GMAT TEST

If you are serious about business school, take the GMAT exam. Schools know
that if you take the GMAT exam, you are serious about earning a graduate
business degree. They also know it’s a proven predictor of your ability to
succeed in your chosen program.

Take the one business school exam that elevates you from the rest of the pack
because it:

• Demonstrates your commitment, motivation, and ability to succeed in

business school.
• Measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills, the two most
relevant skills to the world’s top graduate business programs.
• Increases your earning potential and open a world of opportunities.
• Business schools trust the GMAT exam to inform admission decisions.

The GMAT® Exam – The Most Globally Recognized Indicator of Your

Readiness for Business School

The GMAT® exam is the first and only standardized exam specifically designed
for admission to graduate business and management programs. It sets the
standard to predict your academic performance in today’s graduate
management programs and most importantly, schools trust the exam. For more
than 60 years, the GMAT exam has been the path that business leaders take to
begin their business school journey.

The GMAT® Exam Has Four Sections:

1. Analytical Writing Assessment—measures your ability to think critically and to

communicate your ideas
2. Integrated Reasoning—measures your ability to analyze data and evaluate
information presented in multiple formats
3. Quantitative Reasoning—measures your ability to analyze data and draw
conclusions using reasoning skills
4. Verbal Reasoning—measures your ability to read and understand written
material, to evaluate arguments and to correct written material to conform to
standard written English

In total the test takes just under 3 1/2 hours to complete, including two optional
breaks.
Structure of the GMAT® Exam

The GMAT Exam has four separately timed sections. You will have the
opportunity to take two optional eight-minute breaks during the exam.

Time Limit /
Test Section Number of Question Types Score Range
Questions
Analytical 0-6
30 minutes
Writing Analysis of an Argument (in 0.5-point
1 question
Assessment increments)
Graphics Interpretation,
1-8
Integrated 30 minutes Table Analysis, Multi-
(in 1-point
Reasoning 12 questions source Reasoning, Two-
increments)
part Analysis
6-51
Quantitative 62 minutes Data Sufficiency, Problem
(in 1-point
Reasoning 31 questions Solving
increments)
Reading Comprehension, 6-51
Verbal 65 minutes
Critical Reasoning, (in 1-point
Reasoning 36 questions
Sentence Correction increments)

The GMAT® Exam vs. the GRE® Test – Why the GMAT® is Better for
Me

The Test
9 out of 10 new MBA enrollments are made using a GMAT® score.*

GMAT® Exam
GRE® Test
Designed for business schools by
business schools to specifically assess A general admissions test for
the skills most relevant to succeed in a candidates applying to a wide range of
graduate management business graduate programs.
program.
6% take the GRE for a graduate
Over 200,000 business school business program.
candidates take the GMAT exam per
year, exclusively for application to a
graduate business program.
GMAT Advantage

The GMAT test measures the higher order skills appropriate for graduate
management education. According to the latest Kaplan survey, the number of
admissions professionals recognizing preference for the GMAT exam has
increased 44% since 2014.

The GMAT exam shows business schools that you are serious about earning a
graduate business degree. It also demonstrates your commitment and
readiness for the rigors of a graduate business program.

Sections
The GMAT exam targets specific skills you need for B-School.

GMAT® Exam GRE® Test

Total testing time: 3 hours and 7 Total testing time: 3 hours and 45
minutes. minutes.

Four sections: Seven sections:

• One 30-minute Analytical Writing • Two 30-minute Analytical Writing

Assessment (AWA) section
• One 30-minute Integrated
Reasoning (IR) section
• One 62-minute Quantitative
Reasoning section
• One 65-minute Verbal Reasoning
section
sections
• Two 30-minute Verbal sections
• Two 30-minute Quantitative
sections
• One unscored “experimental”
section (Verbal or Quantitative)

GMAT Advantage

Each section of the GMAT exam targets specific skills needed to succeed in a
business program.

• AWA measures how to analyze an argument in written form

• IR measures the skills used to analyze and synthesize information
• Quant measures data sufficiency and problem solving
• Verbal measures reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence
correction skills

Score Range
The GMAT Total Score is an industry standard.

GMAT® Exam GRE® Test

Individual section scores + total score. Individual section scores only.

 • Overall scores range from 200- • Verbal and Quantitative scores
800 points in 10-point increments range from 130-170 in one point
• Quant section scores range from 6- increments
51, in 1-point increments • Writing score ranges from 0-6 in
• Verbal section scores range from half point increments
6-51, in 1-point increments
• Analytical Writing Assessment
scores range from 0-6, in half point
increments
• Integrated Reasoning scores range
from 1-8, in 1-point increments

GMAT Advantage

Schools are more familiar and comfortable with how to build a class based on
historical GMAT scores. The GMAT Total Score is an industry standard, used
in rankings and even by GRE to offer a comparative score.

A comprehensive total score allows schools to look at a singular number as a

measure of your ability, while still retaining the flexibility to consider individual
section scores.

GRE does not have a total score, which requires schools to convert the section
scores to an equivalent GMAT total score. The score conversion table offered
by ETS has no proven validity and a high standard error of prediction. Many
candidates score differently on both tests because they measure different
abilities.

Connections
GMAT can help you connect with the best school for you.

GMAT® Exam
GRE® Test
This site, the official site of the GMAT
exam, provides resources and tools, No such service or benefit offered.
such as School Finder and a Directory
of Events, to help candidates find,
evaluate, and connect with business
schools.
GMAT Advantage

GMAC, through the GMAT exam and its related services, can help you connect
with the best school for you.
Cost
5 free score reports and scores are good for 5 years.

GRE® Test
GMAT® Exam
US$205, includes four free score
US$250, includes up to five free score reports.
reports.

GMAT Advantage

Overall comparable cost of the exam: $250 for GMAT (includes 5 score
reports) compared to $232 for GRE (when adding 5 score reports).

The Integrated Reasoning (IR) Section

IR skills give you an advantage for B-school and your career.

GMAT® Exam
GRE® Test
The IR section measures a candidate’s
ability to evaluate information No IR or comparable section.
presented in multiple formats from
multiple sources – skills needed to
succeed in our technologically
advanced, data-driven world.
GMAT Advantage

Mastering IR skills gives you an advantage for both business school and the
corporate world. The IR section was developed with input from business
schools - and validated by corporate recruiters. Job-seeking students enrolled
in programs that incorporated IR skills were more likely to have received a job
offer, and the frequent use of IR skills on the job also pays off in terms of
higher salaries, with an average difference of more than US$19,000.**

*GMAC Research 2016.

**Refers to top 50 U.S. full-time MBA programs.
***According to the latest Kaplan Test Prep Surveys, from 2014 to 2016