GMAT Breaks and Timing for Reading Directions

[spucmu]

If I am not wrong, GMAT gives 8 minutes break between sections. If I am spend few minutes reading directions for different sections (CR, RC etc.) then does that count towards test timing? My guess is yes but wanted to reconfirm.

-Swapnil

[chunyang.yu]

there are only two intervals during the GMAT test, one after you finish the AWA section, the other after you finish the math section,
one interval is 8 min, and not count in the test time

[spucmu]

Thanks chunyang!

Does anybody know whether the time spent on reading directions count towards exam time?

-Swapnil

[StaceyKoprince]

The last time I took it, the two 8-min breaks did not include doing anything for the test (including reading instructions) and you actually had to leave the testing room during each 8-min break.

At the beginning of each section, there was a page of instructions and I was given 1-min to read each page.

Actually, the last time I took it, the breaks were still 10-min long, not 8-min, so it's entirely possible that the 1-min instructions thing has changed, too. Anyone who took it more recently: do you remember how long you were given to read the initial instructions for a new section?