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ItcanbediculttounderstandyourGREtotalmarks TheGRE(GraduationRecordExamination)testthatyoutake whenapplyingtocollegesinGermany,theUnitedStates,theUnitedKingdom,andCanada EducationTraining Service(ETS)isthecompanythatadministerstheGRE Eachyear,theGREcanbetakenuptovetimes This examtypehasave-yearvalidityperiod GREscoresarebasedonascaleandarerelatedtoGREtotalscore percentileratings

Inaddition,youhavetheoptionoftakingtheGREgeneraltestortheGREsubjecttest Bothtestsaregradedusing adifferentGREscale Thegeneraltestisavailableinbothcomputer-basedtestandpaper-basedmodes TheGRE scoringforbothtypes,however,issimilar SubjecttestsfortheGREareofferedinpaper-basedtestlocations Beforeattemptingtheexam,youmustknowmanythingssuchas;thetotalscoreinGRE,examessentials,tips, tricks,etc

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1.GREGeneralTestvsGRESubjectTest

GREGeneralTest

ThreesectionsareGREquant,GREverbal,andGRE

AWA

Ittestsanalyticalknowledge

Conductedbothcomputer-basedtestsandpaperdeliveredtest

Conductedallyearlong

Fee:US$226-US$255

QuestiontypesareMCQanddescriptiveoressay

2 GREexampattern

ForGREGeneralTest:

GRESubjectTest

Nosection

Teststheknowledgeofthespecicsubject

Topicsare:

Biology

Chemistry

LiteratureinEnglish

Mathematics

Physics

Psychology

Theexamisonlyofferedinapaper-basedformat

ConductedthriceayearinApril,September,andOctober

Fee:US$150

Questiontypes:MCQ

TheGREtestsyllabusforbothtestsisextensive,andeachtesthasadifferentlevelofdiculty Forexample,the GREGeneralTest,whichincludesquant,verbal,andAWAsections,assessescandidates'analyticalabilities, whereassubjecttestsassesstheirspecicareaknowledge FortheGeneralTest,GREtotalMarksare340

GREverbalreasoning,GREquantitativereasoning,andGREanalyticalwritingevaluationarethethreeprimary componentsoftheGREgeneraltest GREscoresareessentialentrancerequirementsforhighereducationin business,engineering,andmanyotherdisciplines Therefore,theGREgeneralexamscoreisacceptedinthiscase LetushavealookattheGREexampatternforthegeneralTest

Sectionname NumberofSections Numberofquestions Sub-areas Typesofquestions GREquantitative reasoning 2 20+20=40questions Ratioandproportion Protandloss Quantitative Comparison OurServices  Blogs  AccessFreeResources WanttoStudyintheBestSchoolsoftheWorld? BookaFreeConsultingSession +91-9958838758 SchoolExplorer SchoolReviews  TalktoanExpert BookaFreeSession

ForGRESubjectTest:

REsubjecttestisapaper-basedexamthatisonlyofferedthreetimesayear Studentswhowanttogeta master’sdegreeinaspecicsubjectshouldtaketheGREsubjecttests ThisGREexamtotalmarksandpattern coverthefollowingtopics:

MathematicsPhysics

Psychology

Biology

Chemistry

LiteratureinEnglish

BiochemistrywasonceincludedintheGREsubjecttest,butitwasremovedinDecember2016 IntheGRE, studentscantakemorethanonesubjecttest;theysimplyhavetopayforeachsubjecttheywanttotake April, September,andOctoberarethemonthsthatGREsubjecttestsaregiven OnlyinOctoberareIndianstudents permittedtotakeGREsubjecttests ForGRESubjecttestGREtotalmarksare990

AusefulresourceforGREpreparationcanbethissite

3.GRESyllabus

GREGeneralTestSyllabus

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Simpleand compoundinterest Questions NumericEntry

Sectionname NumberofSections NumberofSections Sub-areas Typesofquestions Ratioandproportion Protandloss Simpleand compoundinterest Speed,distanceand ti GRESubjectTestSyllabus: Subjects Subjects Sub-sections Biology 190 CellularandMolecularBiology OrganismalBiology EcologyandEvolution Chemistry 130 AnalyticalChemistry InorganicChemistry OrganicChemistry PhysicalChemistry English 230 LiteraryAnalysis Identication CulturalandHistoricalContexts HistoryandTheoryofLiterary Criticism Mathematics 66 Calculus Algebra(Linearalgebra,abstract algebra,elementaryalgebra,and numbertheory) DiscreteMathematics RealAnalysis ProbabilityandStatistics AdditionalMathematics Physics 100 ClassicalMechanics Electromagnetism OpticsandWavePhenomena ThermodynamicsandStatistical Mechanics QuantumMechanics AtomicPhysics SpecialRelativity LaboratoryMethods OurServices  Blogs  AccessFreeResources WanttoStudyintheBestSchoolsoftheWorld? BookaFreeConsultingSession +91-9958838758 SchoolExplorer SchoolReviews  TalktoanExpert BookaFreeSession

