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“Revised GRE® General Test to Premiere in October 2006”

Filed under Graduate School and Funding
Posted by Libraries, December 06, 2005
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Educational Testing Service, October 20, 2005.

Starting in October 2006, prospective graduate students can expect a significantly revised GRE General Test. The new test will take over four hours to complete (compared to the current 2.5 hours), tests will be offered fewer times a year, and scoring will be determined on a different scale.

Read more about the changes from ETS here:
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem. c988ba0e5dd572bada20
bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid=49670bc725a07010 VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
&vgnextchannel=bf8146f1674f4010Vgn VCM10000022f95190RCRD

The Princeton Review features a handy comparison chart: http://www.princetonreview.com/grad/testprep/testprep.asp?TPRPAGE=880&TYPE=GRE-LEARN

Kaplan answers FAQs re: when to take the test: http://www.kaptest.com/repository/templates/ArticleInitDroplet.jhtml?relPath=/repository/content/Graduate/LearnAbouttheTests/
GRE/GRgrefaq.html

—Rebecca Metzger

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