Graduate Record
Examinations

Administered by:

ETS (Educational Testing Service)

Required for:

Who Takes It and Why? To pursue PG Degree /Masters Degree in any specialisation apart from MBA in USA. There are some universities which accepts GRE for MBA as well. Also ISB, Hyderabad started accepting GRE for their flagship program.

Website:

www.gre.com or www.ets.org

Validity:

The score is valid for 5 years.

Reporting:

The score is sent to 4 universities free of cost at the time of GRE exam. ETS charges fees (US $ 27 / recipient) for scores sent to universities later. If the students do not select the score recipient at the time of exam, they must pay US$27 per recipient to have scores sent later.

Fees:

$205

Mode:

GRE test is a Computer-delivered Test in India

Registration:

By Web or Phone or Mail.

Address:

Prometric Testing Private Limited 2nd Floor, DLF Infinity Tower – A, Sector 25, Phase II, DLF City Gurgaon, HARYANA – 122 002. Phone No. 0124-4517145, 0124 – 4147700 Fax: 0124-4147773

Forms:

No paper forms available. Registration to be done online using ‘My GRE Account’ on ETS website.

Requirements For Web/Phone and Mail Registration or Requirements For Registration:

There are four ways you can register for the computer-based General Test.

Web:

Phone:

Mail:

Confirmation:

Web:

(A) General GRE Fees:

US$ 205

Rescheduling or Cancelling a Test Appointment:

Mode:

The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections are section-level adaptive, meaning that the first section of the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures span a range of difficulty levels, from easy to difficult. The second section of each of the measures is administered based on a test taker’s overall performance on the first section.

Number of tests:

Only 1 test can be given in a calendar month. A total of 5 tests can be given in a year.

Score:

Section Score Scale
Verbal Reasoning 130 – 170, in 1 point increments
Quantitative Reasoning 130 – 170, in 1 point increments
Analytical Writing 0 – 6, in half point increments

Structure of the Computer-delivered Test

Measure Number of Questions Allotted Time
Analytical Writing (One section with two separately timed tasks) One “Analyze an Issue” task and one “Analyze an Argument” task 30 minutes per task
Verbal Reasoning (Two sections) 20 questions per section 30 minutes per section
Quantitative Reasoning (Two sections) 20 questions per section 35 minutes per section
Unscored Varies Varies
Research (Identified) Varies Varies

(B) SUBJECT GRE

US$ 150

Mode:

Subject test is a Paper based test

Number of tests:

The test can be given as often as they are offered. The test is held three times a year, in:

Subject Offered:

Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, Biology, Psychology, English Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics.

Benefits of a High GRE Score:

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