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Updated on: 08 Mar 2023, 13:03
Originally posted by ExpertsGlobal5 on 08 Mar 2023, 12:28.
Last edited by ExpertsGlobal5 on 08 Mar 2023, 13:03, edited 4 times in total.
Last edited by ExpertsGlobal5 on 08 Mar 2023, 13:03, edited 4 times in total.
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Hello Everyone,
We just received the following email from the GMAC CEO.
The information is limited. I tried finding but could not locate any thread on this matter. Hence, starting this thread in the general interest of the community.
Official mba.com page for The GMAT Focus Edition
bb, please chime in.
Thanks.
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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
==========================================
Regards,
Experts' Global Team
We just received the following email from the GMAC CEO.
The information is limited. I tried finding but could not locate any thread on this matter. Hence, starting this thread in the general interest of the community.
Official mba.com page for The GMAT Focus Edition
bb, please chime in.
Thanks.
==========================================
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
==========================================
Regards,
Experts' Global Team
08 Mar 2023, 12:35
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Thanks so much for posting ExpertsGlobal5!
This is a HUGE change to the GMAT!
Here is what I am seeing on mba.com GMAT Focus Edition
My Take:
This is a HUGE change to the GMAT!
Here is what I am seeing on mba.com GMAT Focus Edition
- - Now features only three 45-minute sections, no essay, and reduced content to prep.
- Personalize your test-taking experience with Question Review & Edit, Select Section Order, and improved score sending options.
- Benefit from detailed performance insights through an improved Official Score Report, included with registration.
My Take:
- 1. This will be very confusing. Some people have been preparing for years to the GMAT, purchased books, etc, etc - vague announcements like these are going to confuse people and likely only shift people away from the GMAT towards tests like EA or GRE
2. GMAT is becoming easier? Hard to tell yet but the messaging seems to imply it or at least market it as such. Anyone else got this feel?
3. We all have seen the execution of GMAT online and shift from GMAT Prep to a new platform. These were painful events. Execution has suffered in the past and I am hoping this will be a better transition that will be easier for test-takers. I am just thinking about comparing your scores from the 800-point test to the new test. Is the test scale going to be the same? This also means that if you are taking the test in the fall, you can take Full Test online, Full Test at a test center, Focused/short test online, or Focused/Short version at a test center. Lots of Choices...
4. No essay seems an interesting change in the world of ChatGPT but the AWA has been dead for a while...
5. 3 sections likely means Quant, Verbal, and IR of some sorts? It would be helpful if they were less mysterious
6. Not surprising GMAT is making changes since the test volume has gone down 50% in the past 3 years. But are these the right changes?
7. I think it would be better for the test to address online testing issues because no matter the length of the test and other changes, if the online test experience is subpar, it is subpar in both formats.
8. This means more confusion among applicants about the GMAT vs. GMAT Focused version vs. EA vs. GRE vs Whatever?
9. I feel that it is insufficient to provide just Official test materials since OG and Tests are such a small portion of the preparation experience and looking at the announcement from GMAC, it seems they are not recognizing the value and the contribution that test prep companies are providing to the success of the test takers and the test itself. I am looking at all the companies that have built courses, products, tests, etc that would have benefited from input and advance warning/notification so that they can launch/build products. Apple does that for their developers even so that they new version of iOS does not show up with out apps.... I feel this was a missed opportunity that would have been so easy to capitalize on.
P.S. I put Major Changes announced for Fall 2023 in the announcement but it actually does not give a date/time for the changes and when to expect them, just says later this year, which could be Dec 31 for all we know or May 1. However since the expectation is that the old test will be available through early 2024, I would think they would give it at least 3-6 months of a transition time so hence my thought that it would be done in the fall.
The new test format will allow changing the options on up to 3 questions. Interesting enough, this is something GMAC was surveying test takers 18 months ago. I thought this was an interesting/odd format but it seems they stuck with it.
PPS. The cherry on the cake is that the OG2023 has been canceled
The page that was there on Amazon back in November https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-official ... 01648.html is now missing...
https://www.amazon.com/GMAT-Official-Gu ... camp=2025&
The new test format will allow changing the options on up to 3 questions. Interesting enough, this is something GMAC was surveying test takers 18 months ago. I thought this was an interesting/odd format but it seems they stuck with it.
PPS. The cherry on the cake is that the OG2023 has been canceled
The page that was there on Amazon back in November https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-official ... 01648.html is now missing...
https://www.amazon.com/GMAT-Official-Gu ... camp=2025&
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