Which of the two postgraduate entrance examinations (GRE/GMAT) should I take to go abroad for graduate school? We first introduce the overview of the GRE test and the GMAT test, and then compare and analyze the commonalities and differences between the two.
1. GRE (General Professional Graduate)
The new GRE test, as an entrance examination for graduate students in North America, applies to all majors except law and some business majors.
There are two types of exams, one is the general test and the other is the subject test, and the general candidate application only needs the general test, which is usually only used in the case of inter-professional. The following details are mainly for the general test section.
1. General introduction of GRE exam
The GRE test mainly examines the candidate's basic English ability and mastery of the depth and breadth of knowledge in all aspects of English; it mainly includes three major parts:
(1) Analytical writing, which specifically includes expressing a personal opinion on an issue task and analyzing an argument task, 30 minutes each, with a full score of 6 points, usually reaching 4.5 is a very good result;
(2) The language part, the content is very extensive, involving astronomical geography, humanities, art, politics, history and other aspects;
(3) Mathematics part, the examination of the basic problems of mathematics, including geometry, algebra, statistical charts, intelligence tests, etc., mainly to examine the candidate's understanding and judgment and reasoning ability, for Chinese candidates, the difficulty is not large, generally only use high school mathematical knowledge.
2. Duration of the exam
The total duration of the GRE test is about 3 hours and 45 minutes, plus a 10-minute break in the candidate's midfield, with a 1-minute break at the end of each question.
3. Specific subject arrangements for the GRE examination
The GRE exam begins with the writing section, which experts conclude to "analyze and write two independent timing issues and Arguments for 30 minutes each task, and the writing section will focus on the candidate's ability to respond to specific questions in a targeted manner, rather than requiring candidates to pile up generalized text."
Specifically, these focused competencies include: articulating complex ideas clearly and effectively, supporting them with relevant facts and examples, examining/validating others' arguments and their related arguments, supporting a targeted and coherent discussion, and controlling the elements of standard written English. ”
The language and math parts appear in order, not necessarily who is in front of and who is behind. The language is divided into fill-in-the-blank, reading and agreeing to fill in the sentences, with 2 parts, each part is about 20 questions, which takes 20 minutes, and the difficulty of the second part is determined by the first part. The math part is also divided into two parts, about 20 questions, each part takes 35 minutes, including choice, fill in the blanks and other types of questions.
II. GMAT (Graduate Students in Business)
GMAT is a graduate school entrance examination for all graduate business majors, such as accounting, finance, etc.
Although it is a business graduate school entrance examination, but the content of the exam itself does not involve esoteric business expertise, the test is the candidate's thinking, according to the exam situation to see whether the candidate is suitable for entering the business school to study potential, so all the test questions are candidates can be based on the information of the test questions themselves can be made. Therefore, there are no requirements for candidates' undergraduate majors.
All Chinese students who want to apply to study in the United States and study for the following majors are required to take the GMAT examination: General Management Program, Accounting, Insurance Statistics, Art Management, Behavioral Sciences, Library Management, Economics, Finance and Finance, Information Management System, Business Education, Business Management, Advertising Design, International Trade and Tourism Management, etc.
1. What are the parts of GMAT? What is the total score?
GMAT consists of four parts: AWA, IR, QUANTITATIVE, and VERBAL.
AWA out of 6 points, IR out of 8 points, not counted in the total score; QUANTITATIVE out of 51, VERBAL out of 51, quantitative+VERBAL out of 800. Although IR and AWA do not count as an overall score of 800 points, the school will refer to the two parts of the grades to select two students with similar strengths, so the review of these two parts cannot be ignored.
Recommended score: IR 6; AWA 4
2. GMAT examination process
AWA (30 minutes), IR (30 minutes), QUANTITATIVE (75 minutes), VERBAL (75 minutes)
The first is the 30-minute writing part, then the 30-minute comprehensive reasoning, after an hour of examination, give students 8 minutes of rest, this part is the self-selected time, candidates can choose to rest or choose to continue answering questions.
Next is the math test, 75 minutes 37 questions, an average of two minutes a question, the time is more tense, requiring candidates to master the knowledge points, there is also an 8-minute break after the math test, as above, candidates can voluntarily choose to rest or continue the exam.
Finally, there is the Language Test, which lasts 75 minutes and has 41 questions, including grammar, logic, and reading.
3. Does GMAT have a question bank, and how often do I change it?
GMAT exam has a question bank, GMAT question bank refers to the collection of GMAT exam questions, it is not clear that GMAT officially has several question banks, GMAT exam questions are extracted from GMAC's own question bank, the purpose is to prevent candidates from cheating. But monthly library changes have become a tradition for GMAT exams. Change the library once a month, the specific day is uncertain, but there is a certain law, the time of the question bank is basically concentrated at the beginning of the month or the end of the month to change the question bank. You can choose the exam time based on the changeover time.
The time and question bank of the world are the same, only the Chinese website has an organic scripture. Jijing mainly looks at mathematics, reading, and the machine economy will be relatively complete after ten days after the start of the new question bank, so you can start to read the machine scripture in about 10 days after changing the library.
Third, the difference between GRE and GMAT
GMAT is suitable for finance, accounting, logistics, marketing, business administration, human resources, information systems majors; GRE is suitable for all majors except law and business.
There is also a gray area, such as economics some colleges accept the GRE, and some accept both.
For a long time, many candidates have a misunderstanding of GMAT and GRE exams, thinking that if they want to apply for business schools, they must take GMAT exams; and because GMAT exams are more difficult and professionally targeted, many candidates can only give up their choices because they are afraid of the difficulty of the exams.
However, according to some policy adjustments in graduate applications in recent years, more than 700 MBA programs have now begun to accept GRE scores, and can replace GMAT scores as their own admission requirements indicators, which also brings new choices to more candidates.