12 Days of Christmas 🎅
GMAT Competition with Lots of Prizes & Fun$39,000 Prize Fund . Dec 15 - 26, 2025
The competition is over! 1,700+ people participated
Join us for fun with GMAT questions to help with your prep That's assuming you think solving GMAT questions is funGMAT Club 12 Days of Christmas is a 5th Annual GMAT Club Winter Competition based on solving questions. This is the Winter GMAT competition on GMAT Club with an amazing opportunity to win over
$30,000 worth of prizes! If you are a hard worker and dedicated, this is a great opportunity to convert your hard work into GMAT Courses while studying and improving your score all along! I really hope you will join us this year and use this opportunity. You can also check competitions
12 Days of Christmas 2024,
12 Days of Christmas 2023,
12 Days of Christmas 2022,
12 Days of Christmas 2021, and
12 Days of Christmas 2020Thank you sponsors for providing prizes and questions (Thank you
Experts' Global) - without your questions the competition would not happen and without the prizes, it would not be as fun.
Important Dates:- Nov 27: Registration Opens. Click Join the Competition Button below
- Dec 15th: Competition Begins at 8 AM PST/11 AM EST/9:30 PM IST
- Dec 27th: Last day of Competition
- By Dec 31st: Winners Announced
FAQ:How do I Participate? First, you need to register.
Then on
Monday Dec 15, you will be able to start competing by attempting questions with the timer and posting explanations to never-before-seen questions.
You and Your Team will receive points for a number of activities as well as opportunities for bonus points. See below the point earning table for details about activities and points. Team and Individual points earned will be reflected on this page below in your Dashboard.
What Do You Mean "Team-Based"? This competition is team-based, which means one of the 4 teams will win and
all winning team members will receive prizes.
What GMAT Questions will be used? Questions NOT used in the competition: Prizes:Big thanks to our sponsors for providing prizes and questions for the competition!
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You can win a complete admissions consulting package that includes:
- Kick off questionnaire (IMPACT framework)
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3 Hours of GMAT/GRE Tutoring with PMC $1,000 | 1 available | Total Value: $1,000Meet with your GMAT tutor or GRE tutor at times convenient for you. Using Zoom and our whiteboard sharing software, your private GMAT or GRE tutor will assist with:
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GMAT Club Tests Elite (3-month access) - $189 each | 20 licenses available | Total Value: $3,780.
- 12 Full Adaptive Tests
- 40 Sectional Adaptive Tests
- Adaptive Quiz with 40,000 questions
- Unlimited question bank resets and pause feature
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GMAT Club tests are some of the best and well-known practice tests for those looking to improve their quant score. These tests were written by moderators such as Bunuel and others to help prepare you for the unexpected. These questions do
not force you to do excruciating calculations or needlessly waste your time.
GMAT Club tests focus on combining multiple concepts and present you with questions you have not seen before, just like the hard quant questions on the GMAT - forcing you to find a solution to a question you have never seen before.
- Your access will start on Dec 31st, right after the competition ends.
GMAT Club Tests PRO (2-week access) - $25 each | 400 licenses available for the ENTIRE winning team | Total Value: $10,000.
- 12 Full Adaptive Tests
- 40 Sectional Adaptive Tests
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GMAT Club tests are some of the best and well-known practice tests for those looking to improve their quant score. These tests were written by moderators such as Bunuel and others to help prepare you for the unexpected. These questions do
not force you to do excruciating calculations or needlessly waste your time.
GMAT Club tests focus on combining multiple concepts and present you with questions you have not seen before, just like the hard quant questions on the GMAT - forcing you to find a solution to a question you have never seen before.
- Your access will start on Dec 31st, right after the competition ends.
Total Prize value: $35,000+ The prize list is still expanding and we will update it as more prizes are added.Will Everyone Win Prizes?- Everyone on the winning team will!
- The team that gets the most points at the end of the competition, will win. Every member on the winning team will receive access to the GMAT Club Tests for 2 weeks.
