GMAT
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a standardized assessment that helps business schools assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management. Schools use the test as one predictor of academic performance in an MBA programme or in other Graduate Management Programmes.
What is the GMAT and who needs it?
The GMAT ( Graduate Management Admission Test ) is a standardized test which aims to predict your academic performance as an MBA (Masters in Business Administration) student.
The GMAT test score is an important part of the business school application process and is taken into consideration along with your work experience, academic record and other supporting materials. The GMAT is developed by GMAC ( Graduate Management Admission Council ) which decides the skillset the GMAT test should measure and how. The GMAT’s score is used by over 2,100 universities and institutions in the U.S. and other countries.
The GMAT structure The GMAT is a multiple-choice, adaptive (CAT-Computer Adaptive Test) test that actually adapts to your performance as you’re taking it. As you answer questions correctly, the computer serves up harder questions and increases its estimate of your ability and vice versa. The GMAT test is taken only on a computer in selected locations and takes about 3.5 hours including breaks. There are four main skills the GMAT measures: analytical writing assessment, quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning and integrated reasoning. These skills come to action in four sections on the test, and the test taker will have the option to choose the order in which they take the exam. Each section gets a separate scaled score: Analytical Writing Assessment section is scored from 0 to 6 scale. Integrated Reasoning section is scored on 1–8 scale. Quantitative and Verbal sections each have a scaled score of 0–60. The three scores listed above are then combined to generate a score between 200–800. The GMAT final score reflects the level of difficulty of the questions the test taker answered correctly using a proprietary GMAC algorithm. Test Section Questions Type Score Time Analytical writing assessment 1 writing task Analysis of Argument 0 to 6 scale 30 minutes Integrated reasoning 12 Questions multiple-choice 1–8 scale 30 minutes Quantitative 37 Questions multiple-choice 0–60 scale 75 minutes Verbal 41 Questions multiple-choice 0–60 scale 75 minutes GMAT EXAM TIME 3.5 hours.
How much does it cost?
Taking the GMAT will cost you $250, which includes sending your score reports to up to five colleges/universities, and can be taken up to five times a year. GMAT scores are valid for up to five years. So, it’s important to choose the right time to take the exam and of course, the best prep course there is for you. This can eliminate the need to take the test in the future.
*Some prep courses offer to pay your GMAT fee.
GRE
Graduate Record Examinations
The GRE® General Test measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study.
What is the GRE exam and who needs it?
The GRE ( Graduate Record Examination ) is a standardized test which aims to predict your academic performance in graduate school or business school.
Everyone who interested in pursuing a master’s, MBA, specialized master’s in business or doctoral degree needs to take the GRE test. The GRE test score is an important part of the graduate school and business school application process and it is taken into consideration along with your work experience, academic record, and supporting materials.
The GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service ( ETS ) who created it in 1949. The GRE taking place in about 1,000 test centers in more than 160 countries. The GRE structure The GRE is a multiple-choice taken mostly on a computer in selected locations. The test’s question types closely reflect the skills and the way of thinking you’ll need as a graduate and business school student.
Contrary to other standardized tests, in the GRE test you get the option to skip questions within a section, go back and change answers if you need and even have the flexibility to choose which questions within a section you want to answer first. The GRE has five sections: Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Unscored ( may be either Verbal Reasoning or Quantitative Reasoning ) and Research ( used for ETS research purposes ). The first three sections aim to measures skills you must have if you want to succeed as a Graduate school and business school student. Each section gets a separate scaled score: The Verbal Reasoning section is scored on 130 to 170 scale. The Quantitative Reasoning section is scored on 130–170 scale. The Analytical Writing section is scored on 0–6 scale.
How much does it cost and when it offered?
Taking a GRE test will cost you $205 and includes sending your score reports to up to four schools. The GRE can be taken once every 21 days, up to five times within any continuous rolling 12-month period ( 365 days ). GRE score is valid for five years. So, it’s very important to choose the right time for you to take the GRE and of course, choosing the right prep course there is for you, so you don’t have to take the test once again.
*Some prep courses offer to pay your GRE free.
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