GMAT vs GRE

Let us state for your the real difference between GMAT vs GRE. As a part of our career services coach offering we get many queries regarding what courses to choose and specifically on what exam to appear whether GRE or GMAT. While the choice of program is a bigger question and remains dependent on a particular individual in this article we try to answer the difference between GMAT and GRE. Graduate Management Admission Test more commonly known as GMAT is mostly required for admission into business programs, finance and in some case analytics program. On the other hand, Graduate Record Exam or GRE is an exam required for post graduate programs (Masters and PhD) across various departments. For some MBA courses in some universities GRE is also accepted which sometimes creates confusion but as a thumb rule it is important to remember that GMAT primarily caters to business school programs while GRE is more suitable for postgraduate programs in engineering, science or humanities courses.

Both the exam i.e. GRE & GMAT test aspirants’ analytical writing skills along with their verbal and quantitative reasoning. Although topics both the exams cover are overlapping, the depth and breadth of both the exams are materially different. Below mentioned is an easier segregation for both:

To get the most out of your exam it is important that an individual chooses the course and country he / she wants to attend. If you are still confused about the choice of course you can visit us at www.careercarta.com and our individual coach would be happy to help you out. In terms of difficulty of both the exams it is best advised to solve couple of mock tests in order to understand the exam better. You can easily sign up for test series for GRE and GMAT and also look at our video of topper series on deeper insight of end to end process of cracking the exam to securing your dream college with scholarship.