All you need to know about GMAT

Graduate Management Admission Test, G.M.A.T. is a Computer Adaptive Test recognized as the most effective test available by various schools for management programs. It plays a critical role in the admission process for around 4000 management programs at 1800 different schools around the globe.

G.M.A.T. was initially designed by the business schools so as to select the students who could succeed in in the challenging curriculum is now run by G.M.A.C.

Applicants of G.M.A.T exam are from different professional backgrounds & experience and provides a common platform for them. Applicant can take exam in 94 countries, at any time of year, six days a week but the timings are set by the test center depending on the regional needs.

G.M.AT. Test Format

TEST SECTION				No. OF QUESTIONS			TIMING
Analytical Writing Assessment
Analysis of an issue				1 Topic			30 Minutes
Analysis of an argument				1 Topic			30 Minutes
10 Minute Break(Optional)
Quantitative Section				37 Questions			75 Minutes
Problem Solving
Data Sufficiency
10 Minute Break(Optional)
Verbal Section				41 Questions			75 Minutes
Reading Comprehension
Critical Reasoning
Sentence Correction

SCORES
Test takers generally receive four different scores:

• Verbal
• Quantitative
• Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), and
• Total

The range of verbal & quantitative scores is 0-60 but generally test taker score 9-44 for verbal section and 7-50 for quantitative section.
Total score ranges from 200-800 and general score is 400-600.

Analytical Writing Assessment score ranges from 0-6 in half point interval and is considered as separate score and has no effect of verbal, quantitative & total scores on it.

Unofficial scores of verbal, quantitative sections along with total score can be obtained immediately after the test .

Official score are available to test taker and schools approximately three weeks after the test.

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