21/09/2017
GRE and GMAT:
The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into an MBA program.
Starting in 2009, many business schools began accepting the GRE in lieu of a GMAT score. Policies varied widely for several years.
However, as of the 2014–2015 admissions season, most business schools accept both tests equally. Either a GMAT score, or a GRE score, can be submitted for an application to an MBA program. Business schools also accept either score for their other (non-MBA) Master's and PhD programs.
Like the GRE, GMAT consists of a Verbal and Quantitative section. Unlike the GRE, the two sections are combined to give a composite score of 800.
The GMAT cannot be used in place of the GRE, so unless you are going to business school, do not take the GMAT.