| Old GRE | New GRE |
Until July 31, 2011
| Effective since Aug 1, 2011
|
Score Range: 200-800,
Point increments by 10 | Score Range: 130-170,
Point increments by 1 |
No Calculator
| On screen calculator available. Note that, using calculator might slow you down |
| Cannot go back to a previous question | Can go back |
| Adaptive questions | NOT Adaptive |
Things to know:- No more synonyms & antonyms
- New Text Completion questions test your ability to interpret, evaluate and reason from what you've read. Text Completion questions test this ability by omitting crucial words from short passages, requiring you to fill them in by selecting words or phrases.
- New Sentence Equivalence questions test your ability to reach a conclusion about how a sentence should be completed while focusing on the meaning of the whole sentence.
- Special discount of 50% on the GRE exam fee if you take the test between Aug 1 and Sep 30. Scores for the tests taken during this period will be sent in mid-November.
- Multiple correct choice questions - More than one answer may be correct
- New question types in GRE, like selecting the sentences from the passage which meets a certain description. Clicking anywhere on the sentence highlights the passage.
Verbal Section:- Reading Comprehension - Three types of questions
- One answer choice (Select only one)
- One or more answer may be correct (Select all that apply)
- Select-in passage - Select the sentence from the passage which meets a certain description. Clicking anywhere on the sentence highlights the passage.
- Text Completion - A sentence or a small passage with one or more blanks and 3 choices of each blank are given. You need to choose one (out of 3) choice for each blank
- Sentence Equivalence - Find the words which fill the given sentence with the same or similar meaning. You need to select 2 out of 6 choices. Partial choices are not given any points.
Math Section:- Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice
- Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices
- Numeric Entry Questions
- Quantitative Comparison Questions
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