GMAT Courses

Overview

Administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the Graduate Management Admission Test is one of the most popular business school entrance exams out there. The exam that has a legacy of being one of the best for over half a century is an assessment of one’s analytical and quantitative reasoning skills. It also overlaps with the GRE General Test quite a lot.

While the GMAT establishes the student’s aptitude in the most relevant skills that they would need to succeed in the current graduate management programs and the workforce, it is not looked at by business schools in a vacuum. The GMAT is a part of the admissions process and colleges or universities will also look at the student’s academic career, professional experiences, essays, letters of recommendation, published literature, etc., before making a decision.This is not to take away from the influence that a good GMAT score can have on your admissions or the scholarship you receive. GMAT counts for a lot in this process.

Breaking Down the GMAT Course

In the process of testing the examinee’s analytical and quantitative reasoning skill, GMAC has designed the test with three clear modules. Each of these modules is expected to measure a major skill that an aspiring business school graduate must possess. The modules are as listed below:

1. Quantitative
As the name implies, the quantitative segment of the test deals with maths. This sections is meant to quantify the student’s mathematical aptitude. The questions in this segment are related to fractions, percentages, ratios, arithmetic algebra, geometry, number properties, and word problems. That being said, just having a generic understanding of the foundational concepts of the aforementioned mathematical areas might not be enough to ace the test. The student must also be able to decipher the word problem and used their knowledge to solve it demonstrating their ability to apply their knowledge. So, a robust foundation of logic and reasoning is also expected of the student. This part of the test will have 21 questions to be solved in under 45 minutes. The segment will be scored on a 60-90 point scale in single point increments. The candidates will have to solve the problem for the right answer.

2. Verbal
This segment is designed to test the candidate’s command over the standard English language and is tested by having them analyze arguments and read the given literature critically to answer questions.

The verbal segment comes with two distinct kinds of problems.The first variant is the Critical Reasoning questions. The idea here is that the student reads the given text, comprehends it, and develops an understanding of the implied ideas within the text. Then, that study is employed to answer the given questions. After this comes the Reading Comprehension segment. Here, the examinee would have to familiarize themselves with the the main ideas, summaries, and the logical structure of the arguments presented in the text. Once that is done, the candidate will have to use that understanding to answer a series of questions.The Verbal segment as a whole comes with a set of 23 questions that the examinee will have to solve in 45 minutes. The answers will then be applied to a 60 to 90 point scale in one point increments to make up the final score.

3. Data Insights
This segment of the test is, in some ways, an amalgamation of the two preceding segments. The foundational concepts required to solve the Data Insights segments come from the Quantitative section. However, the level of understanding that one needs to have to break down the question comes from the Verbal section. Apart from that, in this part of the course, the examinee will need to analyze and interpret graphs and tabulated information.

A hallmark feature of the Data Insights segment is that the questions here have more information than is required to solve the problem at hand. The candidate is expected to sift out the grain from the chaff.This segment has 20 questions to be solved in 45 minutes. The scoring is done in a 60 to 90-point range in single-point increments.

How is the GMAT Scored?

The individual segments of the test are scored on a scale of 60 to 90 points. However, the final result is published in a scale of 205 to 805 points in 10-point increments. To get an admission, a student must score about 645 points. The average score of the candidates that were offered admission in some of the best business schools out there have an average score of 645. Scoring higher than the average admitted student gives the candidate a fair chance.

Now, another aspect to the scoring equation is the adaptive format of the test. The test literally gets harder as one does better. It is designed in a way that every candidate feels the challenging nature of the test. Conversely, if an examinee is not doing so well, the questions do get easier to accommodate.
 

Where Can You Study a GMAT Course in Nepal?

A good place to start studying for the GMAT in Nepal is through the online platform Khan Academy. The digital service provider has a library of video lectures and practice materials designed to help potential examinees crack this supposedly tough test. Then again, most of the skills required to get a good GMAT score would have already been acquired by the aspiring graduate school candidate in their academic career up until that point. So, the GMAT preparation is an exercise in revising and honing skills, not learning new skills entirely.

There are educational institutions and consultancies that offer a full GMAT study course scattered all across Nepal. A person willing to learn could visit one or more of these institutions to find the one best suited for them. The course is usually 3 months long. So, students are encouraged to factor that prep-time in while getting ready for their college applications.