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The GRE is one of two standardized achievement examinations for business school admissions in the United States, as well as for various graduate studies programs. It was first administered in 1949 by Educational Testing Service (ETS). In 2011, the test was revamped and extended in length, with a new grading scale of 130 to 170 for each Verbal and Quantitative section. The Educational Testing Service (“ETS”), which administers the GRE, claims the changes are the “largest revisions” in the GRE history. Check with your graduate program or business school to find out whether you should take the GRE. - The GRE test takes 3 hours and 45 minutes and can be taken at one of many test centers in the United States at any time and around the world 5 or 6 times a year.
- The GRE composite score ranges from 260 to 340 and is drawn from the Verbal and Quantitative sections. The writing section does not get factored into the composite score, but has its own, unrelated score from 0 to 6.
- The GRE is a computer-adaptive test, and leaving questions blank is very detrimental to your score.
- The GRE can be taken only once a month, and up to five times per twelve-month period.
- If you have taken the GRE multiple times, all scores will be evaluated by the admissions officers for your chosen programs. Some programs will put greater weight on the higher score and be more impressed by a significant increase in score than two similar scores. Other programs will choose to judge applicants by the highest scores in each section. Averaging scores is uncommon.
| Analytical Writing Assessment | 2 separately timed writing tasks | 30 min per task | 1 30-minute essay: Analysis of an Argument 1 30-minute essay: Analysis of an Issue 2 Essays in total | 0 – 6, half-point increments | Verbal Reasoning
| About 20 questions per section | 30 min per section | Reading Comprehension
Text Completion
Sentence Equivalence
2 Sections in total
| 130 - 170 score scale, 1-point increments | | Quantitative Reasoning
| About 20 questions per section
| 35 min per section | Quantitative Comparisons
Multiple-choice questions -- Select one answer choice
Multiple-choice questions -- Select one or more answer choices Numeric entry questions 2 Sections in total
| 130 - 170 score scale, 1-point increments | | Unscored | About 20 questions | 30-35 min per section | An unidentified verbal or quantitative pretest section may be included and appear in ANY order after the AWA section. Not counted as part of the score. | Not Counted | | Research | Varies | Varies | An unidentified section may be there at the end of the test. not counted as part of the score. | Not Counted | | Total Time | | 3 hours 45 minutes (including unscored section) | | 260 - 340 total; Analytical writing from 0-6.
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Great Course! The structure and framework for negotiating will be helpful going forward.
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