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GMAT Overview

An independent, unofficial guide to the current GMAT Focus Edition format — not affiliated with or endorsed by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Format last checked: August 2026. The GMAT Focus Edition (11th Edition) replaced the "Classic" GMAT in late 2023: the Analytical Writing Assessment (essay) was eliminated, Integrated Reasoning and Data Sufficiency were merged into a new Data Insights section, and Geometry and Sentence Correction were dropped from scope entirely. If you've seen older prep material describing a 3-hour, 4-section, 800-point-only exam, it's out of date.
135 minTotal testing time
205–805Total score scale
3Sections, all scored & equally weighted
45 minPer section, each timed separately
SectionCountTimeNotes
Quantitative Reasoning2145 minProblem Solving only, on the official test — no Data Sufficiency and no Geometry.
Verbal Reasoning2345 minReading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning only, on the official test — Sentence Correction was removed.
Data Insights2045 minData Sufficiency, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis, and Multi-Source Reasoning, on the official test.

How this platform's mock exam differs

To keep every question here 100% original (no GMAC material is reproduced anywhere on this site), the mock exam runs a 15-question Quant section, an 18-question Verbal section (10 Critical Reasoning + 2 Reading Comprehension passages), and a 12-question Data Insights section — shorter than the official 64-question count, but timed at the real 45 minutes per section, so your pacing practice is realistic. The official exam is also computer-adaptive (question difficulty shifts based on your answers); this mock exam uses a fixed question set instead, since true adaptivity requires a much larger item bank than a single original mock can responsibly provide. On the real exam you also choose your own section order and take one optional break; this mock runs a fixed order (Quant → Verbal → break → Data Insights) to keep the experience simple.

A note on scoring

The total score (205–805) shown after a mock exam is an illustrative estimate built from generally reported scaling patterns — it is not GMAC's official, adaptive scoring algorithm, which is proprietary and accounts for question difficulty, not just raw accuracy. Use it as a rough compass heading, not a guarantee.