The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) offered by the non-profit Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is a standardized, generic test unrelated to any particular field of study. It aims to measure Math and English language skills deemed necessary to succeed in graduate business studies. The test is computer-based in most parts of the world while in some areas paper-based exams are still administrered. This very expensive test with a base fee of $250 is managed by qualified testing centers. Fee waivers for economically disadvantaged test takers are available: up to ten fee waivers are offered to schools to be used at their discretion – the game plan is to check with the schools under consideration and if one school approves you for a fee waiver, you are eligible to test and report scores to five schools for free. A free GMAT test preparation software called GMATPrep is available through their website and it features a 15-question practice session for each type of GMAT question along with answers and explanations. The software mimics the technology used by the official GMAT computer based exam. Additionally, the software also contains two full-length computer adaptive practice tests with answers (no explanations).
The test is about three and a half hours long and consists of an analytical writing assessment with two tasks followed by a quantitative section and a verbal section. The quantitative and verbal sections are multiple-choice questions while the analytical writing section consists of an ‘analysis of an issue task’ and an ‘analysis of an argument task’ both of which have to be written as essays in 30 minutes each. The quantitative section consists of thirty-seven data sufficiency and problem solving type questions to be answered in 75 minutes. The verbal section consists of forty-one reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction questions to be answered in 75 minutes. Scoring consists of three individual scores and a total GMAT score. The verbal and quantitative scores range from 0 to 60 while the analytical writing assessment score is in the range 0 to 6 in 0.5 point increments. The total GMAT score is in the range from 200 to 800.
The quantitative and verbal sections of the test draw on a computer-adaptive format. From a large pool of potential questions ranging from low to high levels of difficulty each section starts with a question of moderate difficulty. Questions in these sections are dynamically selected based on the answer – a correct answer will result in the subsequent question being more difficult. The logic is to adjust the test to be in sync with the test takers ability level. This process continues until the number of questions required for the section is completed. The negatives are that the test taker has to answer all questions presented, and that random guessing can result in a low score because the software considers even the wrong answers when selecting the next question.
Below are ISBNs and best prices of study resources for the GMAT Test:
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The test is about three and a half hours long and consists of an analytical writing assessment with two tasks followed by a quantitative section and a verbal section. The quantitative and verbal sections are multiple-choice questions while the analytical writing section consists of an ‘analysis of an issue task’ and an ‘analysis of an argument task’ both of which have to be written as essays in 30 minutes each. The quantitative section consists of thirty-seven data sufficiency and problem solving type questions to be answered in 75 minutes. The verbal section consists of forty-one reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction questions to be answered in 75 minutes. Scoring consists of three individual scores and a total GMAT score. The verbal and quantitative scores range from 0 to 60 while the analytical writing assessment score is in the range 0 to 6 in 0.5 point increments. The total GMAT score is in the range from 200 to 800.
The quantitative and verbal sections of the test draw on a computer-adaptive format. From a large pool of potential questions ranging from low to high levels of difficulty each section starts with a question of moderate difficulty. Questions in these sections are dynamically selected based on the answer – a correct answer will result in the subsequent question being more difficult. The logic is to adjust the test to be in sync with the test takers ability level. This process continues until the number of questions required for the section is completed. The negatives are that the test taker has to answer all questions presented, and that random guessing can result in a low score because the software considers even the wrong answers when selecting the next question.
Below are ISBNs and best prices of study resources for the GMAT Test:
| Resource | ISBN | Best Price | Description |
The Official Guide for GMAT Review by Graduate Management Admission Council | 978-0470449745 | $22 | Only Guide to have actual questions (over 900) from the past GMAT tests. There is also a 100-question diagnostic test. Kindle edition is slightly less. There are also Official Quantitative and Verbal Review books from GMAC for about $11 each. |
| Manhattan GMAT Set of 8 Strategies Guides | 978-0984178049 | $120 | The best preparation set available to achieve a very high score (700+). |
| Kaplan GMAT Premier with CD-ROM | 978-1419549892 | $24 | Five full-length practice tests with answer explanations and another practice test on CD. The CD-ROM is Windows only. Not enough depth to achieve a very high score (700+). |
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