GMAT

Graduate Management Admission

  • The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA
  • The GMAT exam is administered in standardized test centers in 112 countries around the world.
  • It can be taken up to five times a year. Each attempt must be at least 16 days a part.

The GMAT exam consists of four sections as described below with their duration and the number of questions to be answered.

Section

Duration in minutes

Number of questions

Analytical writing assessment

30

          1 essay

Integrated reasoning

30

12

Quantitative

75

37

Verbal

75

41

  • The total GMAT score ranges from 200 to 800 and measures performance on the quantitative and verbal sections together.
  • performance on the AWA and IR sections do not count toward the total score, those sections are scored separately .
  • Scores are given in increments of 10 (e.g. 540, 550, 560, 570, etc.)
  • The score distribution conforms to a bell curve with a standard deviation of approximately 100 points, meaning that 68% of examinees score between 440 and 640.