5 New Changes to GMAT Exam You Need To Know!! | The GMAT Pill Study Method

So GMAC is the organization that administers the GMAT exam.

A few days ago they announced a few changes to GMAT Exam – particularly the SC portion.

1) SC: More questions will have multiple answer choices that are gramatically correct—but ONLY one maintains the meaning of the original question.

2) SC: Idioms will be phased out. Cultural references for non-native speakers will be less of a problem.

3) A 13th Edition of the Official Guide will be available by April 2012

4) The Integrated Reasoning section will replace the Analysis of an Issue Essay in June 2012 and it won’t be adaptive like the other sections.

5) If you need additional practice questions – you can now get GMAT Paper tests — in addition to GMAT Prep software and Official Guide questions.

So what does this mean?

It means SC will be less about spotting ERRORS and more about phrasing things correctly. In a way, it’s a bit more realistic in the context of editing writing. When you edit writing—a sentence with an intended meaning is already there. Your job is to word it in a professional, error-free way. Your job is NOT to rewrite the sentence with a whole new meaning–even if it is grammatically correct.

So welcome to this new approach. Keep an eye out for these kinds of questions. Don’t simply look for errors and automatically pick an answer just because you see no errors. Yes, actually have to think a little bit.

But this doesn’t change things too much. Because the approach we teach at GMATPill (SC) already encompasses this meaning portion. The 2 big areas we always focus on are:
1) STRUCTURE
2) MEANING

So it’s not anything new really. Just a greater emphasis on the MEANING portion. Rest assured–this doesn’t affect GMATPill students too much.

It’s definitely good to know about the April 2012/June 2012 timeline so you can plan ahead and decide for yourself whether you want to take the exam before or after that time.

That’s it for now, folks. Check in again later!

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