Few General GRE Insights

• One can take the GRE once per calendar month and not more than 5 times in one calendar year.
• The scores are valid for 5 years.
• One will see your Verbal, Quant and Total Score immediately.
• Official Report is received only after 2 weeks (with essay grades).
• The total GRE score ranges from 400 to 1600.
• Each of the multiple choice sections is scored on a scale of 200 to 800, in 10-point increments.
• The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) score is an average of the ratings given to the Analysis of an Issue and the Analysis of an Argument sections. Each response is given two independent ratings – one computer and one human reader. Once both essays have been scored, the scores are averaged to provide an overall score. Scores for the AWA range from 0 to 6 in half-point intervals.
• Writing scores are computed separately from the multiple-choice scores and have no effect on the Verbal, Quantitative, or Total scores.

Few General CAT Insights

• The difficulty of questions automatically changes as the test taker proceeds with the exam, depending on the number of correct or incorrect answers that are given.
• Scores are based on number of questions answered correctly and difficulty level of those questions.
• The first question that is given in a multiple-choice section is considered to be an “average level” question that half of the GRE test takers will answer correctly. If the question is answered correctly, then subsequent questions become more difficult. If the question is answered incorrectly, then subsequent questions become easier, until a question is answered correctly.
• You cannot skip a question; you can’t return to previous questions; you can’t change an answer.
• You must finish the sections; there is strong penalty for leaving the test incomplete.
• First few questions are much more important than the last few.
• Bad performance in one section does not affect the other section.