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1 2010-20112009-20102011-20122007-20082008 -2009 ProfileCandidatesof Graduate Management Admission Test five-Year SummaryMarket Your Program More Effectively withThe Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test CandidatesThe Profile is a rich source of significant demographic data about GMAT examinees over the past five years. It is ideal for gauging the size and characteristics of your business school s potential applicant pool. Use this book to find out about volume and mean GMAT Total scores by: gender undergraduate major world region age group citizenship US subgroup intended degree residency US stateFor an electronic copy of this document, visit request printed copies, or if you have questions about this publication, please contact us: Graduate Management Admission Council11921 Freedom Drive, Ste. 300 Reston, VA 20190 USAE mail: +1(703) 668-9605 or 1(866) 505-6559 (toll-free in the United States and Canada)The 2012 Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test Candidates has been printed on Rolland Opaque paper, an FSC-certified mixed-sources 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ).

2 All rights part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, distributed, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of GMAC. For permission, please contact the GMAC legal department at GMAC and GMAT logos, GMAC , GMASS , GMAT , Graduate Management Admission Council , Graduate Management Admission Search Service , and Graduate Management Admission Test are registered trademarks of the Graduate Management Admission Council in the United States of America and other countries. Management Admission Search Service , and Graduate Management Admission Test are registered trademarks of the Graduate Management Admission Council in the United States of America and other countries. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems, of GMAT Candidates , 2007 08 to 2011 12 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ). All rights IntroductIon ..2 Inside the Profile.

3 2 Notes About the GMAT Exam ..3 Notes About the Data ..3 Graduate Management Admission Council .. 4 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by Gender and testInG Year ..5 Figure 1. GMAT tests Taken by Gender and Testing year ..5 Table 1. GMAT Total Score Means by Gender and Testing year ..5 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by aGe Group, Gender, and testInG Year ..6 Figure 2. GMAT tests Taken by Age Group and Testing year ..6 Table 2. GMAT Total Score Means by Age Group, Gender, and Testing year ..7 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by Intended deGree, Gender, and testInG Year ..8 Figure 3. GMAT tests Taken by Intended Graduate Degree and Testing year ..8 Table 3. GMAT Total Score Means by Intended Graduate Degree, Gender, and Testing GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by underGraduate Major, Gender, and testInG Year ..10 Figure 4. GMAT tests Taken by undergraduate Major and Testing year ..10 Table 4. GMAT Total Score Means by undergraduate Major, Gender, and Testing year ..11 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by cItIzenshIp, Gender, and testInG Year.

4 16 Figure 5 (a, b). GMAT tests Taken by region of Citizenship and Testing year ..16 Table 5. GMAT Total Score Means by region of Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ..17 Figure 6. GMAT tests Taken by uS vs. Non-uS Citizens and Testing year ..18 Table 6. GMAT Total Score Means by Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ..19 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by resIdence, Gender, and testInG Year ..25 Figure 7 (a, b). GMAT tests Taken by World region of residence and Testing year ..25 Table 7. GMAT Total Score Means by World region of residence, Gender, and Testing year ..26 Figure 8. GMAT tests Taken by uS vs. Non-uS residence and Testing year ..27 Table 8. GMAT Total Score Means by residence, Gender, and Testing year ..28 GMAT voluME by cItIzenshIp, resIdence, and testInG Year bY world reGIon ..35 Table 9. GMAT tests Taken by Citizenship, region of residence, and Testing year by World region ..35 appendIx ..37 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by us subGroup, Gender, and testInG Year.

5 37 Figure A1. GMAT tests Taken by Testing year Among uS Non-White Subgroups ..37 Figure A2. GMAT tests Taken by Testing year Among uS White Subgroup ..37 Table A. GMAT Total Score Means by uS Subgroup, Gender, and Testing year ..38 GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by us state, Gender, and testInG Year ..39 Table b. GMAT Total Score Means by uS State of residence, Gender, and Testing year ..39 related publIcatIons ..42 recruItInG resources ..432 Profile of GMAT Candidates , 2007 08 to 2011 12 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ). All rights Profile of Graduate Management Admission test (GMAt ) Candidates 2007 08 to 2011 12 The 2011-2012 testing year held a number of significant milestones for the Graduate Management Admission Test exam. A total of 286,529 GMAT exams were administered, with 831,337 score reports sent to more than 5,200 Graduate -level Management programs around the world all record numbers. This record volume reflects the increase in Graduate -level business and Management programs, both MbA and other programs using the exam in their admissions process.

