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Global View - Taking The GMAT #D0320

Ash: I can’t seem to progress up the career ladder no matter how hard I try and I have been here for 2 years already!

Mindy: Well, have you thought of getting an MBA? I heard it does wonders in getting you to the top.

Ash: An MBA hey... well my degree wasn’t in business, the business schools won’t be interested in me.

Mindy: Nonsense! The business schools measure your ability through a test called GMAT.

Ash: GMAT? What does that stand for and what will the test contain?

Mindy: Graduate Management Admission Test, it contains three parts; Analytical Writing Assessment, the Quantitative section, and the Verbal section. Not only does the test mark you on the number of questions answered but also on the difficulty.

Ash: Okay this sounds a little tough, how am I supposed to practice for this?

Mindy: Up to you, you could have a one on one session with a tutor or group sessions, you can also use free or private computer software. Going to church might help as well!

Ash: No matter what I do I’m going to ace this test and go on to become a corporate fat cat!

Mindy: Umm... That’s the spirit!

Key Vocabulary

corporate - related to business

management - the action of controlling an area of a business

graduate - person who finished university

GMAT - Graduate Management Admissions Test

analytical - pertaining to or proceeding by analysis

quantitative - type of information based in quantities

verbal - consisting of or in the form of words

MBA - Master of Business Administration

fat cat - a wealthy and privileged person

Supplementary Vocabulary

greed - excessive desire, as for wealth or power

wizard - a person of amazing skill or accomplishment

market - the field of trade or business

thesis - a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research

professor - a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university