The document compares the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) on various factors such as cost, test format, scoring, and who takes each exam. The GMAT costs $195 and is only taken by those seeking to attend business school, while the GRE costs $250 and can be taken by anyone pursuing a graduate degree. Both exams contain verbal and quantitative sections, though they differ in the specific question types within each section. The GMAT is more difficult than the GRE mathematically. A good combined score is 700 for the GRE and 326 for the GMAT, which corresponds to the 90th percentile ranking.

1. (data from 2012)
655,000
250,000
Test-Takers per Year
vs GRADUATE MANAGAMENT ADMISSIONS TEST
GMATGRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION
GRE
presents:
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$195 $250
Cost
Anyone hoping to get a
master’s degree or go
to business school.
Those looking to go to
business school. That’s it.
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Who Takes the Test?
Over 1100 universities and
organizations now have business
programs that accept the GRE.
This number is growing daily,
so always check with the
specific school.
Over 5600 business programs at
1700 universities and organiza-
tions around the world accept the
GMAT. If any test is required at
a business school, the GMAT will
satisfy that requirement.
If You’re Thinking About Going to Business School...
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Given year-round.
Taken in a secure testing environment.
Administered at computer-based test centers around the world.
j When, Where, & How
Verbal Questionsa
“ Sentence Correction
“ Reading Comprehension
“ Critical Reasoning
Emphasis on Grammar
“ Multiple choice
Learn to “Speak” Grammar.
Knowing your clauses and
commas won’t just help on
Sentence Correction but on the
rest of the GMATVerbal as well.
So pick up a grammar primer
pronto.
“ Sentence Equivalence
“ Reading Comprehension
“ Critical Reasoning
“ Text Completion
Emphasis onVocabulary
“ Choose all answers
that apply
“ Choose a sentence
in the passage
“ Multiple choice
Learn Words—Not Definitions.
The only way to understand
complex vocabulary is to under-
stand how it functions in context.
Reading from newspapers and
magazines is a perfect way to
do so.
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GMATGRE
Give Away Your Calculator.
There is no calculator
available in the Quantitative
section. Force yourself to do
basic arithmetic in your
head every day until you take
the GMAT. Try calculating
your grocery total in your
head as you shop.
Calculator: Friend or Foe?
It’s true—you can use a
calculator on the GRE. It’s
also true that the calculator
is not always your best friend.
Take practice tests to learn
when the calculator gets you
the solution quickly, and when
it slows you down.
“ Multiple Choice
“ Multiple Answer
“ Numeric Entry
“ Quantitative Comparisons
“ Problem Solving
(AKA multiple choice)
“ Data Sufficiency
If x > 0 and two sides of a certain tri-
angle have lengths 2x + 1 and 3x + 4
respectively, which of the following
could be the length of the third side
of the triangle?
Indicate all possible lengths.
3. GRE Multiple Answer Example
a. 4x + 5
b. x + 2
c. 6x + 1
d. 5x + 6
e. 2x + 17
The profits of QRS company rose 10%
from March to April, then dropped
20% from April to May, then rose 50%
from May to June. What was the per-
cent increase for the whole quarter,
from March to June?
4. GMAT Problem Solving Example
a. 15%
b. 32%
c. 40%
d. 62%
e. 80%
Tentative, fearful even, his first forays
into the theatrical arts were hardly
__________.
1. GRE Text Completion Example
a. unheralded
b. auspicious
c. restrained
d. unpropitious
e. satisfactory
Major League Baseball policy prohibits
use of anabolic steroids, hgh, and no
illegal drugs.
2. GMAT Sentence Correction Example
a. and no
b. and any
c. or no
d. or any
e. or anything that would be an
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Math Questions‘
“ Arithmetic
“ Algebra
“ Geometry
“ Data Interpretation
“ Word Problems
Harder than GRE math
“ Arithmetic
“ Algebra
“ Geometry
“ Data Interpretation
“ Word Problems
Easier than GMAT math
Verbal:
130-170 scale
Analytical
Writing:
0-6 scale
Combined
Score:
260-340Quantitative:
130-170 scale
Quantitative:
0-60 scale
Integrated
Reasoning:
1-8 scale
Analytical
Writing:
0-6 scale
Verbal:
0-60 scaleCombined
Score:
200-800
So What’s a Good
Combined Score?
326 70090th Percentile
Scoring Systemt
Sources:
Practice Question Answers: 1.b; 2.d; 3.a, c, and e; 4.b
http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/gmat-exam-scoring/your-score-report/understand-your-gmat-score-report.aspx
http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/gmat-exam-scoing/your-score-report/what-percentile-rankings-mean.aspx
http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-exam/gmat-exam-format-timing.aspx
https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_ general/about/mba/programs/
http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/faq
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The GMAT is only
offered on the computer.
In areas of the world where
computer-based tests are un-
available, paper-based tests
are administered up to three
times per year.
k GRE or GMAT?
GRE Total Time:
3 hrs 45 mins
(plus short breaks)
GMAT Total Time:
3 hrs 30 mins
(plus short breaks)
Analytical Writing
60 min
Verbal
Reasoning
2 x 30 min
Unscored
30-35 min
Research
30-35 min
Quantitative
Reasoning
2 x 35 min
Analytical Writing
Assessment
30 min
Integrated
Reasoning
30 min
Quantitative
75 min
Verbal
75 min
Time per Section
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