GRE (Graduate Record Examination)

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GRE(Graduate Record Examination)

• Source www.ets.org/gre

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TWO TYPES OF GRE

• 3 ¾ hours to complete
• GRE General Test (Revised)
• GRE Subject Test

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STRUCTURE OF GRE

• Analytical Writing
• Verbal Reasoning
• Quantitative Reasoning

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TYPICAL COMPUTER-BASEDGRE GENERAL TEST
Section of Questions Time
Analytical Writing 1 Issue Task 30 minutes
Analytical Writing 1 Argument Task 30 minutes
Verbal (2 Sections) 20 30 minutes
Quantitative (2 Sections) 30 35 minutes
Unscored Varies Varies
An unidentified unscored section may be
included and may appear in any order after the
Analytical Writing section. It is not counted as
part of your score. An identified research
section that is not scored may be included, and
it is always at the end of the test.
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ANALYTICAL WRITING SECTION

• The first part of the exam
• Two tasks
• - Analyze an Issue Task one question
  discuss whether you agree or disagree with a
  claim about a topic of general interest
• - Analyze an Argument Task one question
  evaluate the logical soundness of a particular
  argument

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VERBAL SECTION

• Consists of sentence completions, sentence
  equivalence, and reading comprehension passages.
• Multiple choice 1) one answer, or 2) multiple
  answers
• Select-in-passage
• Tests your understanding of vocabulary in context
  and ability to think critically

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QUANTITATIVE SECTION

• Multiple choice.
• Consists of quantitative comparison, problem
  solving, and data interpretation questions that
  test high-school level maths.
• Understand basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra,
  geometry, statistics, and data analysis.
• Reason and solve problems quantitatively .

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

• Unscored portion of the GRE
• May be verbal or quantitative
• Tester does not know which section is
  experimental or not so must take all test
  portions as if it were all scored!

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TEST-TAKING SKILLS

• Be familiar with the test directions as you waste
  precious time. GRE is a timed test!
• CAT Computer Adaptive Testing the test will
  adapt the difficulty of the second section (of
  both verbal and quantitative) depending on how
  well you do on the first. There will be NO
  adaptation within each section!

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SCORING

• Three scores are reported on the General Test
• - a Verbal Reasoning score reported on a 130-170
  score scale, in 1-point increment
• - a Quantitative Reasoning score reported on a
  130-170 score scale, in 1-point increment, and
• - an Analytical Writing score reported on a 0-6
  score scale, in half-point increments
• If you answer no questions at all in a section
  (Verbal, Quantitative or Analytical Writing), you
  receive a No Score (NS) for that section.