<p>For HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton</p>
<p>Which one should I take and why? Is one easier than the other in certain ways?</p>
<p>It seems like the GMAT is more "coachable", but the GRE is shorter and focuses more on language/essay writing, which I like.</p>
<p>Should I take both? - will this require a lot of additional study or is the content fairly similar (i.e. will i have to study separately for each test, or will say my GMAT studies provide enough review for GRE too)?</p>
<p>any opinions?</p>
<p>Take the GRE on pure principal. The GMAC bullies schools into only accepting the GMAT. If they are going to have a virtual monopoly and force you to take a test based around high school subjects, it ought to be free or paid for by the school requiring it. Million dollar industry for an otherwise worthless test.</p>
<p>Okay thanks for the responses and links. What I dont understand though is why Stanford/Booth prefer the GRE for finance, according to wikipedia.</p>
<p>I think my tentative plan now is to take the GMAT as my primary test (prolly do one before june 2012 in case the current version is more suited to me) and take the GRE just as a backup (I could get lucky, and the test is a lot shorter).</p>
<p>Will I come across GRE-relevant vocab, exercises etc while studying for the GMAT, or will I have to study both completely separately?</p>
<p>Also, I read that the GMAT essay section is completely superfluous and disregarded by the top schools - Is this true? Should I not care about the essay section?</p>
<p>I just looked at the GRE website- looks like the test is undergoing significant changes.</p>
<p>Take the GMAT; it’s easier.</p>
<p>well i still have 1.5 years to decide if I wana take it May 2012, what kind of changes is the GRE undergoing?</p>