The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a computer-based standardized exam used to measure the taker’s skills in mathematics, analytical writing and verbal reasoning. It’s most commonly used to ensure one is prepared to succeed in a graduate management program and gain entrance to an MBA program. You want to go to Business School? Doing well in the GMAT is a must. The exam has three sections which can be answered in any order: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights.

What’s on the exam?

The Quantitative Reasoning section is composed of 21 questions and it measures the taker’s logic and analytical skills through problem solving questions about their algebraic and arithmetic foundational knowledge. In other words, math questions but the main focus is in applying logic and analytical thinking which means the questions might be tricky so you gotta stay sharp and read slowly to grasp what the question really is and answer correctly.

The Verbal reasoning section, composed of 23 questions, measures critical reasoning (ability to analyze, make arguments, and evaluate the information provided) and reading comprehension (literal, inferencial and evaluative, the ability to determine the main as well as the supporting idea, and the application, logical structure, and style of the text). Which means you gotta be able to read and know what is being said about each topic, and also be able to understand what the argument of the text is, if the argument is flawed, etc.

The Data Insights section, composed of 20 questions, measures the taker’s ability to analyze and interpret data. We’re talking graphics interpretation, table analysis, text passages, sometimes the three at the same time. Discerning what and if the information is relevant, if the information given is enough to make a decision, and solving complex problems like simultaneous equations and such.

The takers are given 45 minutes to get through each section, making this a 2 hours and 15 minutes long exam.

History of the GMAT

In 1953, the deans of Columbia, the University of Chicago, Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Seton Hall, and Washington University in St. Louis, all top business schools, met with representatives of Educational Testing Service (ETS) to create a standardized test for graduate business degree admissions, and by 1954 they were administering the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB). The Graduate Business Admission Council (GBAC) became a separated entity from ETS as an education corporation in 1970. In 1976 the ATGSB was renamed the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and the Graduate Business Admission Council renamed itself the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). In 1997 they adopted computer-adaptive testing, which allowed the test to be taken in more than 100 countries. The paper test format was discontinued on 2016, making it the online exclusive test we know today.

How to prepare for the GMAT?

Familiarize yourself with the exam! Research it’s format and structure. The GMAT works an algorithm that calculates a different value for each question according to how likely you are to answer correctly, which means it’s not just a mater of the amount of correct answers but the difficulty of the questions answered too. This may sound confusing so good news is GMAC themselves offer practice exams. Make the most out of them! The recommended time for GMAT prep is from three to six months in advance, and there is no limit to how many times you can take the GMAT, so get to studying!

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