GRE or Graduate Record Exam is a commonly required admission test for graduate and business schools in the US. This exam is used to assess an individual’s critical thinking, analytical writing, quantitative reasoning and verbal reasoning abilities.
Prospective graduates or business school applicants can take GRE once in every 21 days for up to 5 times within any continuous 12 month period.
i) Verbal Reasoning | Two Sections - 20 questions in each section, Time Allotted - 30 mins per section |
ii) Quantitative Reasoning | Two Sections - 20 questions in each section, Time Allotted - 35 mins per section. |
iii) Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) | Two Essays - Issue & Argument, Time Allotted - 30mins each. |
Total Time | 3 hours, 45 minutes |
Nature of Exam | Computer Based Adaptive Test |
Total Scores | GRE score is out of 340. |
Website | http://www.ets.org/gre |
Registration | Online |
Test Fees | US $205 |
Score Validity | 5 years |
Score Reporting | There is a provision of reporting your GRE test scores to a maximum of four universities of your choice, the cost of which is built into the GRE test fee you pay |
Additional Test Score Reporting Fees | US $27 |