GRE
The Graduate Record Examinations
About the GRE General Test
Who Takes It & For What?
Prospective graduate and STEM school applicants from all around the world, who are interested in pursuing a Master's, Specialized Master's in Business, MBA, Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Doctoral degree, take the GRE General Test. Applicants come from varying educational and cultural backgrounds and the GRE General Test provides schools with a common measure for comparing candidate's qualifications.
GRE scores are used by admissions or fellowship panels to supplement student's undergraduate records, recommendation letters and other qualifications for graduate-level study. It helps an applicant earn University admission, visa and scholarships in different areas.
When and Where do people take it?
The GRE General Test is available at 1,000+ test centres in more than 160 countries across the globe. In most regions of the world, the test is available on a continuous basis throughout the year. In Mainland China; Hong Kong; Taiwan; and Korea, the test is available up to three times per month.
For list of GRE General Test centres in India, please visit
https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/register/centers_dates
Who accepts it?
The GRE General Test is accepted at thousands of graduate schools, including STEM, Healthcare, Business and Law, as well as departments and divisions within these schools. For more information on the list of institutions accepting GRE General Test scores, please visit:
http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/accept/ways/aidi_fellowships?WT.ac=40361_
New GRE - A Glimpse
Started in 1936 as a collaborative experiment between the four Ivy League Universities (Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University and Columbia University) and the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, GRE or Graduate Record Examinations is a standardized test with its scores being a key admission requirement for many universities across the USA, Canada and some other countries for their graduate program admissions. GRE, owned and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS), assesses the candidates on the skills of Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing.
In June 2023, it was announced by ETS that from September 2023, the GRE General Test would be reduced to less than 2 hours. The overall credibility of the test remains unaltered for students as well as institutions. The new format does not have the 1 unscored section and its results are available in 8-10 business days.
Benefits of GRE
- Get admission in top-ranked universities
- Higher visa approval ratio
- Enhanced scholarship opportunities
- Secure Research Assistant (RA) & Teaching Assistant (TA) jobs
- Get an edge in future employment opportunities
New GRE Exam Pattern
| SECTION | STRUCTURE | ESTIMATED TIME | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytical Writing | 1 Essay Task (Issue) | 30 Minutes | 0 - 6 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 2 Sections, 27 Questions (Total) | 47 Minutes | 130 - 170 |
| Verbal Reasoning | 2 Sections, 27 Questions (Total) | 41 Minutes | 130 - 170 |
| Total Time | 1 Hour, 58 Minutes (No Breaks) | 260 - 340 | |
Sections of GRE General Test
The Verbal Reasoning section measures the student's ability to:
- Understand the meanings of words, sentences and entire texts & understand relationships among words & concepts
- Select important points; distinguish major from minor or irrelevant points; summarize text & understand the structure of a text
- Analyze and draw conclusions from discourse; reason from incomplete data; identify author's assumptions and/or perspective and understand multiple levels of meanings, such as literal, figurative and author's intent
The Quantitative Reasoning section measures the student's ability to:
- Apply basic skills and elementary concepts of Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Data Analysis
- Understand, interpret and analyze quantitative information
- Solve problems using mathematical models
The Analytical Writing (AWA) section measures the student's ability to:
- Articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively
- Support complex ideas with relevant reasons and examples
- Examine claims and accompanying evidence
- Sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion
- Control the elements of standard written English
The Analytical Writing section requires a student to provide focused responses based on the tasks presented, so that he can accurately demonstrate his skill in directly responding to a task.
Why is the GRE Section-Adaptive?
Being section-adaptive enables the GRE to accurately assess test-taker's skills using fewer questions than it would need if it were not adaptive.
If the test-taker is less skilled, the test can use easier questions to determine exactly how skilled that test-taker is. Similarly, if a test-taker is highly skilled, the test can use harder questions to assess that test-taker's skills. In both cases, test-takers won't have to see lots of questions that don't provide new information about their skills.
The GRE is section-adaptive so that it can efficiently assess various test-takers' skills.
Adaptive Nature: The shorter GRE will still be section-level adaptive; meaning the difficulty of the second operational section of each scored measure is based on performance on the first section of that measure.
GRE Adaptive: Key Takeaways
- Your performance on the first section of a particular kind determines the difficulty of the second section of that kind.
- Only the two, scored Math sections and two, scored verbal sections are adaptive. The Analytical Writing is not adaptive.
- Your performance in Quant affects the difficulty level of quant only, and verbal performance affects verbal difficulty only.
- The GRE takes difficulty level into account in determining your Quant and Verbal scores.
- If your accuracy is high on the first Quant and Verbal sections, you'll see harder second sections and get a boost in your scores.
- In setting the overall difficulty of a second Quant or Verbal section, GRE looks at the number of questions you got wrong in the first corresponding section, not the specific question types.
Regardless of the section-adaptive format, your overall strategy should be to correctly answer as many questions as possible in both Quant and Verbal sections.
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GRE (Quants/Verbal) Yearly Planner
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