The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer-adaptive standardized test for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies
Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into an MBA program. For leading business schools worldwide, the GMAT is recognized as the most effective test available for matching student competencies with program demands regardless of program type or the race, gender, or national origin of students. The GMAT exam measures basic verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills that one has developed in his education and work.
The GMAT tests the fundamental skills – Reasoning and Comprehension included – and does not require any subject-specific theoretical study.
This is a standardized test for undergraduate college admissions in the United States. Many US & Canadian universities use this test for their undergraduate admission process. The SAT is owned , published, and developed by the college board, a non- profit organization in the united states and was once developed , published, and scored by the Educational testing service(ETS).ETS now administers exam .SAT consist of the general SAT reasoning test and SAT subject test.
The GMAT exam consists of three main parts, the Analytical writing Assessment, the Quantitative section, and the verbal section.
The GMAT exam begins with the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA).The AWA consists of two separate writing tasks- Analysis of an issue and Analysis of an Argument. Students are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one.
Following an optional ten- minute break, students begin the Quantitative section of the GMAT exam. This section contains 37 multiple –choice questions of two question types- Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. Students are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.
After a second optional ten – minute break, students begin the Verbal section of the GMAT exam .This section contains 41 multiple choice questions of three question types-Reading Comprehension , Critical Reasoning and sentence correction .students are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.