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Introduction
The GMAT is a test of verbal and quantitative abilities for aspirants to Graduate Business schools. It is virtually compulsory for admission into an M.B.A. or an M.B.S. course in Northern America and is catching on in other regions as well.

With a good score in GMAT it becomes easier to obtain admission, teaching assistance-ship and merit-based scholarships.

The GMAT Quantitative section consists of High School math in which Nepali students usually score quite well.

The GMAT Verbal has 3 question types based on critical reasoning, advanced grammar and usage, and reading comprehension.

Test Details
The term ‘Computer Based’ is nothing to be scared of. The computer skills that you will need are minimal.

The term ‘Computer Adaptive’ means that there are three types of questions in the software that administers the test. These types are ‘easy’, ‘medium’ and ‘difficult’. The test always starts of with an easy question and if you get that right it throws a medium level question at you. If you get the medium level question right it will give you a difficult question. For every wrong answer, you go down a rung in the hierarchy. The difficult questions that the software gives you have the highest scores while the easy questions having the lowest score. Thus, getting a lot of difficult questions right will definitely get you a high score.

Test Structure

 

Verbal

Mathematical

Analytical Writing

Total no. of Questions

41

38

2

Sections

1

1

2

Time

75 mins.

75 mins.

60 mins.

Full Score

800

800

6.0

Verbal Question Types
Questions on the Gmat can appear quite daunting at first glance. They are, as a matter of fact, more difficult that question types on other tests but quality instruction at NIEC can help you overcome that obstacle. The following are the 3 verbal question types and the areas they test:

 

Critical Reasoning

Sentence Correction

Reading Comprehension

Analytical Writing

Abilities tested

To reason clearly and logically.

Familiarity with advanced theories of Structure and Written Expression and usage

The ability to synthesize information from text and make inferences and come to conclusions

The ability to evaluate an argument and the ability to construct a persuasive case in favour of or against an issue.

Course areas tested

Linear Reasoning and Paradoxical Reasoning

Advanced Grammar and Usage

Understanding the development and content of written text.

Linear Reasoning, syntactic variety, coherence identification of assumptions etc.

Scoring
The Gmat has a cumulative score of 800 for the quantitative and verbal sections and a score from 0.0 to 6.0 for the writing.

So, to summarize it all the verbal Gmat will have 41 questions with 800 marks and the Quantitative Gmat will have 38 questions and 800 marks. The average will be calculated for your cumulative score.

Most larger and more reputed Graduate schools require a certain score in the Gmat. Many small state universities and medium Liberal Arts colleges will require about 400 and above. There are also many large State Universities that will accept you if you have a score of 500 and above. 650 and above should be enough to squeeze into Ivy League schools and more than that will only strengthen your chances.

Course Duration
The Gmat course lasts for eight weeks. Every week there are two hours of class daily, one for the verbal portion and one for the math portion, from Monday to Friday. Saturday is a holiday whereas Sunday is for full-length testing.

Course Start Date
Admissions are open every Single Monday all you have to do is just come over and register any day of the week for a class at your convenient time and start the class the following Monday.

   
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