JNTU HOME: GMAT OVERVIEW

The GMAT exam consists of 3 sections

Test Details
	Verbal	Quant	AWA
	Sentence correction Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning	Problem solving Data Sufficiency	Perspectives on an issue Analysis of an argument
Marks	400	400	0-6(Graded)
Questions	41	37	1+1
Time	75 min	75 min	30 min + 30 min
* The scores are valid for 5 years

HOW TO APPLY ?

There are specific dates given by the GMAC on which you can take your test.
Fee for the exam: $250
There are three ways by which you can register for the exam.

Online

By Phone

By Mail

ONLINE

For the fastest and most convenient service, register online. You can get the online form by visiting the learners and test takers section of the GMAT website at www.mba.com. A valid credit card is required (American Express®, Discover®, JCB®, MasterCard®, or Visa® card), or an electronic check (e-check) if you have a bank account in the United States or its territories.
Registration is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

BY PHONE

A valid credit card is required (American Express®, Discover®, JCB®, MasterCard®, or Visa® card), or an electronic check (e-check) if you have a bank account in the United States or its territories.
When registering by phone, you are given a
Registration number, which you must bring to the test center on the test day
Test date
Reporting time
Test center address
The Contact details are as follow:
Telephone: +603 8318-9961, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. AEST
In India: +91 (0) 120 439 7830, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Indian Standard Time
Fax: +603 8319 1092

BY MAIL

To register for the GMAT® exam by mail or fax, you must complete the GMAT® Appointment Scheduling form. To complete it, you will also need the Country Code List. If you wish to fax your form, please use the fax number for Customer Service in your region listed above. If you wish to mail your form, please send your completed form to:

Pearson VUE
Attention: GMAT® Program
PO Box 581907
Minneapolis, MN 55458-1907
USA

Please keep in mind it can take up to eight (8) weeks for letters to reach the U.S. from some countries.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Study Abroad - An Overview

International applicants requesting admission to any Graduate School of Management or Non-Management program should have the following material:

Application for Admission.

There is an University Application fee which varies from $50 to $150 which is a non-refundable .
Personal statement of experiences and professional goals which states that why you want to pursue a specific course.
Two candidate evaluation forms or letters of reference. Evaluators must be people who are directly familiar with your academic, professional or leadership experience.
Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work accompanied by an English translation of all academic records and transcripts.
Official GMAT or GMAT score report.
Official TOEFL score report showing a score of 570 or better on the paper-based test, or a score of 230 or better on the computer-based test. TOEFL scores are valid for two years. The TOEFL requirement is waived for international students for whom English is the native language. The TOEFL requirement is also waived for international students who completed their undergraduate education in the United States at an accredited U.S. college or university.
Statement of Financial Responsibility & I-20 Documentation and official bank verification (written in English) showing sufficient resources to cover two years of educational and living expenses. Official bank documentation of funds is provided by your and/or your sponsor's financial institution's). These documents must be received and approved by the Atkinson School before an I-20 can be issued.
A photocopy of the name page of your passport showing your name as presented and spelled on your passport

How to apply

There are no specific dates or schedules for taking the GRE/GMAT/TOEFL. These are conducted round the year.

The procedure is to first obtain a form and consequently register your self for the exam.

1. Ordering the form - Forms and their details are available (free of cost) at:

Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM)	The United States Education Foundation in India (USEFI)
119/25-A, Mahatma Gandhi Marg Allahabad – 211001 (U.P.), India Phone: 0532 - 624881, 623858 Fax: 0532 - 624637 E-mail : ets@ipem.org Website : http://ipem.org/	Educational Advisor, USEFI, Fulbright House, 12 Hailey Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Phone : (011) 3328944 Fax : (011) 3329718 E-mail : vijaya@usefi.ernet.in

2. Registration : Thereafter, to register yourself for a particular test date, you can contact Sylvan Testing Services in New Delhi.

Address:
Sylvan Testing Services Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Plaza 160-A, Gautam Nagar, 3rd Floor Yusuf Sarai,
Behind Indian Oil Building
New Delhi 110 049
Tel: 011-6511649 Fax: 011-6529741

Acceptable Forms of Payment :

1. International Credit Card : The fee can be paid to Sylvan Testing Services through any of the following international credit cards- VISA, Master , American Express over a telephone.

2. Cheques, bank drafts, money orders payable in U.S. dollars must be drawn on banks located in the U.S and be made payable to ETS-GMAT/GRE/TOEFL.

