GMAT Focus Edition and the current GMAT
The GMAT Focus Edition arrived in November 2023 and replaced the 10th Edition, which ended in early 2024. GMAC now calls it simply the GMAT Exam. If you sit the GMAT today, this is the exam you take.
The exam today
Quantitative Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning
Data Insights
You choose the section order, and you may take one optional 10-minute break. Each section adapts to you as you answer, and the three count equally towards a total from 205 to 805.
What changed from the old GMAT
| GMAT Exam (Focus) | 10th Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Sections | Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights | Quant, Verbal, Integrated Reasoning and an essay |
| Length | 64 questions in 2 hours 15 minutes | 79 questions and an essay in about 3 hours 7 minutes of testing |
| Total score | 205 to 805, every total ending in 5 | 200 to 800, every total ending in 0 |
| Data Sufficiency | In Data Insights, with a calculator | In Quant, without a calculator |
| Removed | Sentence Correction, geometry and the essay | — |
| Review | Bookmark, then change up to three answers per section | No going back |
Comparing scores
A current total is not the same number on the old scale. GMAC lines the two up by percentile in its concordance table: a current 645, for example, sits where 690 to 700 sat on the old scale.