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All AWA Topics for GMAT Collection (Official List from GMAC)

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is this list still applicable if i take the test this October?

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thank you so much,.

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Hi i'm confused now!!

Please confirm whether in real GMAT exam AWA questions will be asked from the sample topics given in official web site/OG or can they be from anywhere...

Help please.

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Thank you so much. I'm studying for the GMAT and this is a great resource.

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Hi,
I'm curious how you all use these topics to study for the exam. Do you try to plan out an essay response in advance for each question, so you are prepared in case you get that question? Or are you just practicing with some of these topics to gain familiarity with the type of questions you might be asked and what an essay might look like? How much time have most people spent practicing for the writing section? Is it really that important?

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All Official AWA Topics

Attached are the latest/current collection of all of the Analysis of an Issue and Analysis of an Argument Essay/AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) Topics administered during the GMAT.

Unlike GMAT Questions, GMAC actually publishes the full list of all possible Essay Questions - in other words - these are the only topics you will be presented with. You are welcome to review them ahead of time and also use this list for practice.

Source: https://www.mba.com/mba/TheGMAT/TestStru ... efault.htm

Hi bb,
Could you please confirm are these docs updated one? As the Analysis of an Issue is replaced by IR...

Appreciate your feedback.

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29 Jan 2013, 05:44

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Hi debayan222,

Yes this is the updated one. I checked the two files and there has been no change in the prompts.

You can also visit the mba.com mentioned in bb's.

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Hi debayan222,

Yes this is the updated one. I checked the two files and there has been no change in the prompts.

You can also visit the mba.com mentioned in bb's.

Vercules

Hi Vercules,
Thanks for clarifying.
Appreciate your reply...

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bb,
You've again done an wonderful job man ! Really appreciate your effort for consolidating this..Kudos

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14 Apr 2013, 09:27

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Hi
Is there someplace where we can get our AWA evaluated?

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All Official AWA Topics

Attached are the latest/current collection of all of the Analysis of an Argument Essay/AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) Topics administered during the GMAT.

Hi bb- Could you please confirm to what extent this sample is updated?

Unlike GMAT Questions, GMAC actually publishes the full list of all possible Essay Questions - in other words - these are the only topics you will be presented with. You are welcome to review them ahead of time and also use this list for practice.

Source: https://www.mba.com/mba/TheGMAT/TestStru ... efault.htm

Are you saying that this list is exhausted and we can expect any one of these arguments (may be with slight modification)?

Much appreciate your feedback.

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All Official AWA Topics

Attached are the latest/current collection of all of the Analysis of an Argument Essay/AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) Topics administered during the GMAT.

Hi bb- Could you please confirm to what extent this sample is updated?

Are you saying that this list is exhausted and we can expect any one of these arguments (may be with slight modification)?

Much appreciate your feedback.

Hi bb,
Any update on this?

Looking forward to hear from you.

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23 Nov 2013, 06:25

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I took GMAT about a week back. The argument that I got in AWA wasn't there in the list of arguments published by GMAT.

It was about an "apparel company that is planning to expand its business by opening 125 retail stores and the CEO being a former rockstar... blah blah blah".

So I don't think the official list is exhaustive.

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20 May 2014, 17:38

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Thanks for sharing.

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16 Aug 2014, 06:56

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https://www.mba.com/india/the-gmat-exam/ ... ument.aspx

Is this list exhaustive?

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03 Sep 2014, 04:38

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Can anyone post the updated list for 2014?

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17 Jun 2015, 10:44

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I think the list is not supposed to be exhaustive.

Just passed the GMAT last week and y subject cannot be found in the list.

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19 Jan 2016, 02:47

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Just to update, there is a latest list on the GMAT website updated as of Dec 2015!

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14 May 2016, 18:25

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I took the GMAT at the end of April and my topic was definitely not on the updated list. I looked at the topics in OG 2016.

It was something about a company wanting to move the manufacturing of some product from one facility to another because it could be produced more efficiently at the other plant.... I don't remember what kind of "appliances" they were producing at the plant, but I checked the topics right after I got back from the test and it was NOT on the list.