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&lt;p&gt;Seems that more and more business schools are starting to come around and accept GRE scores. Does this affect your decision to take the GMAT or GRE?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[RELATED: SHOULD YOU TAKE THE GMAT OR GRE?]&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The results of a Kaplan admissions officer survey shows that 65 percent of respondents said one test was not privileged over the other; a third said that applicants who submitted a GMAT score held an advantage. It&#39;s probably fair, too, in assuming that a chunk of that 65 percent who claimed neutrality did so as a matter of tact. The perception that schools prefer the GMAT is seen in the fact that most (69 percent) admissions officers reported that less than 1 in 10 applicants submitted a GRE score this past admissions cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The goal behind accepting GRE scores, at least when Stanford started doing it in 2005, was to draw in a larger, more diverse applicant pool&amp;mdash;namely, students from non-traditional backgrounds and students who had taken the more broadly applicable GRE but passed on business school because they didn&#39;t want to take the GMAT. The two tests are known to reward different strengths: the GRE favors a strong vocabulary, while the GMAT favors strong math skills, roughly speaking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next, consider these two findings from the same Kaplan survey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Low GMAT or GRE Score is the Biggest Application Killer&lt;/strong&gt;: 48% of the admissions officers surveyed report that a low GMAT or GRE score is the biggest application killer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;High Standardized Test Score = Money for Business School&lt;/strong&gt;: 89% say a strong standardized test score will help a student receive merit-based scholarships.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;This news of more schools accepting the GRE, it shouldn&#39;t affect your thought process in deciding which test you should take, or submit. For now, take the GMAT&amp;mdash;it&#39;s considered to be more predictive of school performance (simply because there&#39;s little data with respect to the GRE)&amp;mdash;unless you already did, tanked it and think you&#39;ll ace the GRE. After all, high test score = money for school. Can&#39;t get any clearer than that.&lt;/p&gt;

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