ABout the GMAT
The GMAT Test
MBA programs are receiving greater numbers of applicants each year. Most top programs such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and Wharton say they have no "cut-off" score; yet, the average score of admitted applicants is above 700. Plus, according to Business Week, the average GMAT score has risen 20 points since 1995.
The GMAT is an incredibly difficult test but the good news is that the GMAT tests the same set of skills every time. Taking a test prep course means taking control of your future. Taking our GMAT course prepares you for each section, increasing your proficiency, confidence and, ultimately, your score. Savvy EC Boston students are working hard to give themselves the advantage!
Test Overview
The GMAT is an adaptive test meaning the computer selects the degree of difficulty of each question based on your answer to the previous question.
Test Structure
Section
|
Length |
Total Questions |
Quantitative (200-800 points): Data Sufficiency Problem Solving |
75 minutes |
37 |
Verbal (200 - 800 points): Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning Sentence Correction |
75 minutes |
41 |
Analytical Writing Assessment (Score Range: 0-6): Analysis of an Issue Analysis of an Argument |
60 minutes |
2 |
Nationwide Average GMAT Score: 497
Score improvement range of EC Boston students: 80-180 points
Quantitative Section
This section of the test includes problems of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis. We offer a comprehensive review of these topics and familiarize you with question types and problem-solving strategies such as back-solving and estimating. Most importantly, we show you how to identify what information you need to solve a problem so that you can immediately identify correct answers or eliminate incorrect ones. Also, we teach topics such as advanced probability and combinations and permutations. These skills are necessary to answering the most difficult corrections correctly.
Verbal Section
Sentence Correction
The sentence correction problems test your knowledge of grammar and style. This means that more than one answer may be grammatically correct, but one is stylistically superior.
Can you identify and correct the mistakes in the sentences below?
1. Each one of Hemmingway?s wives Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh were accomplished in their own ways.
2. A survey by the National Organization of Women showed that in 2000 there were 245,782 female lawyers, almost 40 percent of the nation?s lawyers, twice as much as 1985.
3. At EC Boston we systematically train you how to determine and correct the most common errors so that you don?t choose an answer ?just because it sounds right.?
Critical Reasoning
The critical reasoning section presents you with a series of arguments and asks you to assess each argument. When practicing this section we show you how to determine exactly what you need to know to answer each question.
Writing Assessment
Our teachers efficiently cover the basics of analytical writing and proceed to more advanced skills. When it comes to writing, there is always room to improve your score and as our students you will receive detailed feedback. Over the last 17 years, we have helped many motivated yet inexperienced writers to move from rudimentary essay-writing techniques to a skilled, confident, and nuanced approach. We have helped experienced writers focus on the particulars of exemplary analytical writing.
Superior GMAT scores are essential to contend for matriculation at top schools. At EC Boston, we provide small classes, which allows for individual attention. Our instructors not only have excellent test scores--they have the teaching ability to help you markedly improve your own score.
