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Acing the GMAT Focus Edition: Everything You Need to Know

To be admitted into one of the best B schools in the world, applicants must take the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT. A lot of business schools use the GMAT score as a prerequisite for admission. This computer adaptive test has a time limit and is administered by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, or GMAC. There have been some modifications to the GMAT Exam since the release of the GMAT Focus Edition.

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Acing the GMAT Focus Edition: Everything You Need to Know

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  1. AcingtheGMATFocusEdition:EverythingYouNeedtoKnow TheGraduateManagementAdmissionTestorGMATisagloballyrecognizedtestthatstudents needtotaketogetadmittedintoatopBschool.Manybusinessschoolsrequirethescoreofthe GMATasapartoftheiradmissionsprocess.Itisatime-boundcomputeradaptivetestconducted bytheGraduateManagementAdmissionsCouncilorGMAC. WiththeintroductionoftheGMATFocusEdition,therearecertainchangesintheGMATExam Formatthatoneshouldknowbeforeappearingforthetest: Time:TheGMATFocusEditionisshorterwithatotaltimeof2hours15minutesand an optionalbreakof10minutes. Sections:Inplaceof4sections,thereare3sectionsintheGMATFocusEditionTest. TheyareVerbalReasoning,QuantitativeReasoning,andDataInsights.Thetesttakerhas theauthoritytoselectthesectionpreference. Evaluation:Unlikethepreviouspattern,thereisoneunifiedscorewhichrangesfrom 205-805andthescoringisbasedonthelevelsofdifficultyofeachquestionandnot merelyonhowmanyquestionsarecorrectontheGMAT exam.

  2. Sectioncontribution:AllthreesectionsoftheGMATexamwillnowcontributeequally tothefinalscore. Adaptivity:TheGMATFocusEditiontestisadaptivebyquestion.I.e.Withinasection, thedifficultylevelofthesubsequentquestionisaffectedbythepreviousresponse. Flexibility:TheGMATFocusEditiontestsallowbookmarking,reviewing,andalteration ofanswersforthree questions. Thetablebelowdepictsthe GMAT ExamFormatofthe GMAT Focuspattern: LetusunderstandabouttheGMATFocusEditionSectionsindetail: TheGMATExamPatternofGMATFocusEditionconsistsofthreesectionsnamelyVerbal Reasoning,QuantitativeReasoning,andDataInsightsthatcontributeequallytothefinalscoreof 205-805.Thetotaltimeofthetestis2hours15 minutes.

  3. GMATExamFormat:VerbalReasoning Durationavailable:45minutes NumberofQuestions: 23 Asthenamesuggests,thissectionwillmeasuretheabilityofatesttakertoreadandcomprehend literarypiecesandcriticallyevaluatethemwithlogicalreasoning.ReadingComprehension questionswilltestthevocabulary,theabilitytodrawlogicalconnectionsamongconcepts,infer conclusionsbasedondatagiven,andstatetherelevanceofcertainpiecesofinformationgiven in thetextwhereascriticalReasoningquestionswillassesstheabilitytounderstandarguments, it’s partandlogicallyvalidateitsstrengthorweakness.AllquestionsintheVerbalReasoning Sectionaremultiplechoicewith5answersandthescorerangesfrom60to90in1-point increments.TheVerbalscorecontributestotheoverallscoreof205to805overall.TheVerbal Sectioncomprisesquestionsoftwotypes:ReadingComprehensionandCriticalReasoningand it has23questionswhicharetobesolvedwithin45minutes/The Verbal sectioncaninclude13or 14ReadingComprehensionquestionsand9or10CriticalReasoningquestions.Togetagood scoreintheverbalsection,onemuststartwithstrategicplanningandfocusoninitialquestions morebecausethequestionstowardstheendwillgetharderasthetestisadaptive.Gettinga good scoredoesn’tonlydependongettingmanyquestionscorrectbutalsoonaccuracyandthe difficultylevelcracked. GMATExamFormat:QuantitativeReasoning Durationavailable:45minutes NumberofQuestions: 21 Thissectionaimstogaugeyouralgebraskillsandbasicknowledgeofarithmetic.Howyou reinforcethealgebraandarithmeticknowledgetotackleproblemswillbetested.Studentsmust havebasictomediumknowledgeofthetopicsofalgebraandarithmetic.Bringingaccuracyto solvetheseproblemswouldonlybepossibleifandonlyifyouhavegoodlogicalreasoningand anexcellentunderstandingofnumbers. Typesandtopicsofthequestionyoushouldbegoodat: 1.Word-Questions:Distanceorspeedorrate,mixtures,OverlappingSetofinformation, time-work.

  4. ArithmeticandAlgebraQuestions:FunctionsgivingabsolutevalueorModulus function,customizedfunctions,ratio,fraction,decimalnumbers,solvinginequalities, minimumormaximumvalues,mustbeorcouldbetruephrasequestions,powersor exponents,percentages,simpleorcompoundinterest,rootvalues,rootsofanequation, patterns,andsequences. • NumbertheoryQuestions:Factorsofanumber,multiplesofanumber,remainder. • Statistics&Probability:Probability,permutationsandcombinations,anddefinitionof set. • Quickmeasurestoboostyourscores: • Allofthequestionswouldhave aquestionstemandoneanswerhastobepickedout ofthelisted5answers.Agoodideaistomaintainscratchpaperworkandkeepwriting keywordsasyoureada problem. • Readinpiecesandthencomprehendhowfastyoucangetclosertowhathasbeenasked inthefinalquestion.Alwaystakecluesfromtheanswerchoicesifthequestionalone doesn’tgiveyouanidea. • Alwaysassessfastbyjustreadingthefinalquestionifatallyoumisswhathastobe reportedasananswer. • Re-readingthequestionbackandforthwillconsumealotoftime. • GMATExamFormat:DataInsights Durationavailable:45minutes • NumberofQuestions: 20 • GMATExamFormatforDataInsightswillconsistof: • A. DataSufficiencyProblems:Thissectiontestsyourskillseitheronlyofquantreasoning oronlyofverbalreasoningoramixofboth.

