GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment

The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) section of GMAT exam aims to assess the following in a GMAT candidate:

a)  Capability to communicate and express ideas

b)  Viewpoints of general and trending topics

c)  English writing capacity

The AWA section of GMAT exam is human assessed that is, qualified professors or professionals from the industry examine and mark each piece of AWA question during GMAT exam.

In fact, the AWA section of GMAT exam undergoes two sessions of checking. According to GMAC, the second round is by an ?essay scoring engine?, an automatic computer program.

The two individual score from human examiner and computer program, are averaged to mark each writeup of GMAT exam.

In the AWA section of GMAT exam, students are expected to develop a critical view on a given topic. The common notion is to express viewpoints about the given topic, but that leads to loss of score.

Sample AWA question:

Strategy to solve AWA section of GMAT exam:

In the AWA section of GMAT exam, test takers are expected to do the following:

a)  Comprehend information and data

b)  Analyze a subject

c)  Elaborate critical viewpoint on the topic

The total time duration to solve the AWA section comprising one write-up is 30-minutes during GMAT exam.

Remember your essay writing ability is important in your admission procedure to a reputed B-school.

Three questions that your AWA writeup should definitely address are as follows:

• What are the possible assumptions behind framing the argument?
• What are the facts and examples that can together twig and form a detailed argument?
• How to strengthen the AWA article from grammatical and vocabulary point of view?

Tips for AWA section of GMAT exam

What are the tips to bag best in AWA section of GMAT exam?

a)  Of the entire 30-minutes of AWA GMAT section, preserve 10-minutes separately. Use the first five minutes to draft your answer, while the last five minutes to review your AWA writeup.

b)  From start to end of writing the essay of AWA section, make sure your maintain a pace, so that you complete the writeup and not leave it halfway due to lack of time.

c)  Read the question of AWA section carefully to understand the query and only address that while writing.

d)  During preparatory days of GMAT exam, get your AWA writeups checked by qualified English professionals.

e)  To get more AWA Practice tests, click here.

Books for AWA Section of GMAT exam:

• GMAT Analytical Writing: Solutions to the Real Argument Topics (Test Prep Series Book 1)
• The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2017 Combo Set
• Ace the GMAT in 40 Days