In September of 2007, the GRE is undergoing the most significant changes ever!
LENGTH: increased from 2? hours to over 4 hours long. From CAT to CBT. two 40-minute verbal sections and two 40-minute qunatitative sections, one experimental section and two 30-minute analytical writing essays.
ADMINISTRATION: administered a maximum of 30 times a year with no repetition of questions.
SCORE: For the Quantitative and Verbal sections, the scoring scale will change from a 200-800 point scale to a 130-170 point scale with a mean of 150. ETS may change this new scale slightly and will not release scores until after the first three administrations in November 2007. The Analytical Writing section will continue to be graded on a 6-point scale.
Content
One of ETS's goal is to more accurately predict success in graduate school by focusing on higher cognitive and reasoning skills. There will be new question types introduced to both sections.
Verbal:
- Less emphasis on vocabulary (analogies and antonyms eliminated)
- More complex reasoning and application (broader reading comprehension and more complex sentence completion)
- Addition of new question types
- Computer enabled tasks (highlighting passages and sentences)
- Two 40-minute sections instead of one 30-minute section
Quantitative:
- Fewer geometry questions
- Increased data interpretation and complex word problems
- Addition of fill in the blank questions
- Addition of new question types
- Addition of an on-screen calculator
- Two 40-minute sections instead of one 45-minute section
Analytical Writing (will be renamed Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing):
- Essay questions will be more specific in nature
- Admissions Deans will now have access to actual student essays instead of just seeing a score
- Two 30-minute essay questions instead of one 30-minute and one 45-minute essay question
(FROM WWW.KAPTEST.COM)