Introduction
GMAT is the official test required by Universities abroad to pursue a degree in management. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the sponsorship of Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) publishes it.
Your GMATT score is the key factor that will determine your admission to more than 1700 management programs in US, European, and other schools worldwide. The admission committee also considers information such as, academic performance, work experience, statement of purpose describing your career goals, and references.
The GMATT is designed to predict how well you will perform in the first year of a graduate management program. The GMATT tests neither the specific knowledge of business nor achievement in a particular subject. The verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing skills that appear on the GMAT are those that you have already encountered or developed in your academic career.
Test details
The GMATT is conducted throughout the year except for Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays. The test lasts roughly four hours, and most centers offer two slots: 9 A.M. and 2 P.M. In the Test Scheduling form you will be asked for 5 choices of dates and you can list them down in order of preference and test center locations.
September to January is the high season for GMATT, so in case you intend to take the test during this period, you need to register very early (say 60 days in advance) to get a date of your choice. Otherwise, registering at least 3 weeks in advance is mandatory if registering by mail, and 7 days if registering by phone or fax.
Test Pattern
| SECTION |
NO.OF QUESTION |
TOPICS |
DURATION
(Minutes) |
| Analytical writing |
2 Essays |
• Analysis of an issue |
30 |
| • Sentence Correction |
30 |
| 5 MINUTES BREAK (OPTIONAL) |
| Quantitative |
37 questions |
• Problem solving |
75 |
| • Data Sufficiency |
| 5 MINUTES BREAK (OPTIONAL) |
| Verbal |
41 questions |
• Sentence creation |
75 |
| • Reading comprehension |
| • Critical reasoning |
| TOTAL |
78 questions |
|
210 |
There is an optional break of 5 minutes each after the Essay and the Quantitative sections. Within the sections there are experimental questions, i.e. questions that will not be scored. Specifically, there are 7 experimental questions in the Quantitative Section and 11 in the Verbal Section.
Test Centres
In India, the "Sylvan Testing Services Pvt Ltd" administers the GMATT at 9 centers in the country. These are located at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Trivendrum.
Test Scores
The GMATT is scored out of 800 points and the Essay Section is scored on a scale of 0 to 6.
As soon as you've finished taking the GMATT, your computer will calculate and display your unofficial results. Official score reports are mailed about 2-4 weeks later and includes scores for analytical writing assessment.
The GMATT scores are valid for 5 years. During this period if you retake the GMATT your old scores will still be maintained in your record.
Total scores go up or down in ten point increments. In other words, you might receive 490 0r 500 on the GMATT, but never 494 or 495.
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