GMAT Official Guide 2021

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1.0 What Is the GMAT'"' Exam?
1.0 What Is the GMAT ™ Exam?

The Graduate Management Admission Test™ ( G M A TM) exam is a standardized exam used in
admissions decisions by more than 7,000 graduate management programs worldwide, at approximately
2,300 graduate business schools worldwide. I t helps you gauge, and demonstrate to schools, your
academic potential for success in graduate-level management studies.
The four-part exam measures your Analytical Writing, Integrated Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and
Qyantitative Reasoning skills-higher-order reasoning skills that management faculty, admissions
professionals, and employers worldwide have identified as important for incoming students to have.
"Higher-order" reasoning skills involve complex judgments, and include critical thinking, analysis, and
problem solving. Unlike undergraduate grades and curricula, which vary in their meaning across regions
and institutions, your G M A T scores provide a standardized, statistically valid and reliable measure o f
how you are likely to perform academically in the core curriculum o f a graduate management program.
The GMAT exam's validity, fairness, and value in admissions have been well-established through
numerous academic studies.
The GMAT exam is delivered entirely in English and solely on a computer. It is not a test o f business
knowledge, subject-matter mastery, English vocabul a r y, or advanced computational skills. The GMAT
exam also does not measure other factors related to success in graduate management study, such as job
experience, leadership ability, motivation, and interpersonal skills. Your GMAT score is intended to be used
as one admissions criterion among other, more subjective, criteria, such as admissions essays and interviews.
1.1 Why Take the GMAT ™ Exam?

Launched in 1954 by a group o f nine business schools to
provide a uniform measure o f the academic skills needed to 7v{yth-vs- FA CT
succeed in their programs, the G M A T exam is now used
by more than 7,000 graduate management programs at :M - If I don't achieve a high score
approximately 2,300 institutions worldwide. on the GMAT exam, I won't
get into my top choice schools.
Taking the GMAT exam helps you stand out in the
admissions process and demonstrate your readiness and F - There are great schools
commitment to pursuing graduate management education. available for candidates at any
Schools use GMAT scores to help them select the most GMAT score range.
qualified applicants-because they know that candidates Fewer than 50 of the -200,000 people
who take the G M A T exam are serious about earning a taking the GMAT exam each year get a
graduate business degree, and it's a proven predictor o f a perfect score of 800; and many more get
student's ability to succeed in his or her chosen program. into top business school programs around
the world each year. Admissions Officers
W h e n you consider which programs to apply to, you can
use GMAT scores as one component in their
look at a school's use o f the G M A T exam as one indicator admissions decisions, in conjunction with
o f quality. Schools that use the G M A T exam typically list undergraduate records, application essays,
score ranges or average scores in their class profiles, so you interviews, letters of recommendation, and
other information when deciding whom
may also find these profiles helpful in gauging the academic
to accept into their programs. Visit School
competitiveness o f a program you are considering and how Finder on mba.com to learn about schools
well your performance on the exam compares with that o f that are the best fit for you.
the students enrolled in the program.
No matter how you perform on the GMAT exam, you should contact the schools that interest you
to learn more and to ask how they use G M A T scores and other criteria (such as your undergraduate
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1.0 What Is the GMAT ™ Exam?

1.1 Why Take the GMAT ™ Exam?

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