GMAT stands for the Graduate Management Admission Test which is a standardized test one has to prepare for by the management aspirants to get enrolled in foreign business schools.

The test is designed to measure their verbal, mathematical, analytical writing skills, thus, making it easier to select the correct candidate for reputed foreign business & management schools.

The US-based Pearson VUE under the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is the main body behind the GMAT development. The body is responsible for conducting tests at its various testing centers globally & dispatching of the results to the examinees.

Eligibility Criteria:
Eligibility criteria are very flexible in age & educational aspect for aspirants. Test scores are considered valid for five years by most universities, though, recent scores as 2 years old are given more prominence.

Fees
Fee structure for GMAT is US$250 worldwide and the students also have to pay taxes when scheduling exams in certain countries.


GMAT Content and Format

The GMAT test has three distinct sections which are :

-Analytical Writing Ability (AWA), where two short essays are required to be written down within one hour. They are both analysis done on an issue & an argument respectively.

-Quantitative section deals with problem solving & data sufficiency question segments, 37 questions in totality. It basically deals with mathematical problems of class X level.

-Verbal segment is divided in three types dealing with sentence correction, critical reasoning, & reading comprehension with 41 queries to be answered.