Does the overall performance among the GMAT testing population remain about the same from year to year. If not, how does the scoring system account for performance trends?
The overall performance of the GMAT testing population has been improving gradually over the last several years. The reason for this trend has to do with the fact that the MBA degree has become increasingly popular, and that as a result the B-schools have become increasingly selective in admitting new students. The end result is that a given GMAT score doesnt get you as far as it used to in B-school admissions. Thus test-takers are taking the GMAT more seriously than ever before; theyre studying harder, and therefore scoring higher. Another factor contributing to the trend toward higher GMAT scores is that, since the introduction of the computer-adaptive GMAT in October of 1997, test-takers can take the GMAT any month of the year, as many as a dozen times a year, rather than only four times per yearas was the case when the GMAT was offered as a paper-based test. Repeat test-takers tend to score higher than first-time test-takers, and with year-round availability of the GMAT there are m
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