07-18-2015, 11:13 AM
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a standardized test required by the vast majority of business schools because it provides a measure of an applicant’s academic ability. Most of the Canadian business schools accept GMAT and it is many a times the most important admission criteria. GMAT scores are also useful in getting a visa for Canada. The higher your score, the higher will be your chance at getting into a better business school in Canada. The average GMAT scores accepted by Canadian B-schools are from 500 to 600 and above.
The GMAT test does not include any questions that test your business knowledge. It is a computerized test and is administered several days each week, 52 weeks per year. While the exam can be taken virtually any time, it can only be taken once every 31 days and not more than 5 times in a year.
The design and administration of the GMAT
The GMAT is developed by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council), which determines what kind of skills the GMAT should measure and how it should measure them. Another organization actually develops the test questions, administers the test, and reports test scores to the schools.
Four broad skill areas are measured by GMAT: analytical writing, quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, and integrated reasoning
GMAT Exam Format
  Analytical writing assessment: This section contains one topic in which you have to do Analysis of argument. You have to analyze the logic given and put forward suitable arguments stating how and where the reasoning might be faulty. Thirty minutes have been allotted for the section. The scoring for this section is done by a human reader and then by a computerized scoring system designed by GMAC. In case the scores allotted by both differ, the scores are sent to another expert for final evaluation
  Integrated reasoning: This section contains 12 questions which tests you in graphics interpretation, two-part analysis, table analysis and multi-source reasoning. Thirty minutes are allotted for the section and you are expected to finish it within the stipulated time span.
  Quantitative: This section contains 37 questions on data sufficiency and problem solving. 75 minutes are allotted for this section. Your level of Mathematics knowledge should be in the range of a 10th standard student. However, the level of reasoning has to be much higher, as the questions asked are of high order and you aren’t allowed to use calculators for solving problems.
  Verbal reasoning: This section contains 41 questions and tests you in reading comprehension, critical reasoning and sentence correction. Like the previous part, 75 minutes are allotted for the section. All questions are multiple choices.
The overall time allotted for the exam is 3 hours and 30 minutes. For each of the four exam sections, a separate scaled score and percentile rank are awarded. A combined Quantitative/Verbal score (called a Total score) and corresponding percentile rank are also awarded. The fees structure for the GMAT is $250 globally.
The GMAT test does not include any questions that test your business knowledge. It is a computerized test and is administered several days each week, 52 weeks per year. While the exam can be taken virtually any time, it can only be taken once every 31 days and not more than 5 times in a year.
The design and administration of the GMAT
The GMAT is developed by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council), which determines what kind of skills the GMAT should measure and how it should measure them. Another organization actually develops the test questions, administers the test, and reports test scores to the schools.
Four broad skill areas are measured by GMAT: analytical writing, quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, and integrated reasoning
GMAT Exam Format
  Analytical writing assessment: This section contains one topic in which you have to do Analysis of argument. You have to analyze the logic given and put forward suitable arguments stating how and where the reasoning might be faulty. Thirty minutes have been allotted for the section. The scoring for this section is done by a human reader and then by a computerized scoring system designed by GMAC. In case the scores allotted by both differ, the scores are sent to another expert for final evaluation
  Integrated reasoning: This section contains 12 questions which tests you in graphics interpretation, two-part analysis, table analysis and multi-source reasoning. Thirty minutes are allotted for the section and you are expected to finish it within the stipulated time span.
  Quantitative: This section contains 37 questions on data sufficiency and problem solving. 75 minutes are allotted for this section. Your level of Mathematics knowledge should be in the range of a 10th standard student. However, the level of reasoning has to be much higher, as the questions asked are of high order and you aren’t allowed to use calculators for solving problems.
  Verbal reasoning: This section contains 41 questions and tests you in reading comprehension, critical reasoning and sentence correction. Like the previous part, 75 minutes are allotted for the section. All questions are multiple choices.
The overall time allotted for the exam is 3 hours and 30 minutes. For each of the four exam sections, a separate scaled score and percentile rank are awarded. A combined Quantitative/Verbal score (called a Total score) and corresponding percentile rank are also awarded. The fees structure for the GMAT is $250 globally.