Business Schools: Make the GRE® revised General Test a Powerful Part of Your Recruitment and Admissions Strategy

Now you can have an even bigger, more diversified pool of highly qualified applicants when you accept GRE® scores as part of your recruitment and admissions strategy. Whether you're recruiting for your MBA program or other graduate business programs, accepting the GRE® revised General Test is a powerful way to attract the applicants who are ready to be successful in your program.

Here's a closer look at who took a GRE test in 2011:*

• More than 700,000 GRE tests were taken by people from about 200 countries/regions
• More than 375,000 GRE tests were taken by women
• 40% more GRE tests were taken, since 2007, by people from underrepresented groups in the U.S.
• Nearly 25% more GRE tests were taken outside the United States compared to 2010
• Plus, GRE tests were taken by a large number of people who reported an undergraduate major in a quantitatively demanding field such as engineering, mathematics and the sciences

Expand your applicant pool with GRE test takers worldwide — people who have taken a decisive step toward pursuing graduate or business school and who are focused on advancing their careers. Get started today!

The GRE revised General Test makes good business sense because:

• You get more highly qualified, highly diverse applicants for your business school. Potential applicants come from a variety of backgrounds in terms of nationality, ethnicity, gender, age and undergraduate major.
• It measures the skills that business schools value — quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing.
• As the world's leading educational measurement and research organization, ETS is committed to ensuring the trusted reliability, security and validity of our test scores. For more than 60 years GRE scores have been a proven measure of graduate-level skills and GRE tests are supported by ETS's ongoing commitment to validity research.
• It measures the same level of math knowledge as other leading graduate admissions tests, presents many questions in a business context and does not presume advanced knowledge in any specific content area, including business.
• GRE scores are required for admission to many graduate programs in quantitatively demanding fields — such as those in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
• The AACSB, ACBSP, AMBA and EFMD do not require business schools to use any particular standardized admissions test for accreditation.

Prospective applicants want you to accept GRE scores because the GRE revised General Test:

• is the one test that can help them pursue an MBA and other graduate degrees, depending on their career path — giving them more opportunities for success
• features the test-taker friendly design and new ScoreSelect^SM option for a better test experience
• is offered at more locations than any other graduate admissions test — about 700 test centers in more than 160 countries
• is more affordable and includes FREE services such as a listing in the GRE Search Service and four ETS® Personal Potential Index Evaluation Reports. Test fee reductions are available for eligible candidates

Accepting GRE scores can mean more applicants and more diversity for your business school. Be sure your prospective applicants know you accept GRE scores.

Becoming a Score Recipient

Becoming a GRE score recipient is easy, and even easier if your institution already accepts GRE scores for master's and doctoral programs. Simply complete the online application. If you have questions, contact a GRE Academic Advisor.

GRE Comparison Tool for Business Schools

Compare GRE and GMAT® scores with the GRE Comparison Tool for Business Schools.

GRE Score Interpretation Information

ETS provides information on the scoring process and interpretive data to assist graduate and business school programs in using scores for admissions purposes. See Score Interpretation.

* Based on 2011 GRE test volumes.

See also:

• ScoreSelect Announcement
• Make GRE Scores a Powerful Part of Your Recruitment and Admissions Strategy
• Get even more value from accepting GRE scores — 3 Easy Ways
• GRE revised General Test — Helping You Make the Best Admissions Decisions
• A Comprehensive Review of Published GRE Validity Data
• Frequently Asked Questions about the GRE revised General Test for Business School