GMAT Structure (Till 2012)
How are you rated in AWA?
This section is similar to your essay writing in school and you will be rated as such.
GMAT, in the AWA section, looks for
• Relevance of your essay to the given topic
• Your writing style
• Effectiveness of the content and language.
You are rated on a scale of 0-6, with increments of 0.5. Your essays are generally evaluated by a professional evaluator and a software program GMAT WriteTM
This results in an average of 4 scores for two essays, average of which is computed.
In case there is a difference of more than one point in the human and the computer evaluation, a third evaluator is called in.
The GMAT Quantitative Ability Section
This section tests the number crunching and the quantitative ability of the student.
To do that, GMAT expects you to
• Solve a total of 37 questions
• It gives you a time of 75 Minutes to do it
There are three main areas covered here
1. Algebra
2. Arithematic
3. Geometry
The GMAT Verbal ability Section
This section tests the logical ability, comprehensive powers and knowledge of the Queen’s language and the global language of business.
To do that, GMAT expects you to
• Understand and answer a total of 41 questions
• Again it gives you a time limit of 75 Minutes
• Three basic sections
1. Reading Comprehension – You will be given a passage and you need to answer questions related to it.
2. Sentence Correction – A part of the sentence would be underlined and five options would be provided.
You need to spot the error and mark the right option.
3. Critical Reasoning – A short passage would be given.You need find the premise,conclusion,assumption etc.