Tuesday, August 10, 2021

GRE or GMAT for business school admission

B-School Success

GRE is widely accepted now for Business School Admissions. Often candidates have doubt if a GMAT Score will offer them better chance than GRE?

In practice the business schools accepting score of both the tests does not discriminate between two tests. The schools Comparison Tool to equate GRE General Test Score with GMAT.

GRE and GMAT scores are largely accepted worldwide for business schools application. Having score in one or both of these tests is helpful in placing your applications. However, some business schools may not be a GRE or GMAT member institution or even if they are a member then too can ask to appear for separate test.

Also some school consider percentile in separate sections of GRE or GMAT, if an applicant do not meet the percentile then business school may ask you to appear for a particular test. 

Admission to Graduate Programmes is multi stage process. Once applications are accepted business schools send detailed guidelines to follow.

If you have a question about a Grad Business Programme or other Masters do feel free to ASK

Study MBA: SOM UAF School of Management

SOM UAF

The SOM UAF i.e. School of Management University of Alaska Fairbank offers Graduate Business Programme leading to award of Master of Business Administration (MBA). The SOM UAF MBA is online graduate business programme you can study at your own pace. This study programme is AACSB accredited therefore recognized worldwide across industries and academia.

Candidates can complete all MBA credits in a 12 months period. However, for many candidates it takes 18 to 36 Months. You need to complete 30 credits.

Whether you are looking for a graduate business degree right after undergraduate studies or a working professional or single parent SOM UAF MBA Online programme fits to everyone.

The deadlines for admissions are:

  • Fall semester: June 1st
  • Spring semester: October 15th
  • Summer semester: May 1st
Apply 3/4 months in advance before any semester begins. For example you want to enroll for Fall Semester place your application in February/March.

You can apply for SOM UAF MBA programme if you meets the following eligibility conditions:
  • Applicants with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UAF or another AACSB-accredited institution with a GPA higher than 3.25 are not required to complete an entrance exam for this program.
  • Applicants with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UAF or another AACSB-accredited institution with a GPA between 3.25 and 2.75 are required to take the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Exam and pass with a minimum score of 25.
  • Applicants with non-business degrees with a GPA from 4.00 to 2.75 are required to take the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Exam and pass with a minimum score of 25.
  • All applicants with an undergraduate GPA lower than 2.75 must submit results from the GRE or the GMAT for review.
  • Applicants with a graduate degree from an accredited university may be admitted without an entrance exam.



Study MBA: UAA College of Business and Public Policy

UAA MBA Full Time Part Time

 The College of Business and Public Policy-University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) offers Master of Business Administration MBA program that fit to your day to day schedule. The programme is designed keeping in mind schedule of professionals who can not attend classes 8 AM to 5 PM during weekdays or may have other responsibilities. 

You can get UAA MBA graduate degree Full Time or Part Time. This is a 12 credit graduate business programme. Some candidates may need to take Foundation courses in accounting, economics, finance, or statistics as a pre-requisite.

To apply for UAA MBA you need Undergraduate Cumulative GPA 3.5 or a GMAT Score of 525 and GMAT Quantitative Score of 30th percentile. If your GMAT Qant Score does not meet the criteria you be required to take a Quantitative Foundation Course.

The candidates apply for UAA MBA must meet General Eligibility Criteria for enrollment in Grad programme. 

Non native speakers of English are required to submit IELTS or TOEFL Score. However, if you have a previous academic degree in English or some kind of certification that indicates your English proficiency then English score not required. 

You can submit UAA MBA Full Time/Part Time application during any time of the year. If you meet the eligibility conditions you will get enrolled in the next upcoming admission session. 

For queries you may may reach to;

UAA College of Business and Public Policy

3211 Providence Drive, RH-306

Anchorage, Alaska 99508

Tel: (907) 786-4100

Fax: (907) 786-4115

E-mail: sac@alaska.edu

Apply for College of Business and Public Policy-University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)

The UAA MBA is AACSB accredited. You Graduate MBA degree will be recognized worldwide both in public and private sectors. 

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