GMAT Preparation

What is the GMAT?

The Graduate Management Admission Test  (GMAT) is standardized assessment that helps business schools around the world assess the qualifications for applicants for advanced study in business and management. Schools use the test as one predictor of performance in an MBA program or in other graduate management programs.

The GMAT measures your basic verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills that you have developed in your education and work. The GMAT does NOT measure: 

• Your knowledge of business,
• Your job skills,
• Specific content in your undergraduate or first university course work,
• Your abilities in any other specific area, or
• Subjective qualities -- Such as motivation, creativity, and interpersonal skills.

What is the Format of the GMAT?

The GMAT consists of three main parts.

•  The Analytical Writing Assessment consists of two basic writing tasks -- Analysis of an Issue and Analysis of an Argument. You are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one.
•  The Quantitative section contains 37 multiple-choice questions of two question types -- Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. You are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.
•  The Verbal section contains 41 multiple-choice questions of three question types -- Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. You are allowed 75 minutes to complete this entire section.

For more information visit the GMAT website at www.mba.com