Optimising preparation for graduate business education possible with GMAT Focus Edition - GMAC

KUALA LUMPUR - A global association representing leading business schools, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), announced the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam has been updated with improved test taking experience and flexible new features.

In order to better support candidates of graduate business education, the GMAT, which has been the most widely used business school admissions exam in the past seven decades, was redesigned with improved test taking experience and flexible new features.

The updated version, GMAT Focus Edition, will open for registration on Aug 29 for testing in the fourth quarter this year, according to GMAC in a statement.

"It is our belief that GMAT Focus Edition will allow candidates to optimise their preparation for graduate business education while helping schools attract a global pool of qualified and diverse applicants,” said GMAC Chief Executive Officer, Joy Jones.

Three 45-minute sections will make up this edition, namely Quantitative Reasoning, which examines problem solving skills; Verbal Reasoning, which evaluates critical reasoning and reading comprehension; and the newly developed Data Insights section, which measures candidates’ data literacy skills and ability to analyse and interpret data and apply it to real-world business scenarios.

With these changes and the removal of the Analytical Writing Assessment, it is nearly one hour shorter than the current version of the GMAT and therefore requires less content to prepare.

Along with new features that allow test takers bookmark as many questions as they want, review questions within the remaining section time and change up to three answers per section, and to complete the three sections in any order, the enhanced Official Score Report now offers detailed performance insights that helps them assess strengths and identify focus areas at no additional cost.

The change to new score scale has been made to ensure that test takers and schools can easily distinguish from a GMAT Focus Edition score to the currently available GMAT Exam score.

As GMAT Focus Edition rolls out for the remainder of 2023, the current version of the GMAT exam will continue to be available to candidates until early next year to facilitate their in-progress preparation and applications for business school, and fees will remain the same as the current GMAT exam.

More information available at www.gmac.com. - BERNAMA