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*Overview of the GMAT*
The GMAT is a "standardized" test designed to measure your ability to reason logically under time pressure. It also tests your ability to analyze issues and arguments and express your analyses in written, essays. The GMAT is similar to other standardized tests, such as the SAT's and the ACT, as well as other examinations (LSAT, GRE, etc.) for admission into other graduate programs. It is NOT an intelligence test. It is NOT a predictor of how you will do in your business career. It is one of several critical measures that will be used for admission purposes into graduate schools of business. (For more information on the graduate school application process see CompletePrep’s Graduate Advisor).[link to 8.0] GMAT examinations take approximately three and one-half hours to complete. It is a computer adaptive test (CAT) which means that the computer is scoring your examination, correct and incorrect, as you take the test. Answering questions correctly results in more difficult subsequent questions, while missing questions results in easier and easier questions until you start to get the answers correct. The computer will not allow you to “skip around” on the exam. You must do the questions, one at a time, in the order the computer gives them to you. All three sections require strong logic skills. U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico test takers usually take the GMAT at Prometric Testing/Sylvan Learning Centers. For a hyper link to make an appointment click here. Foreign students and students with disabilities are handled differently. Click here for information on registration outside the United States. For information for test taking students with disabilities click here For further information, click here for the complete GMAT Information Bulletin in pdf format. The GMAT has three main parts: the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), timed at 60 minutes, the Verbal section (75 minutes) and the Quantitative section (75 minutes). The AWA is comprised of two essay questions, the Verbal and Quantitative sections are multiple-choice format, with each having five possible answer choices. You may answer up to 37 Quantitative and 41Verbal questions on one GMAT examination: these 78 (maximum) multiple choice questions will be a major factor in determining which, if any, graduate program(s) you will be admitted into. Of course, the school that you attend will also be a major factor in determining how much money you will be making after graduation. The AWA begins each exam, followed by the multiple-choice Quantitative and Verbal sections. Within the multiple choice sections there are 5 different types of questions: two in Quantitative, three in Verbal. You'll receive an optional 5 minute break between each major section of the exam, as well as an opportunity to learn your score on the multiple choice portion of the test at the completion of the exam. You'll receive one "grade" for the multiple choice test and a separate "grade" for the AWA. Your scaled, relative test result, often referred to as "your GMAT score", is by far the most important part of the examination in terms of importance for admission into graduate school - at some schools the AWA is meaningless. Your GMAT score is calculated by the number of questions you answer correctly, their difficulty level, and how other test takers have done, i.e. there is a "curve". There is no score reduction for answering a question incorrectly, nor does the exam tell you the difficulty level of each question. For an alternative overview of the exam from the organization that creates the test, click here .
*Overview of the CompletePrep program*
The CompletePrep training program gives you the tools you need to score as highly on the GMAT as you can: skill building, strategy and practice. Fifteen years of test prep research and teaching experience with actual students has gone into developing and refining this CompletePrep training package. Whether you’re looking for the immediacy and interaction of an in-person class or the convenience and flexibility that on-line learning offers, CompletePrep can deliver a high quality course at an affordable price. CompletePrep also gives you the flexibility of designing your own “plan of attack” for the test that other companies don’t. Have you already started your prep and are doing well on the math sections? CompletePrep allows you to subscribe to just the Verbal Strategy Lectures if that’s all that you need. Have your strategy well in hand but need to build speed and familiarity to the question wording patterns? Subscribe to our on-line Practice Test series and take as many exams as you’d like – unlike the high price, “assembly line” test prep services which limit you to three or four exams. Starting from scratch? CompletePrep can give you a total package that few others can: signup for an in-person class and get all the advantages of a top teacher PLUS the in-depth practice and skill building with the online package….you can literally immerse yourself in preparation 24 hours a day if that’s what you want and need for a top score. *…..Strategy* The bottom line for the GMAT? Since the question TYPES never change – only the wording of the questions changes- you need to develop a strategy for each of the five multiple choice question types and essay questions…..and then build speed. In other words, we show you HOW to take the exam – how questions are constructed, how incorrect answer choices are designed, how to avoid traps, how to know when to speed up and slow down, what the test maker considers to be the one best answer when there are three good answers, and so forth. Information concerning these techniques is contained in the CompletePrep Strategy Lecture series. Click here to start preparing your GMAT strategy now! [ link to Strategy Lectures 5.0] *…..Practice* Once you understand the mechanics of this standardized examination, and have developed a strategy for each part of it, you need to build speed. It’s not enough to get the questions “right” on the test; you need to get A LOT of the questions correct on the GMAT in order to get a top score. Running out of time on the test is to be avoided: there is no score deduction for skipped and incorrectly answered questions, but you give up the opportunity to IMPROVE your score by working too slowly. What is the best way to build speed on the test? Lots and lots of practice tests and drills so that you instantly recognize question types and setups. This allows you the maximum amount of time to SOLVE the problem, rather than figuring out what the problem is. And with CompletePrep you’re not alone with our one-of-a-kind preparation companion Study Buddyä. Don’t settle for just an answer key- *Study Buddy* is with you all the time to explain HOW to solve a problem. Just a single click activates Study Buddy to give you the problem setups, how the wrong answer choices were constructed and other information so that you can learn from your mistakes. No other test prep gives you that! Click here and start practicing tests right away. [link to practice tests 4.0] *…..Skill Building* Sometimes students will need to strengthen their basic math and verbal skills in preparation for the GMAT. Rememorizing geometry formulas, for example, is usually necessary for many students who don’t use them in everyday life. The same is true for many types of grammar rules. For these students CompletePrep has developed separate, specific tutorials for each section of the exam. If diagnostic and practice tests reveal a consistent weakness in a basic skill, stop by the Tutorial section of CompletePrep [link to Tutorials 3.0] for a quick refresher or a last minute review before taking the test. *…..Choosing the Best Graduate Program for Your Needs* Finally, your choice of which graduate program to attend is an important one, yet not an easy decision to make. Most students have never made this decision before – they don’t know how to choose which program is right for them. Even if know of someone was has graduate degree and is willing to help you decide, their life circumstances – financial, career, family, etc., - are likely to be different than yours. There is also so much information on various schools and programs that sifting through the mounds of data is a frustrating, confusing task. Talking to schools directly is time consuming, expensive, and somewhat fruitless process- all the schools say they’re the best. The process of choosing a U.S. graduate program for foreign students is even a more complex process. CompletePrep can help to simplify this important endeavor with its Graduate Advisor service [link to Graduate Advisor 8.0]. Start by perusing our “Most commonly Asked Questions and Answers”. Then ask any question that you’d like via email or phone. CompletePrep’s experienced staff will provide you with the information you need to make this critical education decision. We’ve helped hundreds of students already!! Click here to connect to your Graduate Advisor! [link to Graduate Advisor 8.0]
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