School is fun and carefree for most students, but once you get to college life becomes a series of choices that you need to make. And with choice comes the responsibility and consequence of the choice. Whether you should go abroad to complete your graduation? Which country you should opt for? What course should you study? And so on and so forth. Now there is a new question added to the list for MBA aspirants – should you take the GRE or GMAT for your Bschool admission?

Hitherto the GMAT was the entrance test traditionally given by students aspiring to study MBA in USA and GRE was the test given by students aspiring to complete their MS in USA. However now both GRE and GMAT have become equally popular

How are GRE and GMAT different

The GMAT has been specifically designed for business school applicants, the GRE is intended for students who are seeking admission to a post graduate program in Science, art or literature. However lately more and more Business schools have started accepting GRE as a test, in fact at present time more than 90 percent of the business schools in USA accept the GRE as an entrance test for MBA programs

The GMAT lays a heavier emphasis on quantitative and analytical skills which involves interpretation of data, which is presented in text and chart forms. As such GMAT training involves lots of practice on quant problems. The test is designed to test your ability to solve problems which are complex, whereas GRE as a test is more generic and is not as focused on Math and GRE Coaching is more focused on verbal. The test is more verbal oriented and can be challenging for students who are not strong on vocabulary.

The GMAT is a computer-adaptive test which means that the questions that come up are designed as per the question that you have already answered. In the GMAT test you can review your previous answers. GMAT Exam Preparation will differ from GRE in this aspect as the GRE, is not a computer –adaptive test and you cannot check your previous answers.

The GMAT test time lasts for 3 hours and 30 minutes, whereas the GRE lasts 15 minutes longer, which does not sound like a lot, but if you have shorter attention span than you might consider GRE training rather than GMAT training

The GMAT has a higher score range than the GRE. The GMAT is scored from 200 to 800 while the GRE is scored from 130 to 170. This of course does not make any technical difference to your decision on which test to take. It can however have a psychological impact as a higher score is generally associated with a tougher test

The cost of the test is another area where the GMAT has a slight disadvantage over the GRE. The GMAT costs around 250 USD whereas the GRE costs 205 USD for taking the test

With these comparison factors it becomes easy to take a decision on which test to take for your MBA program

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