GMAT Exam Now Offered at Camp Victory in Baghdad

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aspiring MBAs working for the U.S. military inIraq can now take the Graduate Management Admission Test(R) (GMAT(R)) on a military base inBaghdad. The GMAT --- the standardized entrance exam relied upon by business schools around the world --- is available at a new test center atBaghdad's Camp Victory, making it possible for military personnel inIraq to prepare for careers in business while deployed.

The Camp Victory test center was established after a member of the U.S. Army serving inIraq contacted the Graduate Management Admission Council(R) (GMAC(R)), owner of the GMAT, and inquired about taking the exam where he was posted. He needed to take the GMAT exam before leavingIraq to meet business school application deadlines for 2009 admission, and restrictions prevented him from traveling to an alternate GMAT test center. GMAC worked with Pearson VUE, the company responsible for the delivery and administration of the GMAT exam worldwide, and local military personnel inIraq to establish the test center at Camp Victory.

"Military personnel serving inIraq obviously face numerous hurdles in doing many of the things that we take for granted," said Melvin T. Stith, dean of Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management, which plays a leading role in making graduate business education available to military veterans. "The new GMAT test center at Camp Victory makes it possible for soldiers inIraq to take the exam and continue with plans to advance their careers."

The GMAT is available at the Camp Victory test center on Mondays and Fridays. Those interested in taking the exam at the center must possess a U.S. Department of Defense-issued ID and may register online at www.mba.com.

The Graduate Management Admission Council (www.gmac.com), based inMcLean, Virginia, is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. Created in 1954, the Graduate Management Admission Test is used by approximately 4,500 graduate management programs at some 1,800 business schools around the world to assess applicants. The GMAT --- the only standardized test designed expressly for graduate business and management programs worldwide --- is currently available at more than 450 test centers in over 110 countries. More information about the GMAT is available at www.mba.com.

SOURCE Graduate Management Admission Council

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