In 2004, the Graduate Management Admission Council® will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the GMAT®, originally known as the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB).

In 1953, nine business schools met with Educational Testing Service® to discuss the possibility of developing a test for graduate business school admissions that could gauge a test taker's potential for success in core business and management courses. A year later, they administered the resulting assessment to 2,553 test takers. By comparison, in 2002, a total of 249,632 GMAT® tests were taken.

The Graduate Management Admission Council® will mark the anniversary of the GMAT® with mentions in Selections, its print magazine (to be published in January; available online as a PDF at www.gmac.com/selections/), and a celebration at the 2004 GMAC® Annual Industry Conference in June.

More GMAT Stats:

• Since 1954, the GMAT® has gone from being offered almost exclusively in the United States to being administered in 575 locations throughout the world, 211 of which are outside the United States.
• In 1954, only 54 institutions received GMAT® scores from applicants; today, there are roughly 1,700 GMAT-using institutions.
• Originally designed for graduate business admissions, scores from 20% of GMAT® tests taken are submitted to nonbusiness programs.

For more information about the GMAT®, see the GMAT section of gmac.com.

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