- The top 3 players on each of the 4 teams will have a choice of the top prizes (the winning team's 3 top users will have the first pick), and then the next 9 will choose their prizes based on the point ranking
- The remaining prizes will be distributed among the users based on the points earned. Each user is limited to 1 prize. We have a lot of prizes and expect over 500+ people getting something (Full disclosure: the majority of those, will be getting GMAT Club tests for the winning team). In other words, 9 people from non-winning teams will also win prizes based on the above.
How Many Teams Are There?There is a total of 4 teams:
Team Santa,
Team Rudolph,
Team Elves, and
Team GrinchCan I Choose My Team?No, the assignment is random. You will be given your team name when you Join the Competition. Also, your avatar will reflect your team's colors
Which Team am I on?You can review the roster for the teams:
Team Santa,
Team Rudolph,
Team Elves, and
Team GrinchYou can also look at your avatar and the label at the top - the color corresponds to one of the 4 teams
Earning Points:Here is a detailed explanation of how you can earn points and bonus opportunities that exist.
Every day, GMAT Club Moderators will post 3-5 new questions (we will provide their listing in this topic) and we will identify them in the forum to make them easy to find.
Important: Questions will be posted ONLY at 8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT / 16:00 BST /21:30 IST
| CHRISTMAS Points | Action Required | Eligible Questions |
| 10 Points per timer | Timer Taken & Correctly Answered Question (awarded within 24 hrs) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 16 |
| Bonus 1: 10 CHRISTMAS Points | Taking the Timer in the first 120 minutes (2 hours) of question posting time (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 16 |
| Bonus 2: 10 CHRISTMAS Points | Posting an explanation (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 16 |
| Bonus 3*: 100 CHRISTMAS Points | Getting a Kudos from a moderator for a posted Explanation (Points awarded within 24 hrs ) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 16 |
| Bonus 4: 50 CHRISTMAS Points | Taking 30 timers in one day (Points awarded at Noon PST the following day). Only Questions taken between 0:01 and 23:59 US Pacific Time are counted. | Any questions in the DS/PS/CR forums (RC, MSR, G&T are not eligible) taken during competition days |
Max daily CHRISTMAS points per person per question: 130
Max daily timer Bonus: 50*The kudos are at the discretion of the moderators that may choose to give them or not to for any reason or no reason at all
Kudos will NOT be given for explanations that were not written exclusively by you. When will the Competition Questions be Posted?- We will start posting questions on Mon December 16th and will end on Dec 27.
- Questions will be posted Monday through Friday (no questions on Sat or Sun)
- Questions will be posted in the CR, DS, PS, TPA, forums (no RC or MSR or G&T)
- You will find links to questions posted in this topic as well
- Questions will be posted at 8 AM Pacific Standard US Time
How will I find the Competition Questions?Competition questions will be posted in the second post of this discussion (this same topic) and they will also bear the competition badge/icon
Can I see Other Replies? Can I edit mine?You will not be able to see other user's replies to the competition questions. They will be hidden until the following day. 24 hours after posting, the OA will be revealed and other user's answers will become visible. Note that you will not be able to edit your posts/explanations once you submit, so make sure you proof-read your work. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Any Other Questions?Please post them here, just reply in this topic. Thanks!
Competition Rules & Fine Print: When you join the competition, you agree to abide by these rules
- GMAT Club reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this competition at any time
- Any registered user can participate. Registration is required; only points earned after registration will be counted.
- Experts, Instructors, Tutors, Moderators, and Administrators are not eligible to earn points (though they can still participate in the competition - their points will not be used)
- Post only YOUR explanations. Posting explanations of other people or AI will not earn Kudos (and will not help you learn either)
- Please do not give Kudos to competition posts you cannot read
- Choices of Prizes will be available to the users with the highest scores first; if multiple users are eligible, we will draw randomly
- Cheaters and users try to illegitimately gain points will be excluded and may be deactivated
- All moderator decisions are final and are not eligible for public discussion. These guys work hard, please be kind
- Prizes are not transferable and cannot be sold or bartered; they will be void if traded
- Prizes must be activated/claimed by Feb 1, 2026 unless stated otherwise
- No refunds will be provided
- GMAT Club reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine who wins prizes, for what activity, and other prize decisions
- This is a very unique and complex competition and we appreciate your support; we may modify it if we notice irregularities or ways we can optimize it