Everything about GRE

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Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for most Graduate Schools in the United States.

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Type Computer-based or paper-based standardized test.

Developer / administrator Educational Testing Service

Knowledge / skills tested Analytical writing, quantitative reasoning and verbal
reasoning.

Purpose Admissions to masters and doctoral degree programs in various
universities.

Year started 1949

Duration About 3 hours and 45 minutes (includes 1-minute breaks after each
section and a 10-minute break after third section).

Score / grade range Analytical writing: 0.0 to 6.0 (in 0.5 point increments),

Verbal reasoning: 130 to 170 (in 1 point increments),

Quantitative reasoning: 130 to 170 (in 1 point increments).

Score / grade validity 5 years

Offered

Computer-based test: Multiple times a year (depends on availability of the test
center).

Paper-based test: Up to 3 times a year in October, November and February.

Restrictions on attempts

Computer-based test: Can be taken only once after 21 days from the day of exam
in every year. Maximum of 5 times a year. (Applies even if candidate cancels
scores on a test taken previously.)

Paper-based test: Can be taken as often as it is offered.

Countries / regions

About 1,000 test centers in more than 160 countries.

(Paper-based test offered only in areas where computer-based testing is not
available.)[1]

Languages English

Annual no. of test takers Over 655,000 in 2012

Prerequisites / eligibility criteria No official prerequisite. Intended for bachelors
degree graduates and undergraduate students who are about to graduate. Fluency
in English assumed.

Fee

US$ 205

(Limited offers of "Fee Reduction Program" for U.S. citizens or resident aliens
who demonstrate financial need, and for national programs in United States that
work with underrepresented groups.)

Scores / grades used by Most graduate schools in USA, and some in other
countries.