By Gustavo Luyo Guessing in order to find the answer to a question does not sound especially appealing if the question is one about mathematics in an international examination, let alone the GMAT quantitative section. However, ballparking, or estimating an answer in an educated manner when solving the multiple-choice question format in the GMAT quantitative…
You should know by now that the GMAT exam is shorter: you have 62 minutes to answer 31 Quantitative questions, (it used to be 37 questions in 75 minutes), and 65 minutes to answer 36 Verbal questions (it used to be 41 questions in 75 minutes). What does all this mean? Is the exam more…
The following article was copied from the official GMAT website. Beginning April 16, 2018, the GMAT exam will be shortened by 30 minutes to a 3.5-hour exam, including the breaks and test instructions. This includes a 23-minute reduction in the exam sections, as well as additional time and content reduction across several non-exam screens at…
By Clipper Ledgard Critical Reasoning questions in the GMAT are well thought and, in many cases, challenging. Nevertheless, eliminating wrong answers may not be as difficult as it seems if we use the right approach. While the questions are cleverly created, the explanations in the official guide can be confusing and could clearly be improved.…
Globally, more than 1.2 million Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) exams have been taken over the past five years by individuals interested in pursuing graduate management education. The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 6,900 graduate management programs worldwide. A total of 250,884 GMAT exams were taken by…
By Clipper Ledgard For most GMAT test takers, Reading Comprehension questions are a pain in the… head: passages are long and obscure and can be really boring. There are about 14 – give or take 2 – Reading Comprehension questions, and they must be answered in order to obtain a high score. Here are some…
By Clipper Ledgard Because the GMAT is a standard exam, it must use the same testing criteria with everyone. Therefore, the questions must be similar for all candidates. In order to be fair, the tester uses similar patterns to test specific points. Patterns can be found in the verbal section as well as in the…
Nearly 1.3 million Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) exams have been taken over the past five years by individuals interested in pursuing graduate management education. The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 6,100 graduate management programs worldwide, and a total of 261,248 GMAT exams were taken by prospective…
Average GMAT Score Increase Compared with Prior Testing Attempt. What happens if you do not achieve your potential in your first GMAT exam? Should you take it again? We believe you should, and we will support our claim with some interesting research results. The following analysis is based on 68,750 second time, 13,582 third time, 3,262 fourth time, 936 fifth time, 291…
Globally, nearly 1.3 million Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) exams have been taken over the past five years by individuals interested in pursuing graduate management education. The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 6,100 graduate management programs worldwide. A total of 247,432 GMAT exams were taken by prospective…