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Test day is a big day. But what if, after seeing your scores at the test center, you feel you did
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The GRE revised General Test is the only admissions test for graduate or business
school that lets you go through each section of the test in the way that is most
comfortable for you. You can preview questions, skip and go back to more challenging
questions even change your answers if you decide later that your first choice
was incorrect all within a section. So, this test-taker friendly design allows you
to decide how to approach each question and each section in a way that fits your
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Heres how it works:

Only the GRE revised General Test lets you:

Decide on Test Day:


When viewing your scores at the test center, you can choose not to send
your scores at this time OR you can select either option below for each of your
four FREE score reports:

 Preview and review questions within a section.


Tag questions with the mark and review features within a section,
so you can skip and return to them later.
Go back and change answers within a section.

Most Recent option: Send your scores from your current test date.

Use an on-screen calculator for the Quantitative Reasoning section.*

All option: Send your scores from all test dates in the last five years.

*For those taking the paper-delivered GRE revised General Test, calculators will be provided.

Decide After Test Day:


At any time, you can go online and send additional score reports for a fee and
select from these options for each report youd like to send:
Most Recent option: Send your scores from your most recent test date.
All option: Send your scores from all test dates in the last five years.
Any option: Send your scores from one or as many test dates as you like
from the last five years.
No matter which option you choose, you will select by specific test dates, so your
scores are all from the same testing session. And the schools you designate will only see
the scores you selected to send them. There will be no special indication if you have
taken additional GRE tests. To learn more, go to ets.org/gre/scoreselect.

Get where you want to go with the most widely


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No matter what advanced degree you are considering, you will have more
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Thousands of schools all over the world accept GRE scores, including those in the
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Scores are used in admissions decisions for all types of masters, M.B.A., specialized
masters in business, and doctoral programs as well as for awarding fellowships.
Business schools around the world, including Harvard, IE, INSEAD, MIT Sloan, Stanford
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Plus, scores are good for five years, so you can take the test now while youre still
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Lets take a closer look.


Graduate and business schools want to be sure that you have the skills
you need to succeed in their demanding programs. The GRE revised
General Test measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning,
critical thinking and analytical writing skills skills that are not related
to a specific field of study, but are important for all.

Testing around the world.


In most regions of the world, the computer-delivered test is available on a
continuous basis throughout the year. In Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
and Korea, the computer-delivered test is available 1 to 3 times per month.
In areas of the world where the computer-delivered test is not available, the
test is administered in a paper-delivered format up to three times a year in
October, November and February.

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Heres an overview of the computer-delivered GRE revised General Test, which is about 3 hours and 45 minutes in length.
Youll get a 10-minute break after the third section of the test.

Section

Section Length
# of Questions

Question Types

Measures Your Ability to:

Score Scale

Analytical
Writing

One section
Two separately timed
30-minute tasks

Analyze an Issue
Analyze an Argument

Support ideas with relevant reasons and examples


and examine claims and accompanying evidence
Articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively
Provide focused responses to questions

0 6,
reported
in half-point
increments

Verbal
Reasoning

Two 30-minute sections


20 questions in
each section

Reading Comprehension
Text Completion
Sentence Equivalence

Analyze and evaluate written material and


synthesize information obtained from it
Analyze relationships among component parts
of sentences
Recognize relationships among words and concepts

130 170,
reported in
one-point
increments

Quantitative
Reasoning

Two 35-minute sections


20 questions in
each section

Quantitative Comparison
Multiple-choice
Numeric Entry

Interpret and analyze quantitative information


Solve problems using mathematical models
Apply basic mathematical skills and elementary
mathematical concepts of arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, data analysis

130 170,
reported in
one-point
increments

Unscored

Varies

Varies

N/A

Unscored

Research

Varies

Varies

N/A

Unscored

Learn more about each test section at takethegre.com/overview.


For information about the paper-delivered test, visit ets.org/gre/paper.

An unidentified unscored section that does not count toward your score may be included and may appear in any order after the Analytical Writing section.
An identified research section may be included in place of the unidentified unscored section. The research section will always appear at the end of the test. Questions in this section are included for the purpose of ETS research and will not count toward your score.

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