GMAT stands for Graduate Management Admission Test and this examination is conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council for admission of students to the business schools located all over the world.

Purpose of GMAT Exam:

GMAT is designed for the purpose of judging the writing, quantitative and verbal skills of the candidates to judge whether they are suitable for graduate studies in business in institutions located all over the world. It is a computer-based examination in such a way that as soon as a candidate completes one question, the next question automatically appears on his/her screen from a large database of questions.

Coaching institutes for GMAT:

A number of coaching institutes are offering coaching for GMAT exam and the names of some of the top coaching institutes for GMAT coaching is given below:

• 4GMAT

• Achievers Point

• Jamboree

Some of the details regarding these coaching institutes are given below:

4GMAT:

4GMAT is a preparation division of the Test Catalyst India Private Limited established with the objective of offering classroom and online preparation for GMAT Examination. They have a number of branches at Chennai and they also have branches at Mumbai and Bangalore. They offer Weekend classes for GMAT preparation, GMAT ebooks, GMAT math preparation books and practice test papers for GMAT. For more information candidates can visit their website at http://www.4gmat.com/

Achievers Point:

Achievers Point’s classroom course for GMAT is conducted by well-experience faculty members with the help of course material offered by the institute and the course includes unlimited one-to-one personal doubt sessions and CBT labs. For more information about the coaching offered by them to GMAT examination, candidates can visit their website at http://www.achieverspoint.com/home.htm

Jamboree:

Jamboree offers both classroom coaching and Computer Aided Training to the GMAT examination. The classroom coaching offered by them extends to a period of 11 weeks with two days per week for three hours per day. They also offer weekend classes during Saturdays and Sundays. Their computer-aided training for GMAT is a self-study course and students taking the online course are permitted access to study material and library of the institute. For more details, candidates can visit the GMAT section of their website at http://www.jamboreeindia.com/our_programs.asp#gmat

Pattern of GMAT Exam:

GMAT question paper consists of four separately timed sections namely analytical writing assessment section, quantitative section and verbal section. The first section will have two essay questions and 30 minutes is allotted for this section, the second section will have 37 multiple choice questions and 75 minutes is allotted for this section and verbal section includes 40 multiple-choice question, which is also conducted for 75 minutes.