If payments are made in the Indian currency, these must be made at the telegraphic transfer selling (TTS) exchange rate of the U.S. dollar equivalent. Cheques, money orders payable in Indian Rupee must be drawn on a bank in India

Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres in India

ALLAHABAD – IPEM TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8903 PERMANENT CENTRE	AHMADABAD TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8902 PERMANENT CENTRE
BANGALORE TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8904 PERMANENT CENTRE	CALCUTTA TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8906 PERMANENT CENTRE
HYDERABAD TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8908 PERMANENT CENTRE	MADRAS TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8909 PERMANENT CENTRE
MUMBAI TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8921 PERMANENT CENTRE	MUMBAI USEFI TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8905 PERMANENT CENTRE
NEW DELHI TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8901 PERMANENT CENTRE	TRIVANDRUM TEST CENTER NUMBER: 8912 PERMANENT CENTRE

TOP UNIVERSITIES OF U.S

Harvard University Boston, MA

Stanford University Stanford, CA

University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Philadelphia, PA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Cambridge, MA

Northwestern University (Kellogg) Evanston, IL

University of Chicago Chicago, IL

Dartmouth College (Tuck) Hanover, NH

University of California--Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA

Columbia University New York, NY

New York University (Stern) New York, NY

University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson) Los Angeles, CA

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross) Ann Arbor, MI

Yale University New Haven, CT

Cornell University (Johnson) Ithaca, NY

Duke University (Fuqua) Durham, NC

University of Virginia (Darden) Charlottesville, VA

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) Pittsburgh, PA

University of Texas--Austin (McCombs) Austin, TX

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill, NC

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University of Southern California (Marshall) Los Angeles, CA

Arizona State University (Carey) Tempe, AZ

Georgetown University (McDonough) Washington, DC

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University of Rochester (Simon) Rochester, NY

Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) St. Louis, MO

Ohio State University (Fisher) Columbus, OH

University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (Carlson) Minneapolis, MN

Brigham Young University (Marriott) Provo, UT

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Texas A&M University--College Station (Mays) College Station, TX

University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI

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Boston College (Carroll) Chestnut Hill, MA

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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick and Newark Newark, NJ

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University of Oklahoma (Price) Norman, OK

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Arizona State University--West Phoenix, AZ

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Auburn University--Main Campus Auburn University, AL

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Barry University (Andreas) Miami Shores, FL

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Boise State University Boise, ID

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Bradley University (Foster) Peoria, IL

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CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin) New York, NY

California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo (Orfalea) San Luis Obispo, CA

California State Polytechnic University--Pomona Pomona, CA

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TOP UNIVERSITIES OF U.K

1 Oxford	34 Cardiff	67 Coventry
2 Cambridge	35 Exeter	68 Brighton
3 Imperial College	36 Aston	69 Westminster
4 Bath	37 Dundee	70 Lampeter
5 London, LSE	38 Liverpool	71 Sunderland
6 Warwick	39 Queen Mary	72 Kingston
7 Bristol	40 East Anglia	73 Luton
8 York	41 Strathclyde	74 Salford
9 Nottingham	42 Kent	75 Manchester Metro
10 St Andrews	43 Hull	76 Surrey Roehampton
11 London, UCL	44 Sussex	77 Glasgow Caledonian
12 Manchester	45 Swansea	78 Central Lancashire
13 Durham	46 Keele	79 Leeds Metropolitan
14 Loughborough	47 City	80 Bournemouth
15 Edinburgh	48 Heriot-Watt	81 Glamorgan
16 Newcastle	49 Aberystwyth	82 Gloucestershire
17 Birmingham	50 Brunel	83 Staffordshire
18 Sheffield	51 Oxford Brookes	84 Wolverhampton
19 Aberdeen	52 Ulster	85 Liverpool John Moores
20 London, King's	53 Plymouth	86 De Montfort
21 Lancaster	54 Bradford	87 Central England
22 London, Royal Holloway	55 Nottingham Trent	88 Middlesex
23 Queens, Belfast	56 Bangor	89 Huddersfield
24 Southampton	57 Northumbria	90 GMATenwich
25 Essex	58 West of England	91 Lincoln
26 Leicester	59 Hertfordshire	92 Anglia
27 SOAS	60 Robert Gordon	93 Paisley
28 Glasgow	61 Sheffield Hallam	94 Teesside
29 Leeds	62 Portsmouth	95 South Bank
30 Reading	63 Goldsmiths College	96 Newport College
31 UMIST	64 Abertay Dundee	97 North London
32 Stirling	65 Cardiff Institute	98 Derby
33 Surrey	66 Napier	99 East London
		100 London Guildhall
		101 Thames Valley

REQUIREMENTS OF F1 VISA

If the foreign student advisor believes you have the resources necessary for study in the US, he or she will send you a Form I-20 (Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant [F-1] Student Status). You will need to submit this form with your application for a student visa to the American embassy or consulate. You will also have to provide proof of proficiency in English (unless you are enrolling in a language program).
You will also need:
-	Form DS-156 (Non-Immigrant Visa form available from US consular offices),
-	A passport (valid up to at least 6 months after the completion of your course),
-	A 1-1/2 inch square (passport size) photograph (37 mm x 37 mm) showing full face against a light background,
-	Financial documentation (including both solid & liquid assets) & annual income of the sponsor if any
-	Visa processing fee.
The following documents of non-immigrant intent can bolster your case further :
Letter from the prospective employer. Reference from somebody known to you who has returned to India after his masters. Requirement for your masters in your native country.

Visa Fees

Non-immigrant visa application fee (non-refundable) US $131

Visa fees are payable only via Demand Draft drawn on a national or international bank. The draft should favor of:

For New Delhi
- ‘US Embassy New Delhi'

For Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai
- ‘US Consulate General'
(as the city may be)

Important: Please write your complete name and passport number on the back of each draft.
Courier/Processing fee (payable by all applicants) RS. 400
Courier/Processing fees may be paid in cash