First identify your application route and cycle
The competition page presents the 2027 cycle and three schools: EM Strasbourg, KEDGE, and NEOMA. It says preregistration opened on October 13, 2026. The 2026 rules cited below are included only to illustrate how a supplemental session was expected to work in 2026. Before booking an exam, note your application route, target entry year, and schools, then check which documents apply to that cycle.
Create one row per school in your personal tracker. Add the required degree, requested documents, and applicable deadline. This first step prevents you from spending weeks on a score that does not meet your application requirements or discovering too late that a document you assumed was shared is not.
The role of the management test varies by school
The 2027 overview accepts the TAGE MAGE, GMAT, or GRE. EM Strasbourg may award a bonus for the optional test, subject to its conditions. MBS and Rennes are no longer among the three schools listed; check their application procedures separately. The academic record and English test remain separate from the management test.
Read this difference as information about eligibility and weighting, not as a promise of admission. An optional score may help a particular application, but weigh that potential benefit against the time needed to prepare required materials. Do not infer a target score from the weighting alone.
Distinguish taking a test from receiving its result
ECRICOME says it retrieves TAGE MAGE scores automatically from FNEGE. For the GMAT, GRE, and English, the page asks for a score report. In particular, check that your identity matches across accounts. Obtaining a result and correctly linking it to your application are separate steps.
Use three statuses in your tracker: to be taken, result available, and transmission confirmed. For example, after receiving an English test certificate, check its exact title, test date, and legibility before marking the final step complete. Keep a copy of the document you sent and any confirmation in your applicant portal.
The pitfall
The pitfall is confusing the main and supplemental sessions
The 2026 rules allow participating schools to organize a supplemental session under an additional set of rules. Review the list of participating schools, available seats, and schedule for that session separately. Information from an old summer announcement does not establish that a school or session will be available when you apply.
If two documents appear to conflict, note their dates, titles, and relevant passages, then ask ECRICOME to confirm. For test-specific rules, also check the test provider: an admissions page may retain outdated practical information without changing the exam’s own rules.
Turn requirements into three concrete actions
First, check that your application meets the eligibility requirements. Second, book the necessary exams with enough time to receive and submit the results. Third, divide your preparation among tests, application materials, and interviews. These tasks need to be coordinated; none replaces the others.
For an applicant targeting both KEDGE and a school where the test is optional, preparing for the required test still supports the full set of applications. The tradeoff may differ for another group of schools. The school directory can help identify application routes; the cycle’s rules remain the authoritative reference for each final decision.
Key takeaways
- Identify the application cycle and each school before choosing your tests.
- Keep the English requirement, management test, and academic record distinct.
- Confirm that each required document has been submitted successfully.
- A supplemental session requires a separate review of its own rules.