The Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is a standardized test that most business school applicants need to take in order to join credited MBA and a few other courses. While the admission committees do consider many other factors (including your college grades, transcripts, essays, resume, work experience, and interview), it is important to do well on the GMAT exam if you aspire to get into a competitive business school. Taking the GMAT exam opens your gateway to various top-notch B-schools in the USA, Canada, Singapore, and many other countries including India.
The GMAC is the owner and administrator of the GMAT® exam, the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. It oversees the GMAT exam and administers it around the world. B-schools use your scores to compare you with other applicants. High GMAT scores can truly help you stand out in the application process.
The GMAT exam is a computer adaptive test. It has 4 sections – Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Integrated Reasoning, and Analytical Writing Analysis (AWA). You may use the Select Section Order facility to choose from any of the following three section orders:
Order #1 | Order #2 | Order #3 |
Analytical Writing Assessment | Verbal Reasoning | Quantitative Reasoning |
Integrated Reasoning | ||
Optional 8-minute Break | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | Quantitative Reasoning | Verbal Reasoning |
Optional 8-minute Break | ||
Verbal Reasoning | Integrated Reasoning | Integrated Reasoning |
Analytical Writing Assessment | Analytical Writing Assessment |
Section | Number of Questions | Duration | Question Types | Score Range |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quantitative Reasoning | 31 questions | 62 minutes | Data Sufficiency Problem Solving |
6-51 (on a scale of 0 – 60) |
Verbal Reasoning | 36 questions | 65 minutes | Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning Sentence Correction |
6-51 (in 1-point increments) |
Integrated Reasoning | 12 items | 30 minutes | Multi-Source Reasoning Graphics Interpretation Two-Part Analysis Table Analysis |
1 – 8
(in 1-point increments) |
Analytical Writing Assessment | 1 topic | 30 minutes | Analysis of Argument | 0 – 6
(in 0.5-point increments) |