Yes, there are a lot of those who are only like you taking the GMAT exam. That’s the number of people that the guys who organize the GMAT exam–the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) reported for 2009. 267,000 people in 2009– practically where the 2008 number of 264,700 was.

We’ll see what happens next year as the GRE comes into play for more universities as an alternative to the GMAT, though GMAT remains the one the most schools consider.

Additional takeaways:

1) There are a good number of people outside the US who’re taking the GMAT now– in any case more than it was a long time ago. For the first time in the exam’s history, there were more international test takers than US test takers–just about 51% were foreigners.

2) Better business schools around the world are doping up. It utilized to be that everyone sent their test scores to US universities, but this is not the case anymore. Now, a lot of students are opting to send their schools to European or Asian business schools so there is a shift in that direction.

3) Also, the’re relatively more females taking the exam now-about 105,000 out of the 265,000 or so taking the exam.

Anyway, just some interesting trends in test taking that I thought you may find interesting.

Interesting to see what will happen next year as ETS tries to market on their own and promote their GRE exam as an option to the GMAT.

How will these numbers look better? Well, a lot of that depends on how the economy will do. If the latest boosts in wall street bonus is any indication of the economic recovery in the next few years, then perhaps more people will flock over to jobs instead of school. However, if the economy contains to remain weak on a global scale, then we can expect GMAT enrollments to stay high and possibly elevate slightly.

This article was guest-written by GMAT teacher and expert, Zeke Lee. Zeke is the creator of The GMAT Pill Study Method and has helped numerous students ace the GMAT exam in as little time as possible. Although his secret techniques were limited to wealthy students who could afford $200/hour a few years ago, Zeke has now opened the door to his unique strategies to the general public. Online GMAT Preparation

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