THE NEW GRE

THE NEW REVISED GRE

ABOUT THE TEST:

GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination. GRE is administered by Education Testing Service (ETS) and is primarily a multiple-choice test that graduate schools use for admission of students into their graduate programs. GRE has general test and subject tests as well. The General Test measures abilities in verbal, quantitative and analytical fields which are needed for graduate or business school. This year there is change in the GRE exam. Students who are taking new GRE now on have an advantage of friendly design for the computer-based test. The test features advanced technology that allows students to freely move forward and backward, edit or change answers and skip questions, all within a section, and use an on-screen calculator. These features were not as a part of the earlier test. There are new types of questions in the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections, many featuring real-life scenarios that reflect the kind of thinking of an individual.

The Subject Tests measure achievements in specific fields of study. Subject tests are offered in the following Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Literature, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. Some universities require these subject test scores in addition to the general test when applying to the Ph.D. program. ETS can send your GRE scores to a maximum of four universities chosen by you. The costs of sending these scores are in-built in the fees that you pay for appearing in the test.

TEST PATTERN:

GRE General Test has three distinct sections: Quantitative Section, Verbal Section and Analytical Writing Assessment Section. The test is available in Paper based and Computer based. Mostly nowadays the computer based test is available and recommended. In old GRE format, Analytical writing section was always first in the test, followed by Verbal, Quantitative and Research section. But in New Revised GRE either of the sections could be first. If there is a Research section mostly it always appears at the end of the test. The computer-based test takes about 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Test format for computer-based test:
Section No. of Question Time Allotted
Analytical Writing
(1 section with 2 separately timed tasks) One "Analyze an Issue" task
and
One "Analyze an Argument" task. 30 minutes per task (30mins + 30mins = 60mins)
Verbal Reasoning
(2 sections) Approximately 20 questions per section. 30 minutes per section (30mins + 30mins = 60mins)
Quantitative Reasoning
(2 sections) Approximately 20 questions per section. 35 minutes per section (35mins + 35mins = 70mins)
Unscored Varies Varies
Research Varies Varies

There's a 10-minute break following the third section and a 1-minute break between the other test sections.

SCORING PATTERN:
• A Verbal Reasoning score reported on a 130 – 170 score scale, in 1-point increments.
• A Quantitative Reasoning score reported on a 130 – 170 score scale, in 1-point increments.
• An Analytical Writing score reported on a 0 – 6 score scale, in half-point increments.

GRE REGISTRATION:
The GRE General Test is offered in many countries some of them are United States, Canada, India and many other countries as well. Students need to register for the test as early as possible in order to get the required test date. The appointments are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Students should take care of the details required while registration and choose the nearest testing location available. The GRE exam registrations can be done in the following ways:
• Online Registration
• Phone Registration
• Regular Postal mail