The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a test that has been produced by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), and is used to help business schools in making admissions decisions. The GMAT test is taken by students who are applying for admission to either MBA or other graduate management programs. The GMAT test is given in English only, and it tests analytical writing, quantitative, and verbal skills. The GMAT test consists of three sections:
- The first section is the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA). The AWA consists of two writing tasks. The first is an analysis of an issue, and the second task is the analysis of an argument. The Analytical Writing Assessment is always found at the beginning of the GMAT test, and test takers are given 30 minutes to complete each writing task.
- The second section is the Quantitative section. This section tests the knowledge of arithmetic, elementary algebra, and common geometry through questions on data sufficiency and problem solving. There are 37 multiple choice questions in this section, and test takers have a maximum of 75 minutes to complete these questions.
- The third section of the GMAT test is the Verbal section. This section has 41 multiple choice questions, and the questions test reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction. There is a maximum of 75 minutes to complete this section of the examination.
The verbal and quantitative sections of the GMAT test have scores that range from zero to 60. These raw scores are then converted to an overall score that ranges from 200 to 800. The scores in the verbal and quantitative sections are determined by several things: the number of questions answered, if the questions were answered correctly or incorrectly, and the level of difficulty of the questions answered, as well as the statistical nature of the questions.
The Analytical Writing Assessment is scored by two independent essay readers. These readers score the AWA on a scale from 0 to 6, and the scores from each reader are averaged to come up with an overall sore. The overall score ranges from zero to six, in half point increments. The score from the AWA does not impact the total score for the verbal and quantitative sections.
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