The Graduate Record Examination or GRE is a commercially-run standardized test that is an admission requirement for many graduate schools in the United States, Canada and in other English-speaking countries.
Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (or ETS) since a non-profit organization of graduate business schools worldwide. The exam measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.
In the United States and Canada, the cost of the general test is $160 and in India it costs $180 as of March 2010, although ETS will reduce the fee under certain circumstances.
GRE is for those seeking graduate school entries in US and other English speaking countries. Each year, more than 600,000 prospective graduate school applicants from approximately 230 countries take the GRE General Test.
Test Structure
The GRE test has three parts - Quantitative, Verbal and Analytical Writing Assessment. The test is scored on a maximum of 340. The following is the GRE test structure
Test Location
Register for GRE
The GRE General Test is offered as a computer-based test in the United States, Canada and many other countries.Register for a computer-based test
GRE Syllabus
GRE Subject Test
There are also eight GRE Subject Tests testing knowledge in the specific areas of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.
The Subject Tests are given at paper-based test centers worldwide three times a year, in:
GRE Computer Adaptive Test
The common (Verbal and Quantitative) multiple-choice portions of the exam currently use computer-adaptive testing (CAT) methods that automatically change the difficulty of questions as the test taker proceeds with the exam, depending on the number of correct or incorrect answers that are given.
Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (or ETS) since a non-profit organization of graduate business schools worldwide. The exam measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.
In the United States and Canada, the cost of the general test is $160 and in India it costs $180 as of March 2010, although ETS will reduce the fee under certain circumstances.
GRE is for those seeking graduate school entries in US and other English speaking countries. Each year, more than 600,000 prospective graduate school applicants from approximately 230 countries take the GRE General Test.
Test Structure
The GRE test has three parts - Quantitative, Verbal and Analytical Writing Assessment. The test is scored on a maximum of 340. The following is the GRE test structure
- Verbal: The verbal section mainly has 3 Types of questions such as text completion, reading comprehension passages and sentence equivalence.
- Quantitative: The quantitative section, the other multiple-choice section, consists of problem solving and quantitative comparison questions that test high-school level mathematics.
- Analytical writing: The Analytical Writing measure tests your critical thinking and analytical writing skills It consists of two different essays, an "issue task" and an "argument task".
- Issue task: The test taker will be able to choose between two topics upon which to write an essay. The time allowed for this essay is 30 minutes. Issue topics are selected from a pool of questions.
- Argument task: The test taker will be given an "argument" and will be asked to write an essay that critiques the argument.
Test Location
- Computer-based GRE General Test: The GRE test is administered world wide through the GRE test center recognized by the ETS. GRE Testing centers are available in almost every place in the world.
- Test center list - U.S., U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, Canada.
- Test center list and RRC list - International
- Paper-based GRE General Test: Paper-based GRE General Test administrations are offered in areas where computer-based testing is not available.
Register for GRE
The GRE General Test is offered as a computer-based test in the United States, Canada and many other countries.Register for a computer-based test
GRE Syllabus
- GRE English / Verbal: Unlike the quantitative section there is no defined syllabus for the verbal section.
- GRE Math / Quantitative: The quantitative section of the GRE General test measures your basic mathematical skills, your understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, and your ability to reason quantitatively and solve quantitative problems. Topics are – Arithmetic, Algebra/ Modern Math,Geometry, GRE Data Analysis
GRE Subject Test
There are also eight GRE Subject Tests testing knowledge in the specific areas of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.
The Subject Tests are given at paper-based test centers worldwide three times a year, in:
- October
- November
- April
GRE Computer Adaptive Test
The common (Verbal and Quantitative) multiple-choice portions of the exam currently use computer-adaptive testing (CAT) methods that automatically change the difficulty of questions as the test taker proceeds with the exam, depending on the number of correct or incorrect answers that are given.
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