ET

Round Two

Tuesday, March 16

8am ET and 8pm ET

Testing Environment

Complete the assessment in a quiet location where you can work without interruption or assistance. The test portal will open at the scheduled time and will close at the scheduled time. You may not pause the assessment timer.

Permitted Materials

You may use:

  • A pencil/pen
  • Blank paper for working through problems

No additional materials or resources are permitted.

Answering and Navigating Questions

You will complete the exam in one sitting. All twenty questions will be visible to you in the testing portal at the same time. The assessment is multiple choice, and you will click your answer to select it. You can change your answers at any time during the hour-long testing window.

Assessment Timing

The testing portal will open at the scheduled time, and the one-hour time limit commences from there.

The timer will continue if you navigate away from the assessment portal or experience an internet or technical interruption.

When the time expires, the assessment will be submitted automatically. Any answers entered before the time expires will be saved. If you close your browser and do not open it again during the one-hour window, your answers will be submitted.

Independent Work and Academic Integrity

You must complete the assessment independently. You may not communicate or collaborate with another person or receive assistance from any person or unauthorized resource, device, website, software, or artificial intelligence tool.

You may not use another person’s account or allow another person to complete any portion of the assessment on your behalf.

Monitoring and Privacy

Your activity within the assessment portal will be monitored. This monitoring is limited to the assessment tab itself: it tracks whether you navigate away from, minimize, or lose internet connectivity to the tab, and does not reveal where you navigated, what is on your screen, or any activity elsewhere in your browser.

This activity data, together with your response patterns, may be reviewed using an artificial intelligence tool to flag activity for further human review. Any such flag is reviewed and decided by MSCF Admissions staff; the tool does not make admissions decisions. Before beginning, you will be asked to acknowledge that you understand the monitoring and privacy information provided in the Privacy Notice.

Confidentiality

All assessment questions, answers, and related materials are confidential. You may not: 

  • Copy, photograph, screenshot, record, download, or save assessment content
  • Reproduce assessment questions or answers in any form
  • Share or discuss assessment content with another person
  • Post or distribute assessment content online or through any other channel

These confidentiality requirements continue after you have completed the assessment.

Technical Requirements

You are responsible for using a device and internet connection that meet the assessment platform’s technical requirements.

Before your scheduled assessment, confirm that you have:

  • A reliable internet connection
  • A compatible computer, operating system, and browser
  • Any software or browser permissions required by the assessment platform

Accommodations

Candidates who require a disability-related accommodation must request the accommodation before beginning the assessment.

If you require accommodations to participate in the application assessment, please apply for accommodations through the Office of Disability Resources. All application assessment accommodation requests and proper documentation must be submitted to the Office of Disability Resources by December 11, 2026 for Round One applicants and March 1, 2027 for Round Two applicants. Please contact access@andrew.cmu.edu or nperrott@andrew.cmu.edu with any questions.

Please note that any disclosure of a disability to the Office of Disability Resources will not influence any admissions decisions. Any protected health information and medical documentation will remain private with the Office of Disability Resources and will not be shared with the MSCF admissions team. Please contact access@andrew.cmu.edu or nperrott@andrew.cmu.edu with any questions.