The GRE is accepted by almost every leading MBA and by many master’s programmes, and since September 2023 it takes under two hours. MBA Center prepares candidates across Europe for the GRE General Test with group classes at €550, one-to-one tutoring at €50 an hour and a €180 self-study package with 1,400 practice questions. Our students have used GRE scores of 324 to 335 to reach programmes such as Stanford, MIT Sloan and the LSE.
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These are the official facts from ETS, the organisation that runs the GRE.
Unlike the GMAT Focus Edition, the GRE lets you skip and return to questions within a section and gives you a calculator. Read the GMAT vs GRE debate, taking the GRE at home and tests to prepare for when applying to graduate programmes.
Most schools publish no minimum, but their class profiles show where admitted students land:
In Europe, INSEAD, London Business School, HEC Paris, IE and IESE all accept the GRE for their MBAs, and ESSEC and HEC accept it for their masters. Read GRE scores for top MBA programmes on average.
Most candidates preparing alongside a job need two to three months. Yale SOM, for example, suggests allowing two to three months of study and taking the test early enough to retake it before the deadline. A typical plan with MBA Center:
Set your Verbal and Quant baseline and a target for each school.
Core Quant (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data analysis) and Verbal (reading, text completion, sentence equivalence).
Timed practice by question type, vocabulary in context and error logs reviewed by your teacher.
Full-length mock tests in the shorter format, plus one practice Issue essay a week.
Book early; the 21-day rule means planning a retake into your application calendar.
Some schools also accept other tests: NYU Stern takes the LSAT, MCAT and DAT, and French schools accept the TAGE MAGE. See our GMAT preparation, Executive MBA consulting and read EA, GRE or GMAT: which test is superior?
ETS runs the GRE at more than 1,000 test centres worldwide and at home. We teach candidates throughout Europe, one-to-one and online: Paris · London · Berlin · Munich · Zurich · Milan · Madrid · Amsterdam · Brussels · Dublin · all our cities →
About 1 hour 58 minutes. Since 22 September 2023 the GRE General Test has one 30-minute Analytical Writing task, two Verbal Reasoning sections and two Quantitative Reasoning sections, with no scheduled break.
Yes. Leading MBAs including Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, MIT Sloan, INSEAD, London Business School and HEC Paris accept the GRE, and most state no preference between the GRE and the GMAT.
For the most selective schools, admitted students cluster around 162 to 166 in each measure: Harvard’s Class of 2027 had a median of 164 Verbal and 164 Quant, and Yale SOM’s 163 Verbal and 166 Quant.
Once every 21 days, up to five times in any rolling 12-month period. Scores are valid for five years, and ScoreSelect lets you choose which scores to send.
Group classes cost €550, private tutoring €50 an hour and the self-study package €180, which includes 1,400 practice questions and three full-length mock tests.
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