The GMAT is the most commonly recognised and widely accepted test for admission into Businesses Schools world over. Created and conducted by the GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council), the GMAT assesses candidates’ readiness to enrol in a rigorous post-grad program.

The test comprises of 4 sections:
Analytical Writing Assessment, a 30 minutes writing task asking the candidates to criticise an argument

Integrated Reasoning – 12 questions meant to asses business acumen

Quantitative – a 75 minutes section testing quantitative reasoning through problem solving and data sufficiency questions

Verbal – a 75 minutes section comprising of reading comprehension, critical reasoning and sentence correction questions

The GMAT is an online test that can be taken throughout the year, for a maximum of 5 times (and 8 times in one’s lifetime), with a minimum gap of 16 days between any two attempts.

The test is valid for five years.

There are 3 main scores we need to pay attention to:
the scaled score that comes from the quantitative and verbal sections (out of 800)
the Integrated Reasoning score (out of 8)
the AWA score (out of 6)