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GRE DETAILS :

American graduate schools accept GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) as the entrance test for all MS programs except for Business, Law and Medicines.

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) administers the test on behalf of the GRE Board.


The GRE is a Computer Adaptive Test consisting of 3 multiple-choice sections-Quantitative, Analytical Writing and Verbal. It also includes an essay section - Writing Assessment, (mandatory only for certain universities). Students need to write this section on a separate day. The Computer Adaptive Test as the name suggests picks the questions based on the test taker's response to the given question.

The first question is always of medium difficulty level and from then on the score graph starts to move upward or downward as per the performance of the candidate. A test-taker of higher caliber will get tougher questions than a test-taker of a lower caliber. As the test progresses, the score graph begin to narrow down to a range and that range will determine the final score.

GRE - The Computer Adaptive Test Structure

Sections	No of Questions	Types of questions	Time	Score
ANALYTICAL WRITING	2 Essays	Analysis of Issue Analysis of Argument	45 mins 30 mins	0-6
VERBAL	30	Antonyms Analogies Sentence Completion Reading Comprehension	30 minutes	200-800
QUANTITATIVE	28	Quantitative Comparison Discrete Math Data Interpretation	45 minutes	200-800
Experimental		Either Math or Verbal
		Total Time	Approx 3 hrs 15 mins	1600

The salient features: -

• The Analytical Writing section is always the first section followed by either the Quantitative or Verbal.
  
  
• All questions are multiple-choice having four or five answer choices.
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Analytical Writing Assessment:



• Analysis of Issue: Students are required to present their perspective/opinion on an issue.
  
  
• Analysis of Argument: Students are required to analyze a given argument.
  
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The essays are scored in a range from 0 to 6. The ratings of the essay will be 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0,2.5, 2.0, 1.5 and 1.0. The desired level is 5 and above.




Usually universities don't ask for subject GRE scores. However in case of change of stream or for integrated PhD programs some universities may ask for a subject GRE score. It entirely depends on the university however very few universities.




A score of 1400 and above would help you to get in good universities





The GRE score is valid for five years; however most of the universities insist on a GRE score not more than 2-3 years old.




ETS will directly send your scores to the universities you have mentioned in your test registration.




You can write GRE on any working day of the year (Saturdays and Sundays are holidays).




You can write the exam in Allahabad , Ahmedabad , Bangalore , Chennai , Hyderabad ,Kolkata , Mumbai , New Delhi , Trivandrum.