The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) is a standardized test for admissions into various graduate and business school programs worldwide.

GRE is a crucial component of the application process, which enables fair comparison of proficiency levels among applicants. It helps the admission committee gain insights into the applicants' strengths with respect to their verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing sections. Thus, it plays a pivotal role in complementing other components of the application, allowing for cross-validation.

Students from various countries apply for admission into American graduate and business programs. The assessment criteria and GPA system in each country differs substantially. Therefore, it becomes difficult for the admission committee to gauge a student’s caliber only on the basis of their GPA. Thus, the GRE acts as a standard evaluation tool to understand, interpret and analyze basic quantitative and verbal reasoning skills. It also indicates your command over the language, especially reading and vocabulary. The GRE score, when used with other application parameters like the GPA, work experience, projects, internships etc. allows universities to comprehensively evaluate an applicant's readiness for graduate-level studies.