The Graduate Management Admission Test measures language, writing skills and quantitative abilities and is intended to indicate a person's potential as a participant of an MBA program. - or in the case of a 2 year program - their potential on the first year of such a program.
It is a required entry condition of many Schools - who will indicate a normal minimum score that they will accept. The test is administered throughout the world as a computer - adaptive test, at fixed dates. Total scores range from 200 to 800. Most entry requirements - where specified -require a minimum score between 400 and 600.