6 It also may reflect increased interest in the exam brought on by the addition of the Integrated reasoning section on June 5, 2012. Historically, test volume rises just before changes are made to a standardized exam as test takers opt for a familiar format at transition time. The Graduate Management Admission Council s annual Profile of GMAT Candidates captures key data about GMAT volume and the Candidates who take the exam. The Profile presents data about tests taken based on examinee gender, age, citizenship, residency, and world region. Additional analyses examine undergraduate major and intended the ProfileThis edition of the Profile summarizes GMAT data over five testing years, from 2007 08 through 2011 12. Testing years run from July 1 to June 30, mirroring many academic calendars. Descriptions of each individual table offer specific insights about how to interpret the data. At a glance, here s what the Profile can tell you: The total number of GMAT exams administered each year for the past 10 years Mean GMAT scores each year for the past 10 years1 Where examinees claim citizenship and residence, with breakdowns by world region for each of the last five years Test volume breakdown by gender, age, intended degree ( , MbA, EMbA, PhD), and undergraduate major1 When comparing mean scores in this report, keep in mind that the individuals represented in this report are self-select samples and their means are not necessarily representative of the of GMAT Candidates , 2007 08 to 2011 12 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ).

7 All rights detailed data on student mobility are available in the Geographic Trend reports and online interactive GMAT Trends Tracker tool, which provide a closer look at GMAT volume and score-sending trends over the past five years. Current titles include: Asian Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees European Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees North American Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees World Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees GMAT Trends Tracker (online tool using Adobe Flash)For details, visit gmac .com/research .notes about the GMat examThe GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 2,000 schools worldwide. The GMAT exam consists of four sections: verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing, and Integrated reasoning. GMAT Total scores, which are reported in the Profile, are calculated based on performance on the verbal and Quantitative sections of the exam. Total scores are reported in increments of 10, on a scale ranging from 200 to 800.

8 Notes about the dataUnique Examinees: Data in this report reflect the total number of GMAT exams that generated valid, reportable scores during a given testing year. Examinees who took the exam more than once during the year are included in the aggregate data each time they generated a valid score. For example, if an individual took the GMAT exam twice during the 2011 12 testing year, he or she would represent a total of two exams taken during that 2007 08, the annual percentage of individuals taking the GMAT exam has ranged from 80 to 84 percent of total GMAT exams taken globally. In the most recent testing year, 228,971 unique test takers submitted valid scores, which translates to 80 percent of the 286,529 GMAT exams reported for the year. Although the overall rate has remained relatively constant over the five-year period analyzed for this report, there is often significant variation across global regions. uS citizens, for example, had a unique examinee rate of 86 percent in 2011 12, compared with just 68 percent for citizens of East and Southeast Asian of GMAT Candidates , 2007 08 to 2011 12 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ).

9 All rights percentage of tests taken by non-uS citizens has gone from 49% in 2007 08 to 59% in 2011 information: During the test session, GMAT examinees are asked to provide the biographical and demographic information that is used in this Profile and for the Graduate Management Admission Search Service (GMASS ) Examinees are not required to provide this information, and some choose not to do so. No response data: No response data included in Table 1 of the Profile refer to a small number of examinees who did not respond to the question about gender. No response data are not specified in the other tables. Consequently, for tables other than Table 1, grand sums will not necessarily equal the total in Table 1. Note, however, that all test takers responded to the questions about gender, citizenship, and residency for testing years 2007 08 through 2011 12. Standard deviations: The only statistics reported in this summary are group sizes and mean Total scores. Another statistic commonly reported for data of this kind is the standard deviation, a measure of the spread of score distribution.

10 For the data reported in the Profile, nearly all of the standard deviations for GMAT Total scores are in the 90 to 110 range. because these standard deviations are redundant across subgroups tabulated in this summary and across the Profile s testing years, they are not reported in tables: Dashes that appear in tables throughout this report are used to indicate not applicable, such as when there are no examinees in a given subgroup and, thus, no scores exist. For examinee privacy, dashes are also used in place of mean Total scores when there are fewer than five examinees from a given subgroup or Management Admission councilThe Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test Candidates is a product of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test exam. based in reston, virginia, GMAC is a nonprofit education organization of leading Graduate business schools worldwide, dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about Graduate Management education.