The New GRE

ETS has abandoned plans to introduce a revised GRE. The changes described below may be introduced at some point in the future. For now, disregard them.




In the Fall of 2007, ETS will be launching a new version of the GRE General Test. Here is a side-by-side comparison that highlights the major changes:

 

Current GRE

New GRE

Verbal Section

 

 

Time

One 30-minute section

Two 40-minute sections

Focus

More obscure vocabulary

More reading passages

Format

All multiple choice

Some selecting sentences, e.g.

Quantitative Section

 

 

Time

One 45-minute section

Two 40-minute sections

Focus

More geometry

More data analysis

Format

All multiple choice

Some numerical answer entry

Calculating

In pencil on scratch paper

With an on-screen calculator

Analytical Writing Section

Time

One 45-minute section and one 30-minute section

Two 30-minute sections

Questions

Broad, general questions

“More focused prompts”

Test Dates

Available throughout the year

30 scheduled dates per year

Question selection

Adaptive (based on how you’ve performed on the previous questions)

Linear (everybody on the test date gets the same questions, no matter what)

Scoring

 

 

Verbal and Quantitative

On a scale of 200 to 800

On a scale of 110 to 150 (tentative--to be finalized after the first rounds of testing)

Analytical Writing

On a scale of 0 to 6.0

On a scale of 0 to 6.0

Cost

$130

? (probably more than $130)

Test-prep materials compatible with the new version of the test will be available on the ETS website http://www.ets.org in Spring or Summer 2007.

Get more on information on the revised GRE
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