The GRE Continues to be Relevant for Business School
ETS distributed this press release last week with an update on how the GRE is being used as a GMAT alternative for business school applications. There is not too much new information in this release but a few things caught our eye.
The big news is that more than 1,000 business schools now accept GRE scores. This follows the pattern that we’ve seen over the past two years “ the relevance of the GRE as a business school test continues to grow. The press release also includes a sampling of quotes from business school admission directors affirming the validity of the GRE as a GMAT alternative. These quotes match up with what we have heard from admission officers. There is ample evidence that the GRE can be used for most business school applications in place of the GMAT. As always, check the list of schools accepting the GRE before choosing to take it for your b-school application.
The release also specifically notes the success of the new ScoreSelect option. As we mentioned earlier this year, the ScoreSelect feature is a student friendly addition to the GRE score reporting policy that allows students to only report their best GRE score out of multiple attempts. While most schools never frown upon multiple GRE attempts, we believe this feature to have a psychological benefit to students. The idea that a GRE score isn’t on your permanent record helps to take a bit of test-day pressure off students.