You will solve a total of 37 Math (PS and DS) questions in 75
minutes, and a total of 41 Verbal (SC, CR and RC) questions,
also in 75 minutes.You will also have to write your 1 AWA essay
using the computer. Starting on June 5, 2012, you will also
solve 12 questions in 30' in the NEW Integrated Reasoning
section. This new IR section will replace the old Analysis of an
Argument AWA essay.
The test schedule is as follows:
1 AWA (Analysis of an Issue) section (30')
1 Integrated Reasoning section -- 12 questions in 30'
5' break
Quant. Section: 37 questions in 75' -- DS and PS
questions in no particular order
5' break
Verbal Section: 41 questions in 75' -- CR, SC and RC
questions in no particular order.
Of the 37 Math questions, 9 will be experimental, and of the 41
Verbal questions, 11 will be experimental. (Those questions will
NOT count toward your score.)
WHAT is a CAT test?
CAT means Computer Adaptive Test. If you get a certain
question right, the next one will be a little bit more
difficult. If you get it wrong, the next one will be a bit
easier. In other words, the computer tries to determine your
level of competency by "zeroing in" on a difficulty level at
which you will get half of the questions right (and,
consequently, half wrong). This is where the word "Adaptive"
comes from, and means that each test taker will solve a
different set of questions, according to his/her level of
competency.
WHAT
is the new Integrated Reasoning section?
The new IR section will ask you to analyze
tables and graphs and answer questions on the basis of this
analysis. These new questions will test the same old skills
required to solve Critical Reasoning and Data Sufficiency
questions, only that now you will have to use these skills in the
SAME question. That's why it is called INTEGRATED Reasoning. The
only new skill required will be table and graph analysis, but this
is not a specialized skill that you must acquire in order to take
the GMAT. Almost everyone is used to these tables and graphs in
news shows, newspapers and magazine articles.
