The GRE® Tests
Completing your view of applicant strengths
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Admissions is an art and a science. Quickly identifying who is ready to pursue an advanced degree and fairly comparing applicants is a significant challenge. The GRE tests are standardized and objective measures that give faculty committees a way to directly compare applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Thousands of graduate and professional school programs around the world, including business and law, use GRE test scores as part of their admissions process.
Thoughtful engagement and reflection about graduate admissions practices is essential to meeting the goals of your program and ultimately supporting your institution's mission. To facilitate that, the GRE Program provides information and resources to faculty, administrators and others involved in graduate admissions decision making and policy setting as you work toward evaluation and enrichment of your programs' practices.
The GRE General Test and GRE Subject Tests were designed to achieve a specific intended purpose that adds value to the admissions decision-making process. GRE scores can:
For more information, see the GRE® Guide to the Use of Scores (PDF) and Using Scores.
The GRE General Test measures skills that graduate and professional schools have identified as necessary for academic success. However, GRE test scores cannot offer insight into all of the qualities that are important to graduate programs; therefore, they should be considered in the context of an applicant's entire application package. For more information about how GRE scores can be used as part of holistic admissions, see our Holistic Admissions site.
If you would like more information about using and interpreting scores, or to discuss training for your graduate admissions committee, contact us:
| Email: | gretests@ets.org |
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| Phone: | 1-609-683-2002 |
