Sunday, June 17, 2012


                                                                   
Graduate Record Examinations


The GRE General Test is your gateway to graduate programs and an essential early step along your career path.

Graduate programs and business schools use GRE scores to evaluate your readiness for graduate-level work. The GRE General Test measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills that are not related to any specific field of study.

What is GRE?

The GRE or Graduate Record Exam is required for admission to most U.S., Canadian, and UK graduate schools. Most students attend graduate business school for pursuing an Master degree. In addition, GRE can also be used for admission to PhD program.

What is the GRE and how is it structured?

The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test is a multiple-choice admission test for applicants to graduate schools. The test is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), under the sponsorship of the Graduate Record Examinations Board. The GRE is a computer-adaptive test (CAT), and consists of three scored sections:

Verbal

•           Sentence Completion
•           Analogies
•           Antonyms
•           Reading Comprehension
Marks 800
Questions 30
Time 30min

Quant

•           Problem Solving
•           Quant Comparisons
•           Graph Based Questions
Marks 800
Questions 28
Time 45min

AWA

•           Perspectives on an issue
•           Analysis of an argument
Marks 0-6(Graded)
Questions 1+1
Time 45min+30min

How is the GRE scored?

Each of the three sections is scored on a scale of 200 to 800. The average scores for the GRE are about 470 for Verbal and 570 for Quantitative.

The computer-based General Test is offered in India.


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