GMAT INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT*) exam is a standardized exam used in admissions decisions by more than 5,200 graduate management programs worldwide. It helps you gauge, and demonstrate to schools, your academic potential for success in graduate level management studies.
WHY TAKE THE GMAT EXAM?
Quality graduate business programs rely on the GMAT to make admissions decisions, so if you’re serious about business school, then the GMAT is your best first step. Explore the reasons why taking the GMAT positions you for success in the classroom and in your career.
What is the format of GMAT?
The GMAT is presented on a computer in the form of a Computer Adaptive Test. This means that the computer changes or ‘adapts’ to your performance and present questions and generate scores basing on your performance.
The format of the GMAT is as given below.
| # | Questions | Timing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytical writing Analysis of an Arguement | 1 | 30 minutes |
| 2 | Integrated Reasoning Multi-Source Reasoning Table Analysis Graphics Interpretation two-Parts Analysis | 12 | 30 minutes |
| 3 | Operational Break | ||
| 4 | Quantitative Problem Solving Data Sufficiency | 37 | 75 minutes |
| 3 | Operational Break | ||
| 5 | Verbal Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning Sentence Correction | 41 | 75 Minutes |
GMAT OVERVIEW
The four-part exam measures your Analytical Writing, Verbal, Quantitative, and Integrated Reasoning skills—higher-order reasoning skills that management faculty worldwide have identified as important for incoming students to have. Your GMAT scores provide a standardized, statistically reliable measure of how you are likely to perform academically in the core curriculum of a graduate management program.
Launched in 1954 by a group of nine business schools to provide a uniform measure of the academic skills needed to succeed in their programs, the GMAT exam is now used by more than 5,200 graduate management programs at approximately 1,900 institutions worldwide. Hundreds of prestigious B-schools in India that include ISB and IIM’s are now accepting GMAT scores. Thus, if you want to join a prestigious Business school, you need to take GMAT most of the times.
The GMAT exam is delivered entirely in English and solely on computer. It is not a test of business knowledge, subject matter mastery, English vocabulary, or advanced computational skills.
Well, it is one of the measures, not the only measure for your selection. While it is surely an important component of your selection process, other factors, such as your academic performance, your work experience, your admission essays, your Statement of Purpose and many other factors are considered for your admission. However, your test score may be important for the very consideration of other factors. Thus, you cannot ignore this score.
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