If you have been studying for your GRE, you must know how crucial practice tests are for achieving a high score. Like any other standardized test, you need to familiarize yourself with all the different question types for consistently correct answers. The only way to do this is to spend a considerable amount of time on mock tests.
So you have finished college and are looking to join grad school? Well, one of the first things you would need to do is take the GRE. GRE is a standardized test that is pretty much a requirement for most grad programs. If you are thinking about taking the test or are just curious, here are 18 things you should know about the test.
The GRE test is a measure of your ability to think critically and reason logically.
Unlike Microsoft Word, there is no spell check, word count, and auto-grammar correction on the GRE, which provides a basic Notepad to students for typing their Essays.
The GRE test includes an unscored section called the “experimental section.” This section can appear randomly in any order after the very first section, i.e., Analytical Writing. The experimental section can either be Verbal or Quantitative. You will never know which...
No, there is no negative marking on the GRE. You get points for the questions that you answer correctly. When you answer incorrectly, you get a zero for that question, and that’s it.
No. GRE does not test you on your calculus or trigonometry knowledge. The quantitative section of the GRE includes questions from 4 major content areas, which can be found here.
No. For the questions where there are multiple blanks or parts to the answer, you will have to correctly answer all the options. If you answer one option correctly but not the rest, then no points will be awarded to you for that question. It’s either all or nothing.
Yes. Test administrators will provide you with 2 pieces of scratch paper and a pencil right before you walk into the test room.
Yes, GRE does provide a digital on-screen calculator (8-digit) for use in the test’s quantitative reasoning section. You cannot bring a physical calculator to the exam.