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The Graduate
Record Examination is a Standardized test that measures verbal,
mathematical and analytical skills. It is intended to help the graduate
schools (of all fields other than business) assess the potential of
applicants for advanced study . Nearly 2300 universities in the US
require GRE® scores from each applicant.
The GRE tests the
fundamental skills - Reasoning and Comprehension included - and does not
require any subject-specific theoretical study. (This is true only for
the General GRE Test, and not the GRE Subject, which is required by
certain universities. In this section, we mean the General GRE Test
whenever we refer to the GRE Test)
The test is
designed in such a way that it would be unlike any other test you would
have taken at school or college. First, the test has no question paper
or answer sheets, nor does it have the same set of questions for all the
examinees. Further, it does not give you the option of not answering a
question (unless, of course, you run out of time at the end). All this
because the GRE Test is an entirely Computer based test - the keyboard
and mouse do the work of a pen or pencil. The test is scored out of 1600
(in multiples of 10).
The GRE Test is
only one of several parameters which the graduate schools look at to
determine the selection of an applicant. A high score alone does not
translate into an admission offer from a great school. But the test can
be looked upon as the first major hurdle to be cleared in the process of
getting admission into a Graduate school of your choice. |
