GMAT
GMAT Basics
Like all assessment tests, the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) is designed to test skills, not knowledge, and like most skill tests, the following areas will be tested: verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills, which you usually develop through education and other work. Skills not tested or measured by the GMAT include: Business knowledge, job performance skills, and information you may have learned in college or a university setting and subjective qualities, (motivation, leadership ability, interpersonal skills and creativity).
Registering for GMAT
The registration for the GMAT is quite easy; simply call 1-800-GMAT NOW. You will find official GMAT Test centers in every state of the US, as well as in Canada and Puerto Rico.
Understanding Your GMAT Scores
Unlike most assessment tests, immediately upon completion of the GMAT, the test taker may check their score. Scores for Verbal and Qualitative sections are given what is known as an unofficial or provisional score, (this may be different from the official score you receive). In extenuating circumstances, your score may register as “delayed,†as processing your reporting score becomes interrupted.
You can choose to not report your score. A “+++†indicates that a test taker wants to have their score not reported. Other reasons that the score may register as a “+++†include a test that was not timed correctly, or perhaps the test taker did not respond to the questions.
GMAT scores will be kept on record for 20 years, but schools will most likely not accept scores if they are five years or older.