The Focus edition of the GMAT® is scored on a scale between 205 and 805, in 10-point increments. Please note that the GMAT® Score alone cannot guarantee admission into a school since the schools look at many other aspects of a student’s profile.
| Category | Duration | Question | Duration per Question | Item Type | Scaled Score | |
| Data Insights | 45 minutes | 20 Questions | 150 Seconds / Question |
| Scored on a scale of 60-90 | |
| Quantitative Section | 45 minutes | 21 questions | 128 Seconds / Question |
| Scored on a scale of 60-90 | |
| Verbal Section | 45 minutes | 23 questions | 117 Seconds / Question |
| Scored on a scale of 60-90 | |
| Total Duration of GMAT® Focus | 2.5 Hours (including 1 10-min break) | |||||
Live classes are conducted as per the schedule uploaded on the course pages. For the weekday batch, you will be able to complete your course in ~6.5-7 weeks; for the weekend batch, you will be able to complete the course in 8 weeks. Post this, we focus on error analysis and more targeted practice of question sets.
Upon completing the additional question sets, you will be ready for your mock writing phase, in which coaches will constantly connect with you to give insights to improve your performance.
After enrollment, you will be given access to your student portal, which will comprise the session recordings, assignments, and class schedule. You will also be able to attend the live classes through the student portal itself. In addition, you will be given access to WhatsApp groups of the batch that you have signed up for.
Furthermore, you will have a mentorship call with Paramjit Das, who will outline the steps to be completed (including any pre-requisite homework) before you attend the first session.
You can connect with your mentors directly on WhatsApp and schedule unlimited mentorship calls directly with them. We are also available around the clock on WhatsApp. Our courses come with UNLIMITED validity, and therefore we are always available to discuss any type of doubt, concern, or apprehension you have.
We also guarantee a response within an hour on our WhatsApp GMAT group to any doubts you have.
Nope! The materials provided by GMAT30 is sufficient to secure the 99th%ile and beyond on the GMAT
GMAT®, as such, has no such eligibility requirements – as long as you are 13 years of age or older, you can take the GMAT®.
GMAT® is a question-wise adaptive test – GMAT® adapts itself to your performance while you are taking the test. While the test typically starts with a medium difficulty question, the question difficulty level changes based on whether you are getting questions right or wrong. If you are getting questions right, the question difficulty level rises and you start seeing more difficult questions. Likewise, if you are getting questions wrong, you start seeing easier questions. Based on your performance in the test section at different difficulty levels, your score is calculated.
Since the next question is generated based on the difficulty level of the current question, and your performance in the section till that point in time, you also cannot browse back and forth between questions.
Also, you MUST select an answer to a question (take a calculated guess if you are unsure of the correct answer) in order to proceed to the next question
Not all questions that you see on the GMAT® are scored. In fact, on the current edition of the GMAT®, 10% of the questions on the Quant section (roughly 2 questions out of 21), and around 9% of the questions on the Verbal section (2 out of 23) are experimental questions. Do note that experimental questions can appear in any order and at ANY point in exam – it is NOT the case that experimental questions cannot appear at the start or at the end of the respective section.
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
ESR (Enhanced Score Report) is available for cancelled scores also. So, if a student is unhappy with his score, he can cancel it, order the ESR, assess where he did not do well and prepare for his next attempt accordingly.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
The GMAT® test registration fee is USD 275 (~ INR 23,100). For the in-centre GMAT, this includes sending your score report to 5 institutes as well. You have to select these 5 schools during the GMAT® in-centre test. For the GMAT ® online test, you can send score reports to as many universities you wish free of cost.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
If you secure the 90th percentile it means that 90% of the students who have taken the exam in the past three years are below you and 10% are equal to or above you. Note that unlike CAT percentiles, where a top college cutoff can go as high as 99.99%ile, a GMAT score above the 94%ile is considered “very good” or “competitive” by most top B-schools
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
Don’t panic. You might have encountered one of the experimental questions. Also, the GMAT®’s algorithm does not work in a simple, linear format – it is fairly sophisticated and based on millions of data points and performance metrics gathered cumulatively over a number of years. Therefore, it is technically possible for you to encounter an easy question even if you are getting questions right. Finally, remember that ‘easy’ is a relative term – what seems easy to you might not be so easy to others. Therefore, don’t waste your test time thinking on these and instead focus on the upcoming questions.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
Most of the universities take the best score. With the GMAT Focus exam, you have the option of choosing the score you want to send to a particular university.
Generally, this would be the score with the highest composite, although, if a particular university prefers a higher score in a certain sectional, you might want to send the score which demonstrates your higher sectional score.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
Technically, you can take it as late as September 10. However, it is best to take the GMAT at least 15 days before the deadline so that you have enough time to prepare the other parts of the application.
Generally, this would be the score with the highest composite, although, if a particular university prefers a higher score in a certain sectional, you might want to send the score which demonstrates your higher sectional score.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
Generally, this would be the score with the highest composite, although, if a particular university prefers a higher score in a certain sectional, you might want to send the score which demonstrates your higher sectional score.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
Yes.
