The mat is an iq test designed to test knowledge you ve accumulated over years of schooling.
Is the gre harder than the mat.
Compared to the act and the sat the gre is typically considered more difficult because even though the math tested on the gre is a lower level than the math tested on the sat and act the gre has more challenging vocabulary and reading passages and the math problems have trickier wording or require higher level reasoning.
I think it is easier than the gre.
The gre lasts 3 hours and 45 minutes and includes six sections for a total of two essays and 100 multiple choice questions.
I chose the mat.
Good luck with your decision and test.
Gmat s mathematics is far more difficult than gre.
Not saying it is easy.
It takes less time and endurance but the pace is faster 30 seconds per question and you just do analogy after analogy.
Below are 12 of the main ways in which they differ and at the end of this section is a chart showing key differences between the gre and mat.
There s no concise universal rule that will tell you whether the mat or the gre will be easier for you.
If you feel that the logic problems are not clear it is recommended to choose gre.
It takes more time and endurance but the pace is slower 1 to 2 minutes per question 30 minutes per essay and you get to transition to different sections.
In a gre problem math or verbal you may spend much of your time just trying to figure out what is being asked.
What we can say instead is that the mat format is simpler than that of the gre.
It sounds a lot harder than it really is but i studied for about a month before the test and scored well enough to get into my chosen program.
But better than the gre.
Length the mat is significantly shorter than the gre.
The gre includes more obscure words on it than the gmat does experts say and the gre verbal section can be difficult for nonnative english speakers.
The gre is the triathlon.
The mat is the half marathon.
The gre verbal section is generally more.
A poor math candidate is expected to get 44 points in gmat and such a candidate is expected to get 163 166 in gre.
In the score evaluation gre is more dominant.