The Official Guide To Your Best GMAT Exam

GMAT THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO YOUR BEST GMAT Any goal worth achieving starts with a plan and doing well on the GMAT exam is no exception. Use these tips to build your plan and prepare for your best GMAT. OFFICIALCMAT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT THE GMAT EXAM MAY SEEM INTIMIDATING, BUT IT'S JUST A TEST OF THE SKILLS YOU'VE ALREADY LEARNED. START YOUR PREP BY GETTING TO KNOW THE FORMAT AND SECTIONS OF THE TEST. HOW IT WORKS The GMAT Exam is a computer-based exam administered in English. Two sections are computer-adaptive, which means questions are chosen based on how you answered previous questions. Your score is based on the difficulty of the questions answered and the number of correct responses. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN EACH SECTION Integrated Reasoning AWA Quantitativev Verbalv 1 12 37 41 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ESSAY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS O MULTI-SOURCE REASONING • READING COMPREHENSION O DATA SUFFICIENCY • ANALYSIS OF AN O GRAPHICS • CRITICAL REASONING ARGUMENT INTERPRETATION • PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTION TYPE O TWO-PART ANALYSIS • SENTENCE TABLE ANALYSIS CORRECTION 30 30 75 75 MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES TIMING YOUR ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND COMMUNICATE YOUR IDEAS YOUR ABILITY TO YOUR ABILITY TO YOUR ABILITY TO EVALUATE ANALYZE DATA AND READ AND UNDERSTAND WRITTEN MATERIAL, INFORMATION DRAW CONCLUSIONS PRESENTED IN USING BASIC MATH EVALUATE MULTIPLE FORMATS FROM MULTIPLE WHAT IS SKILLS ARGUMENTS, AND CORRECT WRITTEN MEASURED SOURCES MATERIAL 0-6 1-8 0- 60 0- 60 (IN HALF POINT INTERVALS) (IN SINGLE DIGIT INTERVALS) SCORE Total Exam Time: Total Score: 3 HOURS 30 MINUTES 200 – 800 STEPS TO YOUR BEST GMAT Preparing for the GMAT exam takes time and effort, but with a sound study plan, you can get the score you want. Step One- Determine When You Plan to Attend a Graduate Business Program Step Two- Register for the GMAT Exam and Develop a Study Plan Step Three - Establish Your Skills Baseline by Taking a Practice Exam GMAT MARCH SMT WTFS 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Step Four- Start Studying Step Five - Assess your progress and focus on areas that still need improvement Step Six - Plan for Your Test Day by making sure you know what to bring and what not to bring. Hours Spent Preparing for GMAT Exam HOURS PREPARING 51 49% OF TEST TAKERS SPEND AT LEAST 51 HOURS PREPPING FOR THE EXAM Free Practice Questions v Free Practice Exams v Resources v Get free test prep questions every week: Visit our website The official website of the GMAT GMAT GMATPrep (mba.com) Like us on Facebook (OfficialGMAT) Follow us on Twitter Begin your studying with 2 free practice exams available at mba.com/gmatprep. Find more exclusive GMAT prep materials at mba.com/store (OfficialGMAT) YOUR GMAT SCORES GMAT exam scores are the best predictor of your success. Unofficial score reports are available immediately following the exam at the test center. Official reports include scores for within 20 days all 4 sections. of the exam. You can choose up to 5 programs Your GMAT score to send your score is valid for 5 to for free. They are available years. Shine a spotlight on the skills that matter most in the classroom and in your career. Register for the GMAT exam today at mba.com/register. GMAC ©2002-2014, Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®). All rights reserved. GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL