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Dear Key Stakeholder,
I am reaching out to you with an update on our work to ensure that the GMAT™ exam (GMAT™) remains the best test for business education globally.
Since its launch in 1954, the GMAT has been the gold standard in assessments and has continued evolving to ensure it remains a key indicator of candidate preparedness for graduate business degree programs. To that end, over the past two years, we have been working collaboratively with business school professionals representing a wide mix of program types and sizes from around the world and conducted in-depth concept testing with candidates globally representing a mix of demographic characteristics. Through this process of research, GMAC was able to identify several driving themes to inform our direction.
With this context in mind, I am thrilled to announce that we will be launching the next generation of the GMAT exam later this year.
Redesigned with business schools and candidates in mind, The GMAT™ Exam – Focus Edition is shorter, more flexible, and more insightful by homing in on the higher-order critical reasoning skills and data literacy especially relevant and applicable in the business environment of tomorrow. In short, it will be an improved element of your holistic admissions process. We believe that the more focused exam allows candidates to optimize their preparation and helps schools attract a global pool of qualified and diverse applicants.
Your role in supporting candidates on their journey to business school is important, and it is my hope that you will continue to provide candidates with valuable and timely insight and counsel so that they stay focused on their path toward business education with the current GMAT, which will remain available until early next year, or the GMAT Focus Edition when made available later this year. Please visit mba.com to learn more about the new features and stay informed by signing up as we roll out planned announcements and a robust program to engage with candidates, schools and key industry stakeholders such as your organization on the changes to the GMAT exam over the coming months.
Again, the current version of the GMAT exam will continue to be available to candidates until early next year to facilitate their in-progress preparation and applications for business school. Rest assured, GMAT™ Official Prep material will also be available to support candidates in achieving success on either version of the exam.
Please reach out to our team for any inquiries you might have. I look forward to your continued support in providing candidates with the best guidance as they realize the life-changing benefits of graduate business education.
Sincerely,
Joy Jones
CEO
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Archit3110 wrote:From the official website it feels as if this gmat Focus will be just another exam option but not replacement of existing gmat pattern..
I guess the gmat Focus might be for MiM courses or something specific like wise EA is for executive MBA..
https://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-focus-ed ... ng-page-og
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bb wrote:I love your feedback and a good laugh at the marketing assessment carcass.
I am curious to see if this will be a marketing move more than anything.
PS. We have reached out to GMAC with some questions and for more information, inviting them to conduct a webinar about the changes to the test. I will let you know what we hear back 😊
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Archit3110 wrote:doublecool kindly do not post things which are not issued by reliable sources.. hope you have some proof to share of the statement you just posted..
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