American business schools increasingly accept GRE test
Posted on 2/28/2010
Topics: Preparing for Study in the U.S.
Although prospective students were traditionally required to submit the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores as part of their business school admissions package, an increasing number of institutions have begun accepting the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) as well.
Faced with a choice, applicants should therefore understand the similarities and the differences between the two tests before choosing one.
Most experts suggest that applicants with an excellent vocabulary tend to fare better on the GRE, which has extensive sections on critical reasoning, reading comprehension and sentence correction as well as analogy, antonym and sentence completion parts.
By contrast, the GRE does not include data sufficiency questions, which are math problems that require test-takers to determine whether a statement contains enough information to be solved, according to Business Week. In the GMAT, these types of questions play a major role and therefore individuals with strong math skills usually perform better on that test.
For all these reasons, international students for whom English is a second language typically favor the GMAT, says 800score.com, a test preparation service.
It is also important to stress that although more than 250 high-ranking MBA programs recognize either the GRE or the GMAT, not all universities accept either test. Hence, prospective students should contact every business school they are interested in to make sure that these institutions accepts both exams.
Learn more about all types of international tests.
Faced with a choice, applicants should therefore understand the similarities and the differences between the two tests before choosing one.
Most experts suggest that applicants with an excellent vocabulary tend to fare better on the GRE, which has extensive sections on critical reasoning, reading comprehension and sentence correction as well as analogy, antonym and sentence completion parts.
By contrast, the GRE does not include data sufficiency questions, which are math problems that require test-takers to determine whether a statement contains enough information to be solved, according to Business Week. In the GMAT, these types of questions play a major role and therefore individuals with strong math skills usually perform better on that test.
For all these reasons, international students for whom English is a second language typically favor the GMAT, says 800score.com, a test preparation service.
It is also important to stress that although more than 250 high-ranking MBA programs recognize either the GRE or the GMAT, not all universities accept either test. Hence, prospective students should contact every business school they are interested in to make sure that these institutions accepts both exams.
Learn more about all types of international tests.
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