Overview: The GRE is used for admission to various graduate programs, including MBA. It measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills. Sections:

  • Analytical Writing: 2 tasks, 60 minutes
  • Verbal Reasoning: 2 sections, 20 questions each, 30 minutes per section
  • Quantitative Reasoning: 2 sections, 20 questions each, 35 minutes per section
  • Unscored and Research sections (varies) Scoring: Verbal and Quantitative: 130 to 170 each, Analytical Writing: 0 to 6 Cutoff: Varies by institution; top MBA programs may require 320+ combined score Colleges Accepting GRE:
  • Harvard Business School
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • MIT Sloan School of Management
  • INSEAD
  • London Business School