GRE - Eligibility & Syllabus
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GRE REVISED GENERAL TEST AUGUST 2011
ELIGIBILITY:
The Eligibility Criteria for Graduate Record Exams, GRE is given here. Taking GRE test is to get admission into graduate colleges / Universities of USA, Canada and other countries. The minimum educational qualification is basically undergraduate degree (offered under 10+2+4 years of minimum education basis) from any of the recognized Universities.
The prospective graduate applicants take the GRE General Test and GRE subject test. GRE scores are used by the admissions authorities or fellowship panels to supplement undergraduate academic, extracurricular records and other qualifications for graduate study.
Some GRE Subject Tests yield sub scores that can indicate the strengths and weaknesses of an individual student and may be useful for guidance and placement purposes.
The GRE test scores are valid for five years and most universities accept scores up to five years old but candidates are strongly recommended to keep latest scores not more than two years old.
NEW PATTERN:
Typical Paper - based GRE revised General Test:
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Measure |
Number Of Questions |
Time |
Analytical Writing
(2 Sections)
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Section 1 Analyze an Issue
Section 2 Analyze an Argument |
30 Mintues Per Section |
Verbal Reasoning
( 2 Sections )
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25 Questions per Section |
35 Mintues Per Section |
Quantitative Reasoning
( 2 Sections ) |
25 Questions per Section |
40 Mintues Per Section |
Syllabus:
| Analytical Writing |
- Section 1. Analyze an Issue
- Section 2. Analyze an Argument
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Verbal Reasoning |
- Reading Comprehension questions
- Text Completion questions
- Sentence Equivalence questions
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Quantitative Reasoning |
- Quantitative Comparison questions
- Multiple-choice questions—Select One Answer Choice
- Multiple-choice questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
- Numeric Entry questions
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GRE Verbal Section Old vs New Pattern |
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New GRE Pattern 2011 |
Current/Old GRE Pattern |
Scores Range |
130 —170 |
200 — 800 |
Types of Questions |
- Text completion Questions
- Sentence Equivalence Questions
- Reading Comprehension Questions.
- NO Antonyms
- NO Analogies
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- Analogies
- Antonyms
- Sentence Completions
- Reading Comprehension
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Score Increments |
1 Point increments |
10 point increments |
Sections |
2 Sections |
1 section |
Question per section |
Approximately 20 |
Exactly 30 |
Time Allocated |
30 Minute Per section, total will be 60 Minutes |
30 Minutes |
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GRE Quantitative Reasoning Section Old vs New Pattern |
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New GRE Pattern 2011 |
Current/Old GRE Pattern |
Scores Range |
130 —170 |
200 — 800 |
Types of Questions |
- Multiple Choice questions
- Select One answer Choice
-Select One or more answer choices
- Numeric Entry questions
- Quantitative comparison Questions
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- Quantitative Comparison
- Problem Solving
- Data Interpretation
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Score Increments |
1 Point increments |
10 point increments |
Sections |
2 Sections |
1 section |
Question per section |
Approximately 20 |
Exactly 28 |
Time Allocated |
35 Minute Per section, total will be 70 Minutes |
45 Minutes |
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GRE Analytical Writing Section Old vs New Pattern |
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New GRE Pattern 2011 |
Current/Old GRE Pattern |
Scores Range |
0—6 |
0—6 |
Types of Questions |
2 Questions |
2 Questions |
Score Increments |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Sections |
One Section |
No Section Concept |
Question |
2 Questions or Tasks
- One Analyze and issue task
-One Analyze an Argument Task |
2 Questions or Tasks
-One Issue task – Choose from two
-1 Argument task- No choice. |
Time Allocated |
- 30 Minutes per task
- Total 60 minutes for two tasks or questions
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- 45 minutes for Issue task
- 30 minutes for Argument task
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- An unidentified Unscored section is same in both old or current and the new GRE pattern. This section may be included or may not be, it depends…if included, it will not counted towards part of your score
- An identified Research section is also the same case, it will be at the end of the test in both new and old/current GRE.
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