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GMAT Test Day Rules and Checklist
Arrive at the GMAT test center at least 30 minutes before your appointment. Refusing check-in forfeits your test fee, and missing...
Jul 21, 2026
GMAT Score Reporting and Sending Scores
Your GMAT exam fee includes up to 5 free score reports, but only if you select the programs within 48 hours of your Official Score...
Jul 20, 2026
GMAT Retake Policy: How Often You Can Retest
You must wait at least 16 days after a GMAT attempt before you sit it again, online or at a test center. You are allowed up to 5 a...
Jul 19, 2026
GMAT Test Dates: How to Choose One
GMAT exam dates work on an on-demand model. You pick any open date and time year round at a test center or online, instead of choo...
Jul 19, 2026
GMAT Cost and Fees
The GMAT costs US$275 at a test center and US$300 online in the United States. Your fee covers the exam and up to 5 score reports...
Jul 18, 2026
How to Register for the GMAT
You register for the GMAT on mba.com: create an account, click the yellow Register button, choose a test center or online delivery...
Jul 17, 2026
How Hard Is the GMAT
The GMAT is hard because it adapts question by question: every correct answer pulls up a harder one and every miss pulls up an eas...
Jul 16, 2026
GMAT Percentiles Explained
A GMAT percentile shows the percentage of test takers you scored above. In GMAC's August 2026 table, a 655 Total Score sits at 89....
Jul 16, 2026
What Is a Good GMAT Score
A good GMAT Focus Edition score starts at 565, the 50.9th percentile in the score concordance table GMAC published in July 2025. O...
Jul 15, 2026
GMAT Data Insights Section Guide
Data Insights is 20 questions in 45 minutes and one of three scored GMAT sections. Unlike the retired Integrated Reasoning section...
Jul 14, 2026
GMAT Study Plan: 1-Month and 3-Month Schedules
Budget around 80 hours of prep. GMAC survey data puts the median at 80 hours, near 50 hours for the lowest-scoring band and near 1...
Jul 13, 2026
How GMAT Scoring Works: The 205 to 805 Scale
The GMAT Total Score runs from 205 to 805 in 10-point steps, so every possible total ends in a 5.Three sections score on a 60 to 9...
Jul 12, 2026