The Graduate Record Examination is a test required for admission to graduate schools. The test is administered by Educational Testing Service(ETS).

OVERVIEW OF THE NEW TEST FORMAT:

  • One Analytical Writing section with two separate writing tasks. The duration for each task is 30 minutes
  • Two Verbal Reasoning sections with 20 questions in each section. The duration for each section is 30 minutes
  • Two Quantitative Reasoning sections with 20 questions in each section. The duration for each section is 35 minutes
  • One unidentifiable, un-scored experimental section on either Verbal reasoning or Quantitative reasoning, which may appear at any point
  • in the test