GMAT
What is the GMAT?
GMAT, which stands for Graduate Management Admission Test, is a graduate management transition exam. The exam aims to measure students' verbal, numerical and analytical writing skills that they have developed throughout their education life. The GMAT exam is mostly used by students who want to pursue a master's in business administration (MBA) abroad. Most ambitious schools in business require the GMAT test.
In university applications, students are not evaluated on a specific GMAT score, but on the average GMAT Scores of the students admitted to the school. Most quality schools enroll students with an average of over 600 points. For example, Harvard Business School's GMAT average is around 720. The highest score that can be obtained in the exam is 800.
What does the GMAT exam cover?
The GMAT consists of four parts: “Analytical Writing Assessment, (AWA)” “Integrated Reasoning,” “Quantitative” and “Verbal.” “Analytical Writing Assessment” (ASA) aims to evaluate candidates' analytical writing, critical thinking, and ability to express themselves analytically. At this stage of the examination, candidates are presented with an argument and are asked to identify the main assumptions underlying this argument and to write an essay that critically evaluates this argument. The time allowed for this part of the exam is 30 minutes.
“Integrated Reasoning” (IR), on the other hand, is designed to measure candidates' reasoning, reasoning and analysis abilities. There are 12 questions in this 30-minute section. In this section, various data are presented with tables and graphs and the candidate is expected to make inferences. The calculator is free to use at this stage.
In the "quantitative" section, which includes math questions, there are 31 questions that need to be answered within 62 minutes. In the "verbal" part of the exam, there are 36 questions that must be completed within 65 minutes. In this section, there are paragraph questions aiming to measure reading comprehension skills and questions about spelling, vocabulary and grammar.
Candidates have the right to start from any part of the exam they want.
Evaluation
GMAT results are announced within three weeks from the exam date. Each of the four parts that make up the exam is scored separately and a total score on a 200-800 scale is calculated. Verbal and quantitative sections are in the range of 0-60; AWA is in the range of 0-6 points; IR is evaluated in the range of 0-8 points. In addition to the GMAT score, the "percentile" information that shows the positions among the other candidates who took the exam is also shared with the candidates. Candidates share the results with the universities and programs of their choice after the exam.