Difference Between the GRE and GMAT.

Explaining Graduate Admissions Tests

If you applied to an American college or university for your undergraduate studies, you probably remember taking the SAT or ACT...

Yet another standardized test waits if you apply to AUSgraduate School: the GRE or GMAT.

But what is the difference between the GRE and GMAT?

Students who are applying to a business school or another management program usually take the GMAT. Students who plan to study most other subjects in graduate school usually take the GRE.

However, some graduate schools give their prospective students the choice of which test to take. You should know the difference between the GRE and GMAT so you can choose the test that best emphasizes your strengths.

GRE: Graduate Record Examination

The GRE is offered year-round and tests potential graduate students in four areas:

• verbal reasoning
• quantitative reasoning
• critical thinking
• analytical skills

Test-takers receive three scores: one each for verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and analytical writing. It is primarily a computer-based test. It can be given on paper, however, if the computer-based test isn’t available.

The test costs $140 in the US and US territories; $175 in China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan; and $170 in all other places.

You also can take GRE subject tests. These are available in eight different subjects:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Biochemistry, cell, molecular biology
• Math
• Computer Science
• Literature in English
• psychology

They are offered at paper-based test centers in April, October and November. The cost is $130 in the US and US territories and $150 elsewhere in the world.

GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test

The GMAT tests verbal, math and analytical skills in three sections:

• analytical writing assessment
• quantitative
• verbal

Test-takers receive four scores: one for each section, plus a total score. You will also receive a percentile rank for each score. Then you will know the percentage of test-takers in the past three years who received a lower score.

The cost of the test is $250 around the world.

The GRE or GMAT is required for future graduate students in most fields. Students must take a different test, however, if they plan to study one of several specialty professions, including dentistry, law and medicine.

Before you take any test, ask the graduate schools that you are considering what tests you must take or which they prefer. Knowing the difference between the GRE and GMAT allows you to pick the test that matches your abilities and prepares you to enter the field of your choice.

BEL Walk-in Questions

Hello Guys,

How many of you have appeared for the BEL interview test?

One of the candidates with E&TC background who appeared for the walk-in in BEL, Bangalore office shared his experience with us. I hope you will find it helpful and useful for future preparations.

Questions:

1. Please tell us about yourself?

2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

3. Tell us about your family?

4. Why do you want to work with BEL?

5. Explain to us the project that you completed in BE final year?

6. What is the difference between microprocessor and microcontroller?

7. How many pins are there in RS 232?

8. Tell something about GSM?

9. What are the Layers in OSI model?

10. In which layer we connect switch?

11. Draw the symbol and truth table for X OR gate?

12. What is the value of minus infinity to infinity del of t?

Students get ready, tech hiring will be high this year

Early indicators suggest this year recruitments may touch a historic high, as top Indian tech majors, including TCS, Infosys and Wipro, will alone recruit close to one lakh engineers, if not more. Back-of-the-envelope analysis, coupled with stated recruitment plans of the IT biggies, shows that December-January will be action-packed at engineering college campuses, not to mention the impact that MNC biggies like Accenture and IBM will have.

N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD of TCS, says, " According to our original plans, we were to recruit 30,000 people this fiscal, but we will close the current year with 50,000 persons added. For the next fiscal, we could hire as much as this year, if not more."

TCS follows a policy where it recruits 70% of its annual intake from campuses. The company recruited 24,000 persons in the fiscal ended March 2010.

Nasscom, the industry body for software companies , has laid down ground rules for campus recruitments under which member-companies are allowed to enter campus only at the beginning of the eighth semester of engineering. Going by recruitment data and growth projections, most tech majors began 2010 with conservative estimates of manpower required but gradually scaled up their targets as the year progressed.

At the beginning of this fiscal, Infosys had said it would recruit 30,000 but hiked the figure to 40,000 by September-end . The annual report of Infosys says in the previous year (2009-10 ), the company interviewed 61,000 people and made 26,200 job offers. As of March 2010, Infosys and its subsidiaries had an employee strength of approximately 1,13,800 employees, of which 1,06,900 are technology professionals, including trainees.

Shankar Srinivasan, chief people officer, Cognizant , told TOI, "In the last one year (from October 2009 to September 2010), we saw a net addition of over 27,500 employees. We continue to be active in campuses as well as in the lateral market (hiring of experienced professionals ). We ended the September 2010 quarter with approximately 95,600 employees globally."

On the assumption that Cognizant, Wipro and HCL Tech will recruit as much in the forthcoming recruitment season if not more than they did in 2009-10 , there are bound to be fireworks at engineering colleges . "We have never seen such large scale recruitment numbers. This is clearly the highest levels that I have seen in the past 10 years of campus," a campus recruitment watcher told TOI. Placement officers and institutional administrators in Tamil Nadu too are upbeat that IT majors such as TCS and Infosys have revised manpower projections for the coming year.

"This is fantastic news. I am excited at this (revised HR projections). This is something that must keep not just placement officers, students, job seekers and job providers happy but the nation as a whole as the job sector is looking up," says Jayakumar, former deputy registrar (placements and training) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras ). However, pay packages at campuses might not witness any significant uptick despite the surge in recruitments. An entry-level engineer is likely to get Rs 3 to Rs 3.25 lakh as a starting offer, while a post-grad engineer may get an additional Rs 20,000.

Likewise, professor S Gowri, registrar of Anna University of Technology , to which over 150 engineering colleges are affiliated in Chennai and surrounding regions, says while it is appreciable that the job market is looking up, much will depend on the kind of jobs they provide.

Wipro Campus at JNTU Kakinada

WIPRO RECRUITMENT DRIVE @ JNTU, Kakinada


WIPRO is conducting recruitment drive for 2009 and 2010 pass outs of B.Tech/MCA/M.Tech at JNTU, Kakinada during last week of November' 2010.


Eligibility Criteria:
1. Only for the 2009 & 2010 batch pass outs.
2. For B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech/MCA students only.
3. A minimum percentage of 50% in 10th & 12th ; 60% in UG & PG respectively.
4. No standing arrears on the day of the interview.
5. Maximum gap of 2 years between the academics.
6. Candidates should not have appeared for the Wipro campus selection process in the last 6 months.


Designation: Team Rainbow (Software Engineer / Project Engineer).
Package:
1. For B.E/B.Tech/MCA students : Rs. 2.75L to 3.25L (based on performance during the training period)2. For M.E/M.Tech students: Rs. 3L to 3.5L (based on performance during the training period). ** Service guarantee of an amount of Rs.0.75L for a period of 15 months.


NOTE : As per the directions of JNTUK , students who are interested to participate , should register themselves by sending an email to pragatiplacements@gmail.com , mentioning your name and roll no . Also mention "for WIPRO CAMPUS" in Subject line of the mail. The last date for registration is 13 Nov 2010 (Saturday). ONLY REGISTERED CANDIDATES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE DRIVE.