GMAT (The Graduate Management Aptitude Test)
The Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test that measures the basic verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills that are developed over a long period of time. The test is designed to help graduate schools of business assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management. GMAT scores are used by nearly 1700 graduate management programs throughout the world, and about 1000 schools require GMAT scores from each applicant
The GMAT Format
The General GMAT consists of three sections - Analytical, Quantitative and Verbal.
The following table illustrates the format of the GMAT with time allotted to each section.
Section |
Question |
Time |
Analytical Writing
Analysis of an issue Analysis of an argument |
1 Topic
1 Topic |
30 minutes
30 minutes |
Optional rest break |
NA |
5 minutes |
Quantitative
Problem solving & data sufficiency |
37 questions |
75 minutes |
Optional rest break |
NA |
5 minutes |
Verbal
Reading comprehension, critical reasoning & sentence correction |
41 questions |
75 minutes |
The Scoring Pattern
The GMAT results comprise four different scores:
A total score, a separate verbal score, a separate quantitative score, and an analytical writing score. Your analytical writing assessment (AWA) performance is not reflected in your total GMAT score (on 800).
You get to know your total, verbal and quantitative score immediately after taking the test. Official GMAT score reports, which include the AWA scores, are mailed approximately two weeks after you take the test.
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