For rescheduling, you will be charged according to when you reschedule your test date relative to your original exam date:
Refund if you cancel your GMAT® appointment:
Generally, this would be the score with the highest composite, although, if a particular university prefers a higher score in a certain sectional, you might want to send the score which demonstrates your higher sectional score.
For the GMAT® Focus Edition, ESRs are automatically a part of the official score report received by the student..
Experimental questions are questions marked by GMAC for future use. GMAC benchmarks your performance in the experimental questions against your performance in the questions that are scored. This information is utilized to assess the level of experimental questions so that they can be administered to candidates in future.
No. An on-screen calculator is available while answering the Integrated Reasoning section of the test. Calculators are not allowed in other sections.
If you are a Non-US applicant (e.g. if you are from India) – you MUST carry a VALID PASSPORT with a recent, recognizable photo (mandatory) and Appointment Confirmation Letter / Email sent by Pearson VUE. For GMAT(™) online exams sceduled April 17th or after, an Aadhar card will also be a valid document for Indian applicants.
If you are a Non-US applicant (e.g. if you are from India) – you MUST carry a VALID PASSPORT with a recent, recognizable photo (mandatory) and Appointment Confirmation Letter / Email sent by Pearson VUE. For GMAT(™) online exams sceduled April 17th or after, an Aadhar card will also be a valid document for Indian applicants.
GMAT® is a PART of your B-school application, not the entirety of your B-school application. Most B-school admission committees look at a profile from multiple aspects, and your GMAT score has a 20-25% weightage in your overall application.
This also explains the wide range of GMAT® scores of admitted candidates in top B-schools. One of the best know B-schools – University of Chicago: Booth has a score range of 570 – 780 for the admitted class of 2017.
B-schools look at your career goals, work experience, diversity that your profile brings in, recommendations, internships, undergrad performance, achievements, extra-curricular activities, etc. All these and your GMAT® and English language test scores must add up to communicate a single, consistent storyline about you.
Unlike the popular belief that getting a 700+ out of 800 on the total GMAT® score is all that is required, B-school admission committees actually look at your scores minutely. Your IR, Verbal, and Quantitative sectional scores are all weighed by the B-schools, not just your total score. Different admission committees have different requirements – while some B-schools look for a balanced score across all sections, few others look for a high quantitative section score.
This also explains the wide range of GMAT® scores of admitted candidates in top B-schools. One of the best know B-schools – University of Chicago: Booth has a score range of 570 – 780 for the admitted class of 2017.
B-schools look at your career goals, work experience, diversity that your profile brings in, recommendations, internships, undergrad performance, achievements, extra-curricular activities, etc. All these and your GMAT® and English language test scores must add up to communicate a single, consistent storyline about you.
Yes. You can retake the GMAT® again – 16 days after your GMAT® attempt
This also explains the wide range of GMAT® scores of admitted candidates in top B-schools. One of the best know B-schools – University of Chicago: Booth has a score range of 570 – 780 for the admitted class of 2017.
B-schools look at your career goals, work experience, diversity that your profile brings in, recommendations, internships, undergrad performance, achievements, extra-curricular activities, etc. All these and your GMAT® and English language test scores must add up to communicate a single, consistent storyline about you.
You can take the GMAT® up to 5 times in a calendar year (365 days from the first attempt). The number of lifetime GMAT® attempts for any candidate is 8
Yes. Approx 20% of those who take the GMAT® are actually retakers.
GMAT® test score is valid for five years.
There are no “good” or “bad”, “pass” or “fail”, “cut-off” scores in GMAT®. Basically, a good GMAT® score is a score that helps you secure a B-school admit of your choice.
Yes. GMAT® penalizes you if you run out of time and are not able to complete the section. Therefore, it is also important to focus on time-management aspects on the test. This is something that can be perfected only with practice.
GMAT® offers a ‘Score Preview’ feature where your unofficial scores in GMAT® Verbal, Quantitative and Data Insights along with your total score (out of 805) is displayed just after the test completion – once you submit the last question of the last section. You will have a 2 minute window to accept or cancel the scores. If you accept the score, you shall receive a printed copy of your GMAT® unofficial score report.
Your GMAT® Official Score Report (including scores in all sections) will be generated within a day of taking the test. Simultaneously, your official score reports shall be dispatched to the schools you had selected on the test day. Once the official score report is available, you shall be able to request for additional score reports to be sent to other B-schools from your GMAC account.
Yes. GMAT® allows you to cancel your GMAT® score during ‘Score Preview’ at the test venue as well as within 72 hours of the test.
You can cancel your test score during the ‘Score Preview’ just after the test.
You can cancel your test score later – within 72 hours of taking the test by paying a fee of USD 25.Your GMAT® Official Score Report (including scores in all sections) will be generated within a day of taking the test. Simultaneously, your official score reports shall be dispatched to the schools you had selected on the test day. Once the official score report is available, you shall be able to request for additional score reports to be sent to other B-schools from your GMAC account.
Yes. A cancelled GMAT® score can be re-instated up to 4 years and 11 months from the date of exam by paying a fee of USD 50.
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