About GMAT
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is an entrance test for admissions to quality business programs offered by eminent business schools worldwide. Administered by Graduate Management Admission Council, GMAT is a computer adaptive test that broadly assesses your analytical, writing, verbal, quantitative and reading skills.
Prospective students who want to apply to management programs like MBA can appear for GMAT for up to 5 times in any 12-month period. However, they cannot apply more than once in any 16-day period.
GMAT Exam Structure
Exam Pattern
| i) Analytical Writing Assessment | 1 Argument essay, Time Allotted – 30 mins. |
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| ii) Integrated Reasoning | 12 questions, Time Allotted – 30 mins. |
| iii) Quantitative Section | 31 questions, Time allotted – 62 mins |
| iv) Verbal Section | 36 questions, Time allotted – 65 mins. |
| Nature of Exam | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Total Time | 3 hours, 7 minutes |
| Total Scores | GMAT score is out of 800. |
Other Details
| Website | http://www.mba.com |
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| Registration | Online |
| Test Fees: | US $275 |
| Score Validity | 5 Years |
| Score Reporting | There is a provision of reporting your GMAT test scores to a maximum of five universities of your choice, the cost of which is built into the GMAT test fee you pay. |
| Additional Test Score Reporting Fees | US $35 |