2017年【申请美国商学院】考GRE还是GMAT?数学能力来决定!

【GRE也能申请商学院，认可GRE成绩的商学院又增100所】

Competition between the Graduate Management AdMissions Test (GMAT) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is bound to intensifywith the GRE revised General Test poised to launch on August 1. According toETS, creator and administrator of the exam, another 100 business schools havejumped on the GRE bandwagon in the past few months, swelling the number ofM.B.A. programs accepting this alternative test to more than 600.

　　随着GRE修订了常规考试，并于8月1号正式推出，GMAT和GRE之间的竞争注定愈演愈烈。根据美国教育考试服务中心，GRE出卷人和考试管理人员透露，在过去的几个月中，GRE大潮中又新加入了100所商学院，与此同时，MBA院校中，将GRE作为选考项目的院校数量也激增至了600所。

　　But how can you determine which test youshould take? The GMAT, long considered the gold standard for the specificacademic skills needed in graduate business school, is more expensive andoffered in fewer locations worldwide. Prospective grad students of the Arts andsciences have typically submitted GRE scores, and ETS believes applicantsdeciding between business school and other graduate programs will appreciatehaving one less test to study—and pay—for. Many elite schools say they hope todiversify their APplicant pool by accepting the GRE as an alternative in theadmissions process. Another favorable aspect for business schools: it creates amore competitive enrollment rate; the number of available spots stays the samebut the volume of applications goes up.

　　但是，你究竟该选择哪个考试呢?GMAT长期以来都被公认为是衡量具体学术技能的黄金标准，但它比GRE贵，在全球范围内能适用的地区也少。文理学院的本科毕业申请者们基本上都会提供GRE分数;美国教育考试服务中心认为，决定好是要申请商学院还是其它院校可以让你少准备一门考试，省去许多精力和财力。许多顶尖院校表示，他们将GRE纳为选考项目，希望这样能收到更丰富多样的申请书。商学院的另一个优势在于：它创造了一个更富竞争力的录取率;申请人总数上扬了不少，但是通过的人数仍然保持不变。

【考GRE还是GMAT？数学能力帮你决定！】

　　Dan Gonzales, managing director ofManhattan GRE, tells M.B.A. Podcaster that in terms ofcontent, the GRE verbal is much more focused on vocabulary and vocabularyrecall whereas the GMAT is more focused on grammar, Logic, and reasoningskills. However, your background in math may play a bigger role in yourdecision of which test to take. Math in the GRE is more focused on quick numbersense, Gonzales says, while the GMAT is all about the classic word problem andhaving a systematic approach for solving this type of problem.

　　丹岗萨雷斯，GRE曼哈顿区的总裁，与MBA播客谈到，就考试内容来说，GRE的词汇版块更侧重于词汇的识记，而GMAT则注重语法，逻辑，还有推理能力。不过，数学能力帮你决定选哪个考试的重要参考点。丹岗萨雷斯说，GRE倾向于测试对数字的快速反应能力，而GMAT更多地考察一些经典文学问题，还有针对这些问题，能否提出系统的解决方法。

　　ETS confirms that the revised test stillrequires basic math skills such as arithmetic, algebra, Geometry, and data analysis; however, it will focus more on questions involving data interpretationand real-life scenarios. It's worth noting that both exams were Designed fornative English speakers, so foreign applicants might find the GMAT's verbalcomponent easier than the GRE—particularly where vocabulary and writing skillsare concerned.

　　美国教育考试服务中心声称，GRE修改过之后，对数学技能的要求不变，例如算术，代数，几何，和数据分析;但会更倾向于以包含数据解释的问题和实际生活案例的形式出现。值得注意的是，两项考试都是针对母语为英语的学生的，所以外国申请者也许会发现，GMAT的词汇版块相对GRE的更容易些，特别是词汇和写作技巧。