GMAT Entrance Exam 2025

GMAT 2025 Overview

Full Exam Name	Graduate Management Admission Test
Short Exam Name	GMAT
Conducting Body	Graduate Management Admission Council
Exam Level	International Level Exam
Languages	English
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of Exam	Online
Participating Colleges	197
Exam Duration	2 hours and 15

GMAT 2025 Exam Dates

The GMAT exam date 2025 can be checked online at the GMAC official website www.gmac.com if you are willing to take your GMAT examination at your nearest test center. Once you reach the official site, you need to open an account on mba.com through which further details regarding the exam dates that are available for each and every month are clearly stated.

As such there is no fixed date for attempting GMAT exam date 2024, candidates can register for the test date as per their convenience and availability. You can appear for GMAT 8 times in a lifetime and a maximum of 5 times in a year (within a period of 12 months). Aspirants can retake the GMAT exam after 16 calendar days. It is advised that you book the GMAT test at least two to three months in advance, so you can take the test on your preferred date. One can register for the test even 24 hours before the GMAT exam date.

GMAT 2025 Application Form

The registrations for the GMAT 2025 exam are available throughout the year at online mode. The best way to register for the GMAT 2025 exam is by the online process. The GMAT registration for the exam can be started before six (6) months of your preferred exam date. The payment for the GMAT exam fee can be made through Credit and Debit cards.

All the details can be checked at the official GMAC website www.gmac.com for a clear overview.

The steps for registering for the GMAT 2025 exam are as follows -

1. Visit the GMAT official website www.gmac.com.

2. Select the option “ Register for the Exam” on the main page.

3. The page will be redirected to mba.com.

4. Select the option “register for the GMAT”

5. Choose the option of either test center or online according to your preference.

6. Then fill in all the personal and academic details in the application form and upload the necessary documents.

7. Confirm the provided details and make the payment.

8. The confirmation mail will be received to your mail ID once the GMAT registration process is done.

Application Fee:

• For online mode, payment will be done through VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Network Cards.
• The payment for the registration fee can be done by Money order, Cashier Checks, and personal checks.
• The application fee will be $ 250 Rs 17027.5.

GMAT Eligibility Criteria

Check the minimum eligibility criteria for GMAT 2025 exam from below:

• Age Limit: Candidate must be at least 18 years old.
• Attempt: You may take the GMAT exam and GMAT online exam combined total of up to five times within a rolling 12-month period with 16 days of gap during each attempt.
• Qualifying Exam: Candidates must have passed graduation degree in any stream from some recognized university, or institutions.
• Marks Requirement: There is no minimum or maximum marks requirement in the qualifying exam.

GMAT 2025 Exam Pattern

The GMAT exam pattern consists of four (4) sections which can be attempted in three varied formats as per the convenience of the candidate. The exam will be conducted on a computer and generally, the type of questions for the GMAT test is multiple choice-based questions (MCQ’s). During the exam time, the candidate can take 2 optional 8-minute breaks and continue his/her test. It is better to pre-check the GMAT exam pattern and syllabus before the registration process for the GMAT 2025 exam.

Detailed GMAT 2025 current exam pattern

GMAT 2025 Syllabus

The current edition of the GMAT examination will be available till early next year. The current version of GMAT syllabus consists of four sections- Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Verbal Reasoning. The section-wise GMAT syllabus is as follows.

GMAT 2025 Focus Edition Syllabus

The GMAT exam consists 4 sections as listed below:

• Quantitative Aptitude: There are two types of questions are asked in the section- data sufficiency and problem solving. The questions asked are mostly from Geometry, algebra, Linear Equations, etc.
• Integrated Reasoning: This section measures the candidates capability to integrate data given in multiple formats such as tables, graphs, or text and derive meaningful conclusions from that.
• Verbal Ability: This section assesses the candidates ability to read and evaluate a given passage and critically analyze the arguments.
• Analytical Writing Assessment: This section test a candidates ability to communicate ideas in written English.

GMAT 2025 Preparation tips

To achieve the desired score in the GMAT 2025 exam, devising the right GMAT preparation strategy is crucial. The correct GMAT exam preparation strategy will help a student achieve his/her goals. Some of the GMAT preparation tips that one must follow are

1. Understand the GMAT exam pattern: GMAT is a ‘computer adaptive test’ that adapts to the candidate’s ability in real-time by selecting questions based on the responses provided by them. Therefore, it is important to understand the exam pattern, syllabus, marking system, topic-wise weightage, and types of questions in the paper. Candidates must read them in detail to build a proper exam strategy and decide on the GMAT preparation time.

2. Refer to the GMAT syllabus: Topics to cover and study come from the syllabus of GMAT. Hence it's important to refer to the prescribed syllabus and GMAT paper pattern to understand what to study.

3. Collect the best resources: Gather GMAT 2024 preparation material from the GMAT official guide from the GMAC website and other material available online like GMATclub and a few others with the GMAT previous year papers to understand important topics. The GMAT practice test should cover all levels like easy, moderate, and difficult.

4. Targeted study: Keep time targets in terms of GMAT course completion, revision, and practice of questions. It will improve performance, overall speed, and accuracy. If a GMAT exam section is allotted 30 minutes, try to cover it five minutes early.

5. Practice regularly: GMAT preparation requires a lot of practice to improve the time speed, accuracy, and score range. GMAT practice test will be a great help. Practicing topics, especially weak ones, will give the candidate confidence in the exam hall and save him/her from the anxiety of exam pressure. Practice questions section-wise, and topic-wise, and try to give full-length question papers at regular intervals. For guidance or support the candidates can prefer GMAT coaching to enhance their efficiency and improve in the test. In case of convenience at home, the candidate can choose the GMAT online coaching.

6. GMAT diagnostic tests: These are designed like actual GMAT exams with similar questions asked in the main exam. By giving these tests, a candidate will come to know where he/she stands in the preparation, and what the weaknesses and strengths areas. They will also help in expanding knowledge as they come with detailed solution analysis, different methods to solve the questions, and percentile evaluation.

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