New GMAT Focus Edition is the Only Version of the Test in 2024
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Intro to the GMAT
Summary
The new structure of the GMAT Focus Edition introduces significant changes in the exam format, including alterations in section lengths, question types, and scoring systems.
- The quantitative reasoning section now consists of 21 questions to be answered in 45 minutes, offering slightly more time per question than before.
- The verbal section comprises 23 questions in 45 minutes, with slightly less time per question, indicating a shift in focus towards efficiency.
- Introduction of a new section called Data Insights, replacing Integrated Reasoning (IR), with 20 questions in 45 minutes, and includes question types from the former IR section and data sufficiency questions.
- Significant content changes include the removal of data sufficiency questions from Quant, geometry content, and sentence correction from Verbal, streamlining the focus towards problem-solving, reading comprehension, and critical reasoning.
- The scoring system has been revised, with each section (Quant, Verbal, Data Insights) scored from 60 to 90, and a total score range now from 205 to 805.
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Exam Structure Overview
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Content and Section Changes
As of 2024, the new, shorter version of the GMAT (also called the GMAT Focus) is the only version of the test available to take.
For even more details about the new GMAT Focus edition, you can check out the full recording of this live stream on YouTube, or here's an article with some quick highlights: GMAT Focus Edition: the Key Changes.
Lastly, to toggle your Magoosh account to the GMAT Focus version, please see this walkthrough: How to toggle your Magoosh account between Current GMAT and GMAT Focus version