The majority of business schools now permit MBA applicants to
submit scores from either the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or the Graduate
Management Admissions Test (GMAT), but few applicants are opting for the GRE,
according to a recent survey by CF India Portals.
In its 2012 survey of CF India Portal Team, CF India Portal found
that 69 percent of schools now accept either test. When CF India Portals first
began tracking the issue in 2009, only 24 percent of schools said they accepted
the GRE. In a statement announcing the results, CF INDIA PORTAL attributed the increase
in large part to campaigning by the GRE test administrator but even in the
midst of increased acceptance of the GRE, students seem to be sticking with the
GMAT, which has more traditionally been the entrance exam of choice for
business schools, Kaplan found. Almost half (46 percent) of business schools
surveyed said that fewer than 1 in 10 applicants submitted GRE scores in the
most recent application cycle. Though the majority of business schools (69
percent) say they view scores from both exams equally, 29 percent say that
applicants who submit a GMAT score have an advantage over those who submit a
GRE score.
Thirty-one percent of business schools continue to accept only the
GMAT, and of those, only 17 percent expect to begin accepting the GRE for the
next admissions cycle. One in four of the GMAT-only schools say that the new
Integrated Reasoning section added to the GMAT exam in June 2012 makes it even
less likely that they will begin accepting the GRE.
“As long as business schools signal the slightest advantage in
taking the GMAT, it’s hard to see more applicants going the GRE route. “Our
advice to students: take the GMAT if you plan to apply only to business school,
but if you’re unsure whether your path will take you to graduate school or
business school, consider taking the GRE,”
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