India overtakes China in US Post Grad aspirants.

By SI Education   |   Tuesday, 13 March, 2012
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More students from India than any other country outside the US take the GRE test for admission to postgraduate programmes including engineering and management courses in American colleges.
A 43% increase in the number of Indian students taking the test, from 47,276 in 2010 to 67,605 in 2011, resulted in India toppling China (63,086 in 2011) from its position as the country with the most graduates seeking to pursue higher studies in the US.
There was a 13% increase over the same years in the overall GRE numbers, with 800,000 students taking the test in 2011.
Academics attribute the hike in numbers to a change in the test format in 2011, and to the increase in the number of B-schools that accept GRE scores across the world. T S S Murty of TIME, which offers coaching for the GRE, said, "The new pattern is more student-friendly, allowing candidates to come back to questions after they have made the selection.
Applicants can take one test for to get admission for an MBA or a PG degree in science or arts," said David Payne, vice-president and chief operating officer of the higher education division at ETS, which conducts the test.
ETS said 19 B-schools in India accept the scores for their management programmes, while nine management schools in China accept the score. The GRE website has also come out with a tool to convert GMAT scores into the GRE equivalent to promote GRE among management schools.
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