GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Test : Introduction
The GRE is your gateway to graduate programs and an essential early
step along your career path. GRE is a commercially run standardised test
that is an admission requirement for many graduate schools in the United
States and other English speaking countries. 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.
Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing
skills, specifically the test taker's ability to articulate complex ideas
clearly and effectively
Verbal Reasoning — Measures reading comprehension skills and verbal and
analogical reasoning skills, focusing on the test taker's ability to analyze
and evaluate written material
Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on
basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis.
Last Dates to Take Current GRE Paper based test :
October 23, 2010; November 20, 2010 ; February 12, 2011
GRE Revised General Test
From August 1, 2011, the GRE revised General Test will
replace the current GRE General Test, giving you the advantage of a better
test experience - and new types of questions that help show your readiness
for graduate-level work. The registration for GRE Revised General test
will be open from March 15, 2011. Those who need Scores before November
2011 are adviced to take the current test before August 2011. Those who
do not need scores until after november 2011 could take the GRE revised
General test.
About the Revised GRE test
A new computer-based test that lets you edit or change your answers,
skip questions and more, all within a section - giving you the freedom
to use more of your own test-taking strategies. Another new feature: an
on-screen calculator.
New types of questions in the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning
sections, many featuring real-life scenarios that reflect the kind of
thinking you'll do in today's demanding graduate and business school programs.
Special savings of 50% when you take the GRE revised General Test between
August 1 and September 30, 2011. If you take the GRE revised General Test
during our special discount period of August - September 2011, your scores
will be sent by mid-November.
The GRE revised General Test features a new score scale that can make
it easier for schools to compare your GRE scores with the scores of other
candidates.
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