The GMAC has introduced a revamped version of the GMAT exam known as the GMAT Focus Edition, featuring significant alterations to the test's structure, content, and scoring. The GMAT is still the computer-based test that business schools use to assess your profile and figure out if you are ready for their MBA programs. So, what the GMAT tests for has not really changed. The skills you need to do well on the regular GMAT are pretty much the same skills you will need for the GMAT Focus Edition. They are looking for the same business skills that matter for MBA programs and the real-world professional challenges.

Yes! All universities (without any exceptions!) accept the GMAT Focus Edition for their graduate management programs.

Top One Percent is fully prepared with its Concept Sessions, Unique and Copyrighted Techniques, Detailed Preparation Plan, and GMAT-Like Test Experience Mock Portal to help you succeed in conquering the GMAT Focus Edition and securing a position in the top 1 percentile.

Let us break it down at a topic level to gain a better understanding.

Quantitative Section – Each PS question in 700+ band is open to two interpretations: the correct one and the wrong one. The strange part is: if you interpret the question wrongly and calculate the wrong answer, that wrong answer is also present in the choices. This can truly hurt your chances. TOP is well-prepared for this section. There are no new additions, and consequently, no significant challenges to contend with. Only Geometry has been removed from this section, and Data Sufficiency will now be a part of the Data Insights section.

Verbal Section – Each RC question in the 700+ band tests tone (subtle and open to misinterpretation). If you are not being careful, you are going to be misled into choosing the wrong answer (the priming effect). Each CR question in the 700+ band makes you choose the "attractive wrong option" (generally placed before the right answer) and leave out the "boring (or seemingly irrelevant) correct answer". No new challenges in this section either! The removal of SC is the only change – nothing unexpected or surprising here! TOP is super ready to help students ace this section.

Data Insights Section – Each DS question in the 700+ band involves a TRAP. You end up marking the wrong answer with extreme confidence. Also, TOP has been teaching Integrated Reasoning (IR) for an extensive period now. We have consistently provided guidance to students, helping them navigate traps and achieve TOP scores. Since its introduction in 2012, we have been instrumental in assisting students in obtaining a perfect score in the classic GMAT Integrated Reasoning (IR) section. With the Focus Edition, there are no new surprises in this aspect as well. Thousands of Sandeep’s students have scored a perfect grade (8/8) in IR even when it was not an important section.

Have a look at this video from 11 years ago. These topics have been taught at TOP ONE PERCENT for such a long time now!
The only thing that shifts is the approach you adopt when tackling the exam. IR now contributes to your total score out of 805 – a difference compared to previous edition of exam. We have taken the initiative to stay updated, continuously refining and testing our strategies through multiple attempts to help you get the highest score in this section. This proactive approach ensures that we are well-equipped to navigate the nuances of the exam effectively.

The straight answer to this is NO! The GMAT Focus Edition has significant changes versus the classical GMAT but mostly the changes have been subtractions. Sentence Correction, Analytical Writing Assessment, Geometry have been removed while the rest of the study content stays the same. Data Insights as a section has been added which consists of Data Sufficiency & Integrated Reasoning. Integrated Reasoning now contributes to your score towards 805 (whereas earlier it didn’t). The number of questions per section have reduced and so has the timing for each section.

That said the effort that students will have to put in to achieve a mastery over the topics has not changed. We at TOP strictly believe that you cannot escape the hard work! All our students who achieve top one percentile scores believe in our ideology and have put in hours and hours of hard work to achieve those exceptional scores.

Only Percentile! Business Schools look at your percentile figures as with that you can be compared with other prospective candidates. So percentiles will definitely be relevant going forward and not the absolute score.

Top One Percent has already got three out of the eight potential 100th percentile scorers that will come between November 2023 and November 2024. Need we say more? Top One Percent’s GMAT Course GMAT Course is geared towards a 770+ Score! The copyrighted techniques developed by Sandeep Gupta, which include OCTAAVE for Reading Comprehension, ACT for Critical Reasoning, ACED for Data Sufficiency and LINGO for Problem Solving have enabled thousands of our students to secure a 99%ile score on the GMAT!

Absolutely comprehensive material (the most exhaustive content on this planet) includes:

1. All the five GMAT Books written by Sandeep (“The Most Authoritative Guides on GMAT” Series)
2. 72 hours of Online Classes – the maximum number of LIVE hours by any institute in the world
3. Every single question taught using Sandeep’s unique, copyrighted techniques: OCTAAVE (RC), ACT & ANT (CR), ACED (DS), LINGO (PS), SPAR (IR)
4. Equivalent of 50 Mock Tests (the closest simulation to the real thing) with detailed solutions – the maximum by any institute in the world
5. More than 10,000 practice questions – the maximum by any institute in the world
6. You are not supposed to refer to anything else at all. Not even one word!
7. Strategy discussion sessions - Guidance on the way forward (by 99th percentile scorers)
8. Personalized doubt clearing by expert faculty (by 99th percentile scorers)
9. General counselling/ Pep-talk webinars
10. Guaranteed 99 percentile score if you do all that is expected of you.

For a serious 99th percentile aspirant, there is no better course on the entire planet.

These sessions will be followed by:

1. After these classes are over, you will need some time to develop finesse with each of the subjects
2. Needless to say, in addition to developing concepts during the learning phase, you will need to develop pacing, concentration, stamina, and mental toughness required on the exam day – the biggest differentiators between a 605 score and a 705 score.
3. More than 5000 practice questions in all areas – to go from 70% raw accuracy to the level of 95-100% finesse.
4. Sectional Tests in all areas to get your pacing, stamina, and execution right
5. Equivalent of 50 Mock Tests
6. Test-taking strategies for a 99th percentile score
7. Personalized Mock Analysis / Mock Discussion Sessions
8. Doubt Clearing Sessions from the practice content
9. General counseling / Pep-talk sessions
10. Guidance on exam readiness: when to book the date + last-minute exam tips

Top One Percent was the first company to have a 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (equivalent of 50 mock tests for the GMAT Focus Edition).

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Our course does not even assume that you know numerator, denominator, integer, fractions, or even the fact that a triangle has three sides. We will teach you even such facts. Top One Percent’s GMAT Course is tailored to suit the requirements of absolute beginners. The course covers all the basic concepts of the GMAT in extreme detail & our customized Study Plan helps you prepare efficiently.

The GRE is not your option for Business programs (MBA, Deferred MBA, Executive MBA, One Year MBA, MiM, MiF, MiBA, etc.). You will be harming your chances if you take the GRE. Some issues you might face might look like:

1. There will be no scholarships offered to you
2. You employment opportunities will decrease drastically
3. Even your admission chances decrease drastically. Look at the screenshot provided below



This student got rejected from ISB even after scoring a 332 out of 340 on the GRE. This is equivalent of a 750 on the GMAT Classic Edition. Even though the average score for ISB is 710 and the student had great work experience and an amazing score, he got rejected!