About GRE

PLANNING THE GRE

 Education The GRE is designed to measure the verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing skills that you have developed in the course of your academic career. Each of these sections focuses on skills necessary for success in graduate school: the higher you score the more likely you will be to complete your graduate degree. In most places, the computer-based test is available continuously throughout the year. In the GRE Revised General Test, you will be able to change your answers, all within a section. In addition, a calculator is available in the quantitative reasoning section to reduce the emphasis on computation. The total testing time is 3 hours and 45 minutes, which includes the unscored section. The Analytical Writing task requires you to provide focused responses to questions and to demonstrate your ability in responding to the task presented. The Verbal Reasoning section measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it; understand the meanings of words, sentences and the ability to understand what you read and how you apply your reasoning skills. The Quantitative Reasoning section tests basic mathematical concepts; however, it includes more data analysis and real-life scenarios to better gauge your skills. TEST STRUCTURE - Analytical Writing consists of two writing tasks: one issue task and one argument, both separately timed at 30 minutes for each task - Two Verbal Reasoning sections consist of 20 questions per section, and the time allotted is 30 minutes per section - Two Quantitative Reasoning sections consists of 20 questions per section, time allotted per section is 35 minutes - One unscored section, typically a verbal reasoning or quantitative reasoning section that will appear at any point in the test TEST TAKING STRATEGIES - Some questions on the Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning sections require you to select a single answer choice, while others require you to select one or more answer choices and yet some require you to enter a numeric answer. Ensure that when answering a question, you fully understand the type of response required. - When taking the computer-based GRE revised test, you can skip questions that you have difficulty answering. The mark and review feature allows you to mark questions that you would like to come back to during the time provided to work on that section. In addition, you can review questions that you have already answered and change your answers provided you have time left in that section. - The Verbal and Quantitative reasoning scores are determined by the number of questions you answered correctly. There is no negative marking for an incorrect answer, try to increase your scores on both these sections by answering every question. - Work as quickly as you can without being careless. Do not waste time considering questions you find difficult. - Answer the questions in the Verbal and Quantitative sections that you can answer with certainty. Go back and answer the questions that require more thinking, concluding with the difficult questions. - During the actual GRE revised general test, you may only work on one section at a time and only for the time allotted. 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