GMAT Information and Test Dates

The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is designed to help predict a student's potential academic performance during the first year of an MBA program. The GMAT is required by most business schools for admittance to MBA and sometimes accounting programs. The test measures verbal ability, quantitative ability and writing skills.

As of Fall, 1997, the GMAT may only be taken in a computer adaptive format. The test consists of two one-half hour essays, a 75 minute verbal section, and a 75 minute quantitative section.

With regard to scoring, the GMAT yields four scores: verbal, quantitative, a total score combining the verbal and quantitative sections, and an analytical writing score. The verbal and quantitative sections are scored on a 0 - 60 scale, the total score uses a 200 - 800 scale, and the writing section is graded on a scale of 0 - 6.

Beginning in 1999, the GMAT altered the procedures for grading the Analytical writing section. The essays are now graded both by computers and human readers. The grading computers are programmed to grade the particular essay topics that appear on the GMAT; they not only assess grammatical structure, they also seek out key terms and ideas that should appear in an essay on a particular topic. A human reader also grades the essay, and if the scores of the human reader and the computer differ, the essay is given to another human reader.

The GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) sponsors the GMAT and ETS (Educational Testing Service) administers the test.

To find out more information about the the GMAT, call (800) 462-8669. The testing schedule and registration deadlines are provided below.

You can learn more about registering for the GMAT at GMAT website.