How should I prepare for the GMAT?
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 7:52 am
Problem solving questions are designed to test basic mathematical skills, understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, and the ability to reason quantitatively and to solve quantitative problems.
Each Data Sufficiency question consists of a question and two statements labeled (I) and (2) that contain additional information. You must decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient whatsApp number database for answering the question. Data Sufficiency questions are designed to measure your ability to analyze a quantitative problem, to recognize which information is relevant, and to determine at what point there is sufficient information to solve the problem.
How much time will I have to take the test?
You will have 4 hours in total to take the test, including two optional breaks. You will have one hour for the Analytical Writing Assessment and 75 minutes for the Quantitative Section and another 75 minutes for the Verbal section. You will be able to take tow 5-minute breaks during the test.
Can I skip questions on the GMAT?
Because the computer scores each question before selecting the next one, you must answer each question when it is presented. Once you answer a question and move on to another, you cannot go back and change your answer. The computer has already incorporated both your answer and the requirements of the test design into its selection of your next question.
The organization that creates the GMAT, the Graduate Management Admission Council, and the Educational Testing Service believe that it is important for all GMAT test takers to be familiar with the format of the test and the kinds of questions. So GMAC now offers, free of charge, test preparation software for the GMAT called PowerPrep. PowerPrep is interactive software that features two computer-adaptive tests that are timed and presented just like the actual GMAT. It includes hundreds of practice questions, answers, and explanations, as well as a comprehensive math review, and real-time scoring. Both the tutorials and the complete POWERPREP software can be downloaded for free from MBA.com. A free CD-ROM version of POWERPREP is also offered to everyone who makes an appointment to take the GMAT.
Can I repeat the GMAT?
Sometimes a management school may request that you repeat the GMAT. This may happen if the school would like to see more recent evidence of your performance. You may not take the GMAT more than one time in any calendar month, even if you have taken the test and canceled your scores.
Should I repeat the GMAT to improve my scores?
If your scores seem unusually low compared with other indicators of your preparation for graduate management study, or unless there are other reasons to believe that you did not do your best on the test, taking the GMAT again may not be helpful. It is unlikely to result in a substantial increase in your scores, and, in fact, your scores may decrease.
How do I Send my Scores to Schools?
Before you begin the test, you will have an opportunity to select up to five graduate institutions or programs to receive copies of your score report. Once you have confirmed your selections you will not be able to make changes, deletions, or additions.
How is the GMAT scored?
The GMAT yields four scores: verbal, quantitative, total, and analytical writing. Each of these scores is reported on a fixed scale. Total scores range born 200 to 800, with about two-thirds falling between 400 and 600. Verbal and quantitative scores range from 0 to 60, although scores below 10 and above 50 are rare. The verbal and quantitative scores measure different things are and are not comparable to each other. Analytical writing scores, which range from 0 to 6, are computed separately from the scores for the multiple-choice sections of the test and have no effect on the verbal, quantitative, or total scores.
Author: Karla Lacey, Graduate Management Admission Council
Each Data Sufficiency question consists of a question and two statements labeled (I) and (2) that contain additional information. You must decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient whatsApp number database for answering the question. Data Sufficiency questions are designed to measure your ability to analyze a quantitative problem, to recognize which information is relevant, and to determine at what point there is sufficient information to solve the problem.
How much time will I have to take the test?
You will have 4 hours in total to take the test, including two optional breaks. You will have one hour for the Analytical Writing Assessment and 75 minutes for the Quantitative Section and another 75 minutes for the Verbal section. You will be able to take tow 5-minute breaks during the test.
Can I skip questions on the GMAT?
Because the computer scores each question before selecting the next one, you must answer each question when it is presented. Once you answer a question and move on to another, you cannot go back and change your answer. The computer has already incorporated both your answer and the requirements of the test design into its selection of your next question.
The organization that creates the GMAT, the Graduate Management Admission Council, and the Educational Testing Service believe that it is important for all GMAT test takers to be familiar with the format of the test and the kinds of questions. So GMAC now offers, free of charge, test preparation software for the GMAT called PowerPrep. PowerPrep is interactive software that features two computer-adaptive tests that are timed and presented just like the actual GMAT. It includes hundreds of practice questions, answers, and explanations, as well as a comprehensive math review, and real-time scoring. Both the tutorials and the complete POWERPREP software can be downloaded for free from MBA.com. A free CD-ROM version of POWERPREP is also offered to everyone who makes an appointment to take the GMAT.
Can I repeat the GMAT?
Sometimes a management school may request that you repeat the GMAT. This may happen if the school would like to see more recent evidence of your performance. You may not take the GMAT more than one time in any calendar month, even if you have taken the test and canceled your scores.
Should I repeat the GMAT to improve my scores?
If your scores seem unusually low compared with other indicators of your preparation for graduate management study, or unless there are other reasons to believe that you did not do your best on the test, taking the GMAT again may not be helpful. It is unlikely to result in a substantial increase in your scores, and, in fact, your scores may decrease.
How do I Send my Scores to Schools?
Before you begin the test, you will have an opportunity to select up to five graduate institutions or programs to receive copies of your score report. Once you have confirmed your selections you will not be able to make changes, deletions, or additions.
How is the GMAT scored?
The GMAT yields four scores: verbal, quantitative, total, and analytical writing. Each of these scores is reported on a fixed scale. Total scores range born 200 to 800, with about two-thirds falling between 400 and 600. Verbal and quantitative scores range from 0 to 60, although scores below 10 and above 50 are rare. The verbal and quantitative scores measure different things are and are not comparable to each other. Analytical writing scores, which range from 0 to 6, are computed separately from the scores for the multiple-choice sections of the test and have no effect on the verbal, quantitative, or total scores.
Author: Karla Lacey, Graduate Management Admission Council