4 GREtestduration

GRESectionName

GREquantitativereasoning

GREverbalreasoning

GREanalyticalwritingassessment

Duration

1hourand10minutes(35minutesforeachsection)

1hour(30minutesforeachsection)

Total 3hoursand10minutes

Theoveralltimeis3hoursand45minutes,includinga30-35minutebreak Aftercompletingtherstthree sectionsofthesixsections,youmaytakeabreak TheGREsubjecttestsare2hoursand50minuteslong Itdoes nothaveabreak,unliketheGREgeneraltest,totalscoreinGRE/GREtotalmarkscanbeincreasedifyouscore moreinVerbalsincethisisthescoringsection

5.GREtotalscores

YourGREexamtotalmarksarerequiredforadetailedadmissionsprocedure Inaddition,ithelpsinthe standardizationoftheevaluationofapplicantsfromvariousbackgrounds

GREGeneralTestScores

OntheGREGeneralTest,threescoresarereported:

ScoresforQuantitativeReasoningarepresentedonarangeof130to170,with1-pointincrements

ScoresforVerbalReasoningarepresentedonarangeof130to170,with1-pointincrements

TheScoresforAnalyticalWritingaregradedonascaleof0to6,withhalf-pointincrementsbetween0and6

Thetotalnumberofcorrectanswersgivenandthedicultylevelofeachsegmentarereectedintheir QuantitativeandVerbalreasoningscores ThetotalGREscoreisatoughaimtoachieve,however,itdoesnot meanyoucannotaimforit

Eachessayquestionisusedtodeterminethescorefortheanalyticalwritingmeasure(2essayquestionsintotal) AskilledreaderandacomputerizedtoolaredevelopedbyETSthatcanrecognizeessayqualitiesrelatedtowriting prociencyandscoreyourAnalyticalWritingportion GREtotalMarkscanbeincreasedbydoingAWAwith95% accuracy

GRESubjectTestScores

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Thesubjecttestisgradedonarangeof200to990points,with10-pointincrements It'sworthnotingthatthe separatetestscalesonlycoverafractionofthe200-900pointrange Anysubjecttest'sactualrangeissmaller, rangingfrom20to99inone-pointincrements

200-990,in10-pointincrements

Psychology

Chemistry

LiteratureinEnglish

Physics

Mathematics

Subscores:20-99,inone-pointincrements

200-990,in10-pointincrements

Subscores:20-99,inone-pointincrements

200-990,in10-pointincrements

SpecializedTopicslikeNuclearand ParticlePhysicsetc Psychology 205 Biological Cognitive Social Developmental Clinical Measurement/Methodology/Other

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TotalscoreinGRE

TheGREtotalmarksarecalculatedonlybasedonyourQuantitativeandVerbalReasoningsection Themaximum coreforboththequantitativeandverbalreasoningportionsis170,whilethelowestGREscoreforboth sectionsis130 Asaresult,thegreatestGREscoreyoucanachieveis340,whilethelowestGREscoreyoucanget is260

ThesubjecttesthasaGREexamtotalmarksdistributionrangingfrom200to990 Subscoresarealsoreportedon a20-99scorescale,withone-pointincrements,forPhysics,Biology,andPsychologyexaminations

However,unliketheSATandACT,combiningsectionscoresintoasingleGREtotalmarkisuncommon Soinstead, whensubmittingyourGREresults,you’dpublishyourthree-partscoresseparately

WhatisthepurposeofreportingGREsectionresultsseparately?It'susuallybecausemostgraduateschoolsare moreinterestedinonesectionscorethantheothers,andtheywanttoseewhichoneyouearnedquickly In addition,gradschoolprogramsaremorespecializedthanundergraduateprograms,andthosereviewingyourGRE totalscoreareusuallyonlyinterestedinthecomponentthatmostcloselytiestothesubjectmatterofyour programs

7.GRETotalScoreinGREPercentile

Thepercentageoftest-takerswhoscoredlowerscoresthanyouisreferredtoasapercentile Forexample,a94th percentilescoreindicatesthatyououtperformed94outofevery100test-takers

