GRE EXAM
The GRE revised General Test . the most widely accepted graduate admissions test worldwide . It can bring you one step closer to achieving your career goals. There has never been a better time to take the one test that gives you more opportunities for your future. And now, with the new Score Select SM option, you can approach test day with even more confidence knowing that you can send institutions the scores you feel show your personal best.
The GRE revised General Test, introduced in August 2011, features a new test-taker friendly design and new question types. It more closely reflects the kind of thinking you'll do in graduate or business school and demonstrates that you are ready for graduate-level work.
Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts.
Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis.
Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively.
Computer based test
The overall testing time for the computer-based GRE revised General Test is about three hours and 45 minutes. There are six sections with a 10-minute break following the third section.
STRUCTURE OF THE COMPUTER-BASED TEST
Measure
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Number of Questions
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Allotted Time
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Analytical Writing
(One section with two separately timed tasks) |
One "Analyze an Issue" task and one "Analyze an Argument" task
|
30 minutes per task
|
Verbal Reasoning
(Two sections) |
20 questions per section
|
30 minutes per section
|
Quantitative Reasoning
(Two sections) |
20 questions per section
|
35 minutes per section
|
Unscored¹
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Varies
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Varies
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Research²
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Varies
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Varies
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PAPER BASED TEST
STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER-BASED TEST
Measure
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Number of Questions
|
Allotted Time
|
Analytical Writing
(Two sections) |
Section 1: "Analyze an Issue" task
|
30 minutes per section
|
Section 2: "Analyze an Argument" task
| ||
Verbal Reasoning
(Two sections) |
25 questions per section
|
35 minutes per section
|
Quantitative Reasoning
(Two sections) |
25 questions per section
|
40 minutes per section
|
