Most full-time MBA programs require applicants to submit either GMAT or GRE scores. While schools state that they do not prefer one over the other, the majority of accepted applicants at some of the most selective business schools took the GMAT over the GRE.
- Among Harvard Business School’s class of 2024, 69% of students submitted the GMAT, in contrast to 34% for the GRE.
- For the University of Chicago’s Booth, 66% submitted their GMAT scores, and 29%, their GRE scores.
- At Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, 61% submitted GMAT scores, and 39%, their GRE scores.
While the GMAT and GRE overlap somewhat, they have certain key differences such as the scoring scale and exam sections.
The GMAT and GRE both cover analytical writing, quantitative reasoning, and verbal reasoning, but the GMAT has an additional section called Data Insight.
The GMAT is also known to have a more challenging quantitative section with harder math questions. The GRE tends to have a harder verbal reasoning section with a more challenging vocabulary. The GRE is more commonly required for graduate programs in Science, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, social work, and education, and now also in Management and Law. While GMAT is required only for the Management programs.
A student gets the choice of applying to both Management and other programs of his choice if he or she has a GRE score. While with a GMAT score, one can apply for only Management programs.
It’s important to note that your academic achievements are bolstered heavily by a good score in the GRE or GMAT.
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