MBA Applicants Should Prepare For New GMAT
June 28, 2010
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For those who are looking to pursue an MBA degree, one of the steps in the process is taking an admissions test to gauge their knowledge. While applicants have their choice of either taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), the GMAT is more widely accepted at MBA schools.
In approximately two years, the GMAT will be changing its format, giving the test its biggest makeover in more than a decade, according to BusinessWeek. The test will now have a new section that's designated for determining one's advanced reasoning skills.
"It's a dramatic shift," Dave Wilson, president and chief executive of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), told the news source."These questions are really microcosms of what goes on in the MBA classroom, and it will help schools identify students [who] will thrive in the classroom, not just survive."
Wilson went on to say that this is the biggest change the GMAT has faced since it switched to a computer-adaptive format in the late 1990s.
According to the Financial Times, all MBA programs accept the GMAT as a form of admissions testing.
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