Dear Future GMAT® Test Taker and Business Leader,

This book, The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2015, is designed to help you prepare for and do your best on the GMAT® exam. That’s its purpose and our reason for bringing it to you. It’s the only guide of its kind published by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), the makers of the exam.

Taking the GMAT exam lets schools know that you’re serious about your graduate business education, that you’re motivated and will accept nothing less than the best from yourself. By using the Official Guide to prepare for the GMAT, you’re taking a very important step toward gaining admission to a high-quality business or management school or program of your choice.

GMAC was founded by the world’s leading schools in 1953 and, with them, developed the GMAT exam to help people who aspire to careers in management demonstrate their command of the skills needed for success in the classroom. Schools use and trust the GMAT as part of their admissions process because it’s a very good predictor of that classroom success.

Today more than 6,000 graduate programs around the world use the GMAT exam to establish the MBA degree and other graduate-level management and specialized programs as hallmarks of excellence. That connection to schools has made the GMAT exam the gold standard of admissions assessments for business and management. A fact that makes us both proud and also drives us to keep improving the GMAT and the contribution it can make to you finding and gaining admission to the best school or program for you.

I applaud your commitment to your education, and I know that this book and the other official GMAT preparation materials you will find at mba.com will give you the confidence to achieve your personal best on the GMAT exam and launch a rewarding career in management.

I wish you the best success throughout your education and career.

Sangeet Chowfla

President and CEO
Graduate Management Admission Council, makers of the GMAT Exam