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GRE may be just adequate for MBA schools abroad

New tool offers a way to predict GMAT scores from GRE test scores

The comparison tool was developed in response to requests from business schools
“Correlation between the GRE scores and the GMAT Total score is quite high”

HYDERABAD: Some good news for students who plan to give Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and study MBA abroad! Such candidates perhaps may not take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) that is mandatory for admission into majority MBA schools abroad.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) that administers the GRE worldwide has introduced a new GRE Comparison Tool that offers business schools a way to predict Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores from GRE test scores.

“The comparison tool was developed in response to requests from business schools for information to help them evaluate applicants who submitted GRE scores for admission to MBA programmes,” according to ETS Associate Vice President David Payne.

Analyses of scores

The predicted GMAT scores produced by the tool are calculated based on analyses of test scores from individuals who took both the GRE general test and the GMAT exam under standard testing conditions between January 2006 and July 2008. And it is posted on the ETS website.

More than 120 MBA schools now accept GRE General Test scores, including top schools such as Stanford University, MIT, Clemson University, Johns Hopkins and IE Business School.

List on website

The full list of MBA programmes accepting GRE scores is available on www.ets.org/gre/bschools

“The ability to predict a GMAT Total score from GRE Verbal and Quantitative scores is not surprising, given that both tests measure the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning skills that business schools value, and the correlation between the GRE scores and the GMAT Total score is quite high,” according to the note posted on the ETS website.

Several schools are appreciating easy accessibility of the tool online as it makes the admissions review process easier.

Keeping options open

The new system appeals to Indian students for the simple reason that a majority of them take both GRE as well as GMAT keeping both the options of engineering as well as MBA abroad open.

Moreover, it saves lot of money for them.

Quite a few Indian students take the tests twice or thrice to improve their scores and thus enhance their chances of admission into better colleges.

Ramya, who has just taken GRE with impressive scores, says, “I don’t need to take GMAT now since I have kept the option of MBA open.”

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