GRE now with scope aplenty

Updated on: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is part of the admission process of more than 4,000 management programmes, such as MBA, at nearly 1,800 schools across the world. The test measures verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills of candidates to judge their suitability for advanced study in business and management. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) assesses applicants seeking admission to non-business programmes. Business and law school aspirants had not been taking the examination.

However, a recent trend among institutions across the globe is accepting GRE general test scores for admission to graduate business schools and MBA courses. The reason given for this is that the GRE style enhances and diversifies the applicant pool. Applicants from various disciplines and career trajectories with diverse backgrounds will enrich the business programmes.

Usually, GRE test-takers are fresh undergraduates or those with limited job exposure. But GMAT is taken more by those with a few years of work experience. The new trend leads to a fine mix of both. Many universities have revised norms to permit GRE candidates to compete in business school admission. Stanford University began accepting GRE scores in June 2006.

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GRE now with scope aplenty

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