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Top universities in the world do not have their individual entrance exams instead, they accept standardised test scores and use them in the shortlisting process. GRE or Graduate Record Examination, is one such standardised test that is most widely used for grad school admissions in the US and Canada. 

The GRE exam is an admission requirement for top master's, MBA and doctoral degree programs in various other countries such as the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Singapore and Australia.

ETS conducts two types of GRE exams - The GRE General test, which is used as the primary criteria for your admission into any master’s program. And the GRE Subject Tests, which are taken by students choosing to specialise in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.

Anyone can take the GRE. ETS has specified no age limit or minimum qualification to take the GRE. In total honesty, there will be a range of eligibility criteria set by the universities that accept GRE scores.

The GRE exam fee in India is a little on the expensive side. The test is priced at $213, which roughly translates to 17,500 Indian Rupees. 

You can choose between the paper-based version and the computer-based version of the test. Further, you can also choose whether you’d like to take the exam at a test centre or at home, from the comfort of your living room.

There are no specific dates announced for the GRE, you can practically take the test whenever you feel most prepared throughout the year. There is also no lifetime limit on the number of times you can take the GRE exam, but you can only take five attempts within any continuous rolling 12-month period.

If you have to retake the GRE exam due to any circumstances, you will have to wait for a minimum of 21 days before you can take your next attempt. This is just ETS's way of saying that you should take some time to really outdo your last score, and we agree!

Here is a step-by-step guide to rescheduling the GRE exam - How To Reschedule GRE Exam at Home? (jamboreeindia.com)

The structure of the GRE is divided into three sections, and these are

• Verbal Reasoning

• Quantitative Reasoning

• Analytical Writing 

The Unscored and the Research sections are, as the name overly suggests, unscored and for research purposes only. As per the order of the sections, the Analytical Writing section will always be first. The Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and unidentified/unscored sections can appear in any order.

The Analytical Writing section doesn’t assess specific content knowledge rather, it tests your analytical writing skills through different tasks. These writing tasks test your ability to articulate and evaluate complex ideas while simultaneously judging your ability to sustain a focused and coherent discussion.

So GRE is time-bound, and the entire duration of the test is 3 hours and 45 minutes with a 10-minute break after the third section to, you know, breathe.

The breakdown of the duration of the test and sections looks something like this:

The highest possible score on the GRE is 340, and the Quantitative and Verbal Sections make up for 170 points each. The Analytical Writing Section, however, is scored on an independent scale where you can get a score from 0 to 6, with 6 being the highest and 0 being “que the tears”.

“Good” is a very subjective term so instead of going there, let’s check out what some of the top grad schools in the world are expecting from you… No pressure!