GREScores Quantitative Verbal Scorelevels Analytical Writing 170 96 99 60 99 169 94 99 55 98 168 92 98 50 92 167 89 98 45 80 166 87 97 40 55 165 85 96 35 38 164 83 94 30 14 163 80 92 35 6 162 78 90 20 1 161 75 88 0015 160 72 85 159 69 82 158 65 79 157 62 75 156 59 72 155 55 67 154 51 63 ; 153 48 59 152 44 53 151 40 50 150 36 45 149 33 40 148 29 36 147 25 32 146 22 28 145 18 25 144 15 22 143 13 19 142 11 16 141 9 14 140 7 11 139 6 9 138 4 8 137 3 6 OurServices  Blogs  AccessFreeResources WanttoStudyintheBestSchoolsoftheWorld? BookaFreeConsultingSession +91-9958838758 SchoolExplorer SchoolReviews  TalktoanExpert BookaFreeSession

8 TotalGREScorepercentile;SubjectTest

9 GREexamtotalmarksreport

TheGREGeneralandSubjecttestsbothhavesimilarscorereports

Yourreportincludesthefollowinginformation:

Dateofbirth

Contactinformation(name,phonenumber,andemail)

Gender

Aimingforagraduatedegree

Yourtestresultsandpercentilerankings

Scorereceiptsfromauthorizedscorersorfellowshipsponsors,aswellasscores,reportedtosuchinstitutions Thetotalnumberofpointsreportedinthelastveyears Datesofthetests

Datesofthetests

YourtotalGREscorereportisnotsameasocialreportgiventotheschools Thisreportincludesyou:

YourGREresultsandpercentilerank

Aimingforagraduatedegree

Informationabouthowtocontact(name,phone,email,address)

Asaresult,therearetwotypesofscorereports:FortheTest-takerandtheinstitutions

10.WhattodoafterreceivingyourtotalscoreinGRE?

136 2 5 135 2 4 34 1 3 133 1 2 ; 132 2 131 1 130

GREscore Biology Literaturein English Physics Psychology Chemistry Mathematics 980 – – 95 – – –940 99 – 86 – 99 97 900 98 – 82 – 97 94 860 94 – 76 – 92 88 820 89 – 69 99 83 80 780 80 – 62 95 73 73 740 70 98 55 86 62 66 700 58 94 48 73 51 58 660 46 85 40 58 39 50 620 34 73 32 44 28 41 580 24 59 23 32 18 32 540 16 46 16 22 11 23 500 9 33 9 15 6 14 460 5 22 4 9 3 8 420 2 13 2 5 1 3 380 1 6 – 2 – 1 340 – 3 – 1 – –300 – 1 – – – –

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Afteryouvecompletedthetest,you'llbeaskedifyou'dliketoreport(see)orcancelyourresults Youcanseeyour unocialquantitativeandverbalreasoningresultsrightawayifyouchoose;Report;Youwon'tbeabletochange yourGREtotalmarks/GREtotalscoreonceyou'veselectedthereportoption

elthescores

Youcan'thaveonesectionofthetest'sscorecanceledwhiletherestofthetest'sscoreispublished Yourscoreswillnolongerbeaccessibleforreviewonlineoncetheyhavebeencanceled Yourcanceledscoreswillnotbesharedwithanyoneelse

Therewillbenoreimbursement

Ifyouwanttorepeatthetestafteryourresultshavebeencanceled,youmustregisterandpayforthetest again

Finally,keepinmindthatETSofferstheScoreSelectoption,whichallowsyoutochoosewhateverscoreyou wishtosendtob-schools

YoucanhaveyourscoresreinstatedthroughyourETSaccountwithin60daysofthetestdateifyouchange yourmindaftercancelingthem However,therewillbea$50cost

Reinstatethescore

Youcanpaythefeebycreditcard,cheque,ormoneyorder

Ifyou'repayingbymoneyorderorpapercheck,lloutandmailtheScoreReinstatementform

Whenyouregisterforscorerestoration,yougetfourfreescorerecipients

Pay$27perrecipienttohavescoresemailedtothemlater Ifyoudonotchoosescorerecipients,itwilltake twoweeksforyourresultstobereinstated,andtheywillbedeliveredtoyourchosenuniversitiesimmediately afterthat

Conclusion

OntheGRE,youcanonlygetafewquestionswrongandstillachieveaperfectscore,butkeepinmindthatthe GREisonlyonepartofyourgradschoolapplication Studentsshoulddevotetheirtimetodevelopingastrong applicationinavarietyofareasinsteadofconcentratingalloftheireffortsonachievingaperfecttotalGREscore EvenifyouhadthegreatestGREexamtotalmarksimaginable,itwouldn'thelpyougetintogradschooliftherest ofyourapplicationwasbad Similarly,non-perfectGREscoreswon'tdamageyouasmuchifyouhavestrong collegegrades,lettersofrecommendation,andotherfactors

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