  5. ThereusedtobeanIntegratedReasoning(IR)sectionontheoldGMATwhich appearsintheDataInsightssectionnowalongwithDatasufficiency(DS)questions.IRas well asDSbotharetrickytypesofquestions. • Let’sseehowdifferentlyyou’retestedwithIntegratedReasoningontheGMATFocus: • InterpretationofGraphFormat:Howgoodyouareatanalyzingdatawillgetyoua goodscore.Yourskillsincomprehendingvarioustypesofgraphsviz-a-vizscatterplots, graphshavingxandyaxes,barcharts,piecharts,andcurvesrelatedtostatistics. • Multi-SourceReasoningMSRFormat:LikethoseofRC-readingcomprehension questions,thistypetestsyourlogicalanddata-analyticalskillsthroughpassages,tables, graphs,oracombinationofthesepresentindifferenttabswhichyoucanswitchtoanyin between.Questionswillaskyoutofindlogicalerrorsorbringoutinferencesormaytest youontherelevanceofthedataavailabletoanswerparticularstatements. • AnalysisofTableFormat:ItgaugesyourunderstandingoftheSORTtoolavailable, whethertofinishcalculationsornot,orifdecidetofinishthenwhethertouseacalculator ornot.YouwillbeaskedtoinferwithaYesoraNoattimesfromthedataavailablein thetable. • AnalysisinTwo-PartFormat:Logical,quantitative,andanalyticalskills,allaretested inthisformatwherethesamesetofanswersappearfortwodifferentcolumnheadings(2 parts)andyouhavetopickthecorrectpositioningofyouranswersforeachcolumn. This maygiveanalysisonlybasedonquantreasoningandverbalreasoningoramixofboth. Simultaneousinterpretationofequationsordevelopingrelationshipsbetweenthe parametersetcmayturn up. • OrderPreferencesontheGMATFocusEdition: • Atesttakerhastheauthoritytochoosetheorderofsectionsbeforethetest.TheGMATExam Patternwillofferthefollowing6ordersofsectionselection.Atesttaker,dependinguponher/his areaofstrengthcanchooseanyofthefollowing:

  6. FAQs: 1.WhatisthemajorchangeintheGMATFocusEditionTestorthenewGMATExam Format? Ans:TheGMATFocusEditionTestorthenewGMATExamFormatisshorterthanthe previousGMATTest.ItnolongerhastheAWASection.SentenceCorrectionquestionsareno longerapartoftheVerbalSectionandIntegratedReasoninghasanadditionofafewmoretopics andisnowknownasDataInsights.TheGMATFocusEditionorthenewGMATExamFormat alsoallowsbookmarkingandchangingofanswerstouptothreequestions. 2. Format? WhatisthetotaldurationoftheGMATFocusEditionTestasperthenewGMATExam Ans: 2 hours 15 minutes. 3. HowmanysectionsarethereintheGMATFocusEditionTest? Ans:TheGMATFocusEditionTestcontainsthreesections:VerbalReasoning,Quantitative Reasoning,andDataInsights.

  7. 4. HowistheGMATFocusEditionscored? Ans:AllthreesectionsvizVerbalReasoning,QuantitativeReasoning,andDataInsightswill giveyoupointsfrom60-90andyourperformance/percentileineachoftheindividualsections willcontributetoatotalscoreof205-805. 5. WhatisnewintheDataInsightSectionasperthenewGMATExamFormat? Ans:DatasufficiencyquestionsandIntegratedReasoning(InterpretationofGraphs, Multi-SourceReasoning,AnalysisofTable,andAnalysisintwoparts)questionswillnow come inoneofthesectionscalledtheDataInsightssection. 6. Format? ArethereanychangestotheVerbalReasoningSectionasperthenewGMATExam Ans:Yes,sentencecorrectionisnolongerapartofthe VerbalReasoningSection.Sothatleaves theverbalsectionwithtwoquestiontypes:CriticalReasoningandQuantitativeReasoning. 7. Format? IsthereachangeintheQuantitativeReasoningSectionasperthenewGMATExam Ans:Yes,geometrywillnotbetestedanymoreandchunksofcoordinategeometryintheformof equationsmayturnupasapartofalgebraspecifically.Also,thedatasufficiencyquestionsthat earlierusedtoappearinQuantswillnownolongerbeapartoftheQuantitativeReasoning sectionasitwillonlyhaveproblem-solvingquestions. 8. ShouldIpanicorgetworriedaboutgettinglowscoresonthenewGMATExamFormat asIgotareallygoodscoreontheolderversionofGMAT? Ans:SinceIntegratedReasoningiscontributingtowardsyourfinalscore,theaveragescore has dropped.Studentsshouldnotworrybutratherpreparevigorouslyastherearechartsdispatched byGMACstatingsomebodygettinga700scoreearlierwillmeana655or645scoreonthe

  8. GMATfocusedition.ScorecomparisonsbetweentheOldGMATandtheGMATFocuscanbe viewedhere.Timemanagementandmoreoftheanalyticalskillsbeingassessedcurrentlyarethe keyfocusareasastudentshouldfocusupon.

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