Awiolobby " The home of Tactical Articles and General Topics"

Thousands of graduate management programs around the world use the Graduate Management Admission Test in their admissions process. You may be considering whether your program should adopt the GMAT exam, as well.

Interest in graduate management education has never been higher, and the job of selecting a class to fill the limited capacity of most MBA programs has never been more challenging. The applicants come from different countries, cultures, academic backgrounds, and levels of work experience. Using the GMAT exam gives admissions professionals one element of the application that is a consistent measure. The GMAT exam is given under standard conditions around the world, with the highest level of security, to ensure that scores are comparable across applicants.

WHAT IS THE CAT?
The computer-based version of the GMAT is called a Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT). The CAT differs from the old paper-based GMAT in that a computer program chooses problems based on a candidate’s responses to previous questions. Thus, the CAT is “adaptive” or “interactive”. Whereas candidates taking the old paper-based test where presented with a range of questions (including easy, moderately difficult, and difficult items), the CAT selects questions according to each candidate’s ability. During a CAT, the computer controls the order in which test items appear, basing is selection on the candidate’s responses to earlier items.
At the risk of oversimplifying, the testing procedure can be described as follows. The computer has access to a large number of test items classified according to question type (sentence correction, reading comprehension, critical thinking, problem solving, and data sufficiency- the question types that you will study below) and arranged in order of difficulty. At the outset, the computer presents you with one or two “seed” questions, items of average level of difficulty. If you answer those successfully, the program selects for the next question an item of greater difficulty; if you do not answer the “seed” questions correctly, the program lowers the level of difficulty. This process is repeated, with the program continuing to adjust the level of difficulty of questions, until you have with the program continuing to adjust the level of difficulty of questions, until you have provided all the answers that the computer needs to calculate your score.
The GMAT exam is accessible to students around the world.

The GMAT exam is conducted throughout the year in more than 150 countries around the world. Combination of permanent and mobile test centers creates access for virtually every prospective applicant. Online registration in most locations makes the process of registering for the test fast and easy.

Register for GMAT

With computer adaptive testing, registering for the GMAT is quite simple and easy. The cost to take the exam —or "appointment fee" is currently $250. The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) takes most major credit cards, personal checks, and money orders.

The most convenient way to register is online at www.mba.com. You may also register by phone (1-800-717-GMAT) or by mail (Pearson VUE, Attention: GMAT Program, P.O. Box 581907, Minneapolis, MN, 55458).

To retake the exam, simply follow the same procedures. However, you are only allowed to take the GMAT every 31 days.