Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Graduate Record Examination or the GRE, is a nation-wide test undergraduates take in order to get into graduate school in the United States. In many ways, it is similar to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Both are administered by the Educational Testing Service and have similiar question format, for different levels of education. Overview In the past few years, the GRE has become computer-based, unlike the SAT. The general test has section testing verbal, quantitative (math), and analytical (writing) abilties. One characteristic of the new computer-based format is adaptive difficulty. As a test taker progresses into the exam, the difficulty of the questions is adjusted. This means that assessments are more accurate and can be done with fewer questions. Like the SAT, all sections are scored on a 200-800 point scale, in increments of 10. There are also several (optional) GRE subject tests. These test knowledge of a specific area of knowledge, such as computer science of upper-level mathematics. Subject tests typically have 100 multiple choice questions that must be answered in 60 minutes. While the subject tests are held at many undergraduate institutions, the general test is only held at test centers (due to the computer-based format). Students in major cities in the US will usually find a test center easily accessible, while more rural areas will require a drive of a few hours to an urban location. Many industrialized countries also have test centers, but not all do and at times test-takers must cross country borders. Score Breakdown (Source: REA test guide. ISBN 0-87891-446-3) Raw Score Verbal Score Percentile Quantative Score Percentile 72-76 800 99 71 790 99 70 780 99 69 760 99 68 750 98 67 740 98 66 720 96 65 710 96 64 700 95 63 690 94 62 680 93 61 660 91 60 650 89 800 98 59 640 88 800 98 58 630 86 790 98 57 620 85 780 97 56 610 84 770 95 55 600 82 750 92 54 590 80 740 90 53 580 78 730 89 52 570 75 720 87 51 560 73 700 83 50 550 71 690 81 49 540 68 680 79 48 530 65 670 77 47 520 63 650 72 46 510 60 640 71 45 500 57 630 68 44 490 55 620 65 43 480 52 600 61 42 470 49 590 59 41 460 45 580 56 40 450 43 560 52 39 440 40 550 49 38 430 37 540 46 37 420 34 530 44 36 420 34 510 39 35 410 31 500 37 34 400 28 490 34 33 390 26 480 32 32 380 24 460 27 31 370 22 450 26 30 360 18 440 23 29 360 18 430 21 28 350 17 410 18 27 340 15 400 16 26 330 13 390 14 25 330 13 380 13 24 320 11 360 10 23 310 10 350 9 22 300 8 340 8 21 290 7 330 7 20 280 6 310 5 19 270 4 300 4 18 260 3 290 3 17 250 3 280 3 16 240 2 260 2 15 230 1 250 1 14 220 1 240 1 13 210 1 230 1 12 200 0 210 0 0-11 200 0 200 0 External links Educational Testing Service Graduate Record Examination This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.