Graduate Management Admission Test Candidates

1 2011-20122010-20112012-20132008-20092009 -2010 ProfileCandidatesof Graduate Management Admission Test executive Summary The 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 the potential applicant pool for Graduate business programs. Use this executive summary to find out about volume and mean GMAT Total scores by: gender citizenship world region Copyright 2013 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ).

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3 Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems, le of GMAT Candidates , 2008 09 to 2012 13 (Executive Summary) 2013 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ). All rights IntroductIon ..2 Inside the Profile Executive Summary ..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 Table 1. GMAT Total Score Means by Gender and Testing year ..5 Figure 1. GMAT Testing: Five years in Focus ..5 GMAT volUME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by cItIzenshIp, Gender, and testInG Year.

4 6 Table 2. GMAT Total Score Means by region of Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ..6 Table 3. GMAT Total Score Means by Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ..7 related publIcatIons ..14 recruItInG resources ..152 Pro le of GMAT Candidates , 2008 09 to 2012 13 (Executive Summary) 2013 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ). All rights ecutive summary of the Profile of Graduate Management Admission test (GMAt ) Candidates 2008 09 to 2012 13 Testing year 2012 13 held a number of significant milestones for the Graduate Management Admission Test exam.

5 A total of 238,356 GMAT exams were administered, with 675,733 score reports sent to nearly 5,600 Graduate -level Management programs around the world. As expected, testing year 2012 13 data show a decline in testing volume compared with the surge noted the previous year. This trend reflects increased interest in the exam brought on by the addition of the Integrated reasoning section on June 5, 2012, which pulled testing 2011 12 figures toward record highs. Historically, test volume rises just before changes are made to a standardized exam as test takers opt for a familiar format at transition time.

6 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 Profile Executive SummaryThis edition of the Profile summarizes GMAT data by gender over 10 testing years, as well as by citizenship and world region over five testing years, from 2008 09 through 2012 13.

7 Testing years run from July 1 to June 30, mirroring many academic calendars. More detailed data on student mobility are available in the Geographic Trend reports, which provide a closer look at GMAT 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 ExamineesFor details, visit gmac .com/research .3 Pro le of GMAT Candidates , 2008 09 to 2012 13 (Executive Summary) 2013 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC ).

8 All rights about the GMat examThe GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 2,100 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. 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.

9 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 2012 13 testing year, he or she would represent a total of two exams taken during that 2008 09, 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, 190,658 unique test takers submitted valid scores, which translates to 80 percent of the 238,356 GMAT exams reported for the year.

10 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 87 percent in 2012 13, compared with just 67 percent for citizens of East and Southeast Asian percentage of tests taken by non-US citizens has gone from 51 percent in 2008 09 to 62 percent in 2012 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 The Graduate Management Admission Search Service (GMASS ) database is an annual, subscription-based service with a pool of names of potential applicants who have chosen to make their contact and other information available to schools.