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What is GMAT ?

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test which assesses a person’s analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal & reading skills in standard written English. This test is taken in preparation for being admitted into graduate management programs, such as MBA and Masters in Finance related courses. GMAT scores are accepted by approximately 2300 graduate business schools, universities and institutes in 114 countries accept the GMAT scores for 7000 programs. The GMAT exam is a computer adaptive test and not a computer based test which means that the candidate will get one question at a time and depending on the accuracy of the previous answer, the difficulty level of the next question will be ascertained.

GMAT is a management entrance exam which is conducted round the year where the candidates have the flexibility to take the exam on any day depending on the availability and time slot. GMAT is an entrance exam which is conducted over a time period including test instructions and breaks. In the year 2017-18, a total of 250,884 GMAT exams were administered, with 517,774 score reports sent to graduate-level management programs across the world.

INSTITUTES ACCEPTING GMAT

Approximately more than 2300 graduate business schools accept GMAT scores for management course admissions. These include all the top B-schools like Harvard, Yale, Cambridge University, Stanford etc. Five top education destination countries US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand all accept these scores. A few Indian B-schools have now started accepting GMAT scores. Click Here to see the complete list of all the institutes over the world which accepts GMAT scores for different courses.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

As such, there is no set eligibility criteria set by GMAC, the body conducting GMAT for appearing for the GMAT exam. However, one should always meet the eligibility criteria set by the university/college one aspires to get into after giving the GMAT.

AGE CRITERIA

The candidate must have completed 18 years of age - There is no upper age limit of the candidate
If the candidate is between 13 to 17 years old, they should have permission in writing from their parents or legal guardian

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

GMAC has not announced any official statement regarding qualification required to appear for GMAT
Candidates who wish to enrol for an MBA programme should possess a graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university

GMAT FEE

The application fee for GMAT is US $ 250 which would roughly translate to INR 20,800 approximately.

ADMIT CARD

Candidates can easily download the GMAT Admit Card when they have successfully filled the GMAT application form and have paid the application fee.

If a candidate reschedules the exam date, a new admit card will have to be downloaded. The admit card will contain information like candidate’s name, address, test centre name, test centre address, time and date of exam, GMAT ID number. Admit Card is an essential document and every candidate must carry it in person while appearing for the exam.

TEST PATTERN

The GMAT paper will consist of mainly the four sections which will test the candidates’ abilities on various parameters. These are- Writing, Reasoning, Verbal and Quantitative skills. The GMAT exam is conducted for a time span of 3 hours and 30 minutes with breaks and test instructions. The GMAT scores are given with an increment of 10 points for example- 550, 560, 570 etc.

*Also, candidates can avail two optional eight-minute breaks during the exam.

GMAT SCORING

The Here is how section wise scoring is done:

Verbal Scaled score- out of 60 Quantitative Scaled score- out of 60 AWA Scaled Score - out of 6.0 Integrated Reasoning score - out of 8.0 Overall GMAT score - out of 800

After you take the GMAT exam, you will receive five scores: Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, Verbal, and Total. Your Total GMAT score is based on your Verbal and Quantitative scores. Your Analytical Writing Assessment and Integrated Reasoning scores do not affect the Total score.

You also get a percentile score, which tells you how you have scored comparatively to every 100 candidates taking the GMAT. For example, if your score in the Verbal section is 90 percentile, it means that for every 100 candidates attempting the GMAT, you are ahead of 90 candidates.

Here is a comparative table of your scaled score to percentile:

GMAT RESULT

The candidates can avail their GMAT result as soon as the exam is over. The candidate will have an option of accepting it or rejecting it. In case of accepting the result, the candidate and the institutes of choice can view the result; but if the candidate declines the result none of the parties will be able to view the result of GMAT.

Once the exam is over, candidates can download the non-official GMAT result. It shows the scores in total and respective sections. The main GMAT result can be downloaded only after 20 working days from one’s individual account on the GMAT website.

When the candidate downloads the non-official GMAT result, an authentic code is provided which has to be filled while downloading the original GMAT result.

GMAT STATS

20 years back the average GMAT score for top B-school was around 600. In the present time, however, the demand of the MBA course has increased drastically. As a result many more applicants are applying to these schools, which mean the average GMAT acceptance scores are increasing by every year. It is important to note that the top colleges don’t take into consideration only the GMAT scores, the overall favorable traits like diversity, unusual accomplishment or success, etc. These factors allow many students to gain acceptance with a lower GMAT score. If you

have none of these types of traits, then you probably need to break 730 (that’s the 99th percentile) to have a good chance at a top- ten school.

According to the data of 2017-2018, average GMAT scores by country and number of exams taken, throws up interesting results. The average GMAT score for the country is 583. A total of 32,425 exams were taken in India.

To get an idea about the comparative percentile and marks of each section, here is table showing the marks you need to score:

GMAT SYLLABUS

ANALYTICAL WRITING SECTION

This section will have topics on which the candidate will have to write, or a passage may be given on which questions will be asked. On the basis of the passage, the candidate will have to answer. The syllabus for this section

is vast and varied as the topic of the passage could be any topic of interest. The main idea is to focus on the structure of the answer and not the arguments presented. Remember, it is not a test of your opinion but your writing style, so it is safer to stick to neutral opinion.

QUANTITATIVE SECTION

This section comprises two sections, namely Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. In the Data Sufficiency section there will be 15 questions and in the problem solving section there will be 15 or 16 questions. The questions will be objective type and will have multiple choice answers. In this section the questions can be expected from the following areas:

Geometry
Elementary Algebra
Arithmetic
Ratio Proportions
Properties of Integers
Permutation and combinations
Exponents and roots
Linear equations etc

VERBAL SKILLS

This section will have 41 multiple choice questions. This section is divided into Critical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension and Sentence Correction. This section test the candidates’ ability to comprehend the written material, read and understand the logical relationship between the points mentioned in the passage and concepts. Following areas will be covered in this section:

Critical reasoning
Rhetorical construction of the s entences
Sentence correction related to finding error finding or omission
Reading unseen passages • Subject verb agreement
Misplace modifiers
Countable Vs Uncountable • Parallelism

INTEGRATED REASONING SECTION

This section is the newest addition in the GMAT syllabus. This section tests the candidates’ ability of evaluating the data presented in the graph or table format. This section has 12 questions of the following type.

Table Analysis
Graphic interpretation
Multi source reasoning
Two part Analysis

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