Monday, March 23, 2009

Prepare for GRE and TOEFL

GRE - Graduate Record Examination
TOEFL - Test Of English as a Foreign Language

GRE is computer based in most countries. Paper based test available in those countries where computer based testing is not available. It has 3 sections

  1. Verbal Reasoning – Concentrates on English. It includes meaning of words, usage of words and relationship between words. Multiple-choice response sections are graded on a scale of 200-800, in 10-point increments.
  2. Quantitative Reasoning – Concentrates on mathematics. Multiple-choice response sections are graded on a scale of 200-800, in 10-point increments.
  3. Analytical Writing - Express your ideas on specific topic. Discussions in favor and against a topic. Criticizing a paragraph and finding contradicting ideas. The writing section is graded on a scale of 0-6, in half-point increments.
    1. Issue Task – Discuss on a issue. (You can choose one out of two issues)
    2. Argument Task – Argue on a topic (No choice available)
  4. Unscored section – any one of the above section may be repeated which is unscored. It can be in any order.
  5. Research section - Identified unscored section may be included at the end of the test

The verbal and quantitative scores are displayed immediately after the test. The writing results are received later may be after a week or two. There is GRE Subject test too. Some universities request subject GRE. It concentrates on a specific subject.

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