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[2025] 80+ GMAT Exam Preparation Resources

We’ve curated a comprehensive list of courses, videos, mobile apps, books and other online resources to help you prepare for the GMAT.

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If you’d like to join a graduate management program like an MBA, there’s a good chance you’ll have to take the GMAT, the Graduate Management Admission Test. Launched in 1953, it’s part of the admissions process of over 2400 business schools in more than 110 countries worldwide, and it was taken over 108,000 times in 2023.

We’ve put together a series of articles compiling online resources to help you prepare for exams widely used in academia and beyond:

In this article, we cover GMAT.

We compiled a list of online resources, including online courses, practice websites, mobile apps, YouTube videos, vocabulary flashcards, podcasts, and guide books to help you prepare for the GMAT. But first, let us walk you through some useful information about the GMAT exam.

Table of Contents, click to jump to sections: 

What’s the GMAT

How to Prepare For the GMAT

What’s the GMAT

What’s Inside the GMAT

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a test developed and administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The exam mainly intends to assess analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in English. Like the GRE, GMAT is a computer adaptive test, meaning that your performance on earlier parts of the exam impacts the difficulty of subsequent parts, allowing a more fine-grained evaluation as test-takers work their way through the exam.

GMAT Format and Timing

Launched in late 2023, the GMAT (Focus Edition) exam consists of three sections: a quantitative reasoning section, a verbal reasoning section, and a data insights section. The order of the sections can vary: you’re allowed to answer the sections in any order, based on your strengths and preferences. The test takes 2 hours 15 minutes to complete, with an optional 10-minute break that you can take after the first or second section.

Section Number of questions Allotted Time
Quantitative Reasoning 21 45 minutes
Verbal Reasoning 23 45 minutes
Data Insights 20 45 minutes

How Are GMAT Scores Calculated

Both the quantitative and the verbal sections are item-level adaptive, meaning that with each question you answer, the difficulty of the assessment is tweaked. So your scores in these sections will depend not only on how many questions you answered correctly, but also on the difficulty of those questions. You will be penalized for any unanswered questions, so it’s important to manage your time while taking the exam.

The three sections are weighted equally, with results for each section ranging from 60 to 90, in intervals of 1. The raw scores are then converted to a number in the 205–805 range, in intervals of 10. All Total Scores end in a 5.

Your official Score Report also shows your percentile ranking, which indicates what percentage of test takers you performed better than. Your score remains valid for 5 years. If you have a GMAT score from the previous (10th Edition) exam, it is valid for 5 years from the date you took the exam.

What’s the Cost of the GMAT

The GMAT exam registration costs about US$275, though fees can vary slightly depending on your exact location. For example, it costs:

  • US$275 in the US
  • £250 in the United Kingdom
  • US$275 in India
  • US$250 in China.

You can check the official website for details and other service fees including rescheduling and cancelling.

Can You Take the GMAT at Home

You can take the GMAT at a test center or online. The GMAT Online exam is the same as the in-person exam: same format, same scoring, same question pool as if you’d taken the exam in a test center. The GMAT Online exam may cost a little more than one taken at a test center.

Some examples:

  • US$300 in the US
  • £275 in the United Kingdom
  • US$300 in India
  • Not available in mainland China.

ID Requirements

You need to provide a valid ID document to sit the exam. Check the ID requirements for your location.

How to Prepare For the GMAT

GMAT Online Courses

GMAT Practice Websites

GMAT YouTube Videos

GMAT Mobile Apps

GMAT Podcasts

GMAT Books

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Rui Ma

With a background in Health Statistics and Sociology, she has built a career path in Data Analytics.
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