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GRE or GMAT - Which should I take?

While you might consider us biased (we do offer GRE prep, after all...), we feel there are three solid reasons to consider taking the GRE over the GMAT.

1. The GRE gives you more flexibility

The GRE is a general graduate exam accepted by programs of all kinds, while the GMAT is only accepted by business schools.

2. The GRE is easier

The GMAT requires more logical reasoning than the GRE, which adds another layer of complication beyond just knowing the relevant quantitative and verbal material.

3. The GRE is less competitive

For the prestigious business schools listed below, the median accepted GRE scores were on average 9 percentile points lower than median GMAT scores.

University

Percentiles

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton

96th GMAT; 85th GRE

Stanford University, GSB

96th GMAT; 91th GRE

Harvard University, HBS

96th GMAT; 88th GRE

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan

96th GMAT; 88th GRE

University of Chicago, Booth

96th GMAT; 88th GRE

Columbia University, CBS

96th GMAT; 85th GRE

Northwestern University, Kellogg

96th GMAT; 85th GRE

University of California - Berkeley, Haas

96th GMAT; 84th GRE

Yale University, SOM

94th GMAT; 91th GRE

Duke University, Fuqua

89th GMAT; 78th GRE

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ross

94th GMAT; 85th GRE

Darthmouth University, Tuck

94th GMAT; 85th GRE

New York University, Stern

94th GMAT; 85th GRE

University of Virginia, Darden

92th GMAT; 81th GRE

Cornell University, Johnson

89th GMAT; 80th GRE

Average

94th GMAT; 85th GRE

What's a good GRE score?

Getting into a business school or graduate program that requires a GRE score is incredibly competitive. The top 10 business schools have an average acceptance rate of just 10.9%, and top-tier graduate programs have similar standards. Achieving a top-percentile Verbal and Quantitative score can make the difference between a summary rejection and an invitation to interview. Source for data below: ETS.org

Percentile	Qualitative	Verbal	Writing
99th	170	169	6.0
90th	167	162	5.0
80th	162	158	4.5
70th	159	155
60th	156	153	4.0
50th	153	151

The GRE is roughly four hours long (including breaks), and is divided into seven sections. The first two sections are always essay prompts, while the next five sections are 20-question verbal and quantitative problem sets. The first section after the essays will be randomly determined, and the sections will alternate thereafter. This means that there will be three of whichever section is randomly selected, and one of these three sections will be the unscored research section.

Students receive a 10-minute break after the fourth section, and 1-minute breaks between all the others.

Our content was written exclusively for Achievable by StellarGRE's founder, Orion Taraban, Psy.D. Orion is one of San Francisco's top GRE instructors, with over fifteen years of teaching experience and a perfect score on the GRE. He was previously a professor of mathematics at the City University of New York, and was the master teacher for the GRE quantitative section at Barron's Test Prep.

Orion offers private tutoring and group classes via teleconferencing platform, and interested students can inquire through his website. He is a licensed psychologist in private practice, and lives in San Francisco.

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