New GRE revised general and its pattern changes 2011
Lately there had been changes made in the GRE pattern to make it more suitable to assess the candidates aspiring masters across the globe. There is a lot of hue and cry about the changes and students are left perplexed and anxious about the changes. This article gives you all the details regarding the revised GRE and guides you to become successful in the GRE venture.
There is a change in the general GRE pattern and it is newly named as revised general GRE. It came into force from August 2011. Though the revised GRE is not a complete facelift, it is something like an old wine in new bottle after all it tests the same subjects i.e. aptitude and English. There is a complete overhaul in the verbal section(verbal) and little changes in the quantitative(aptitude) and imperceptible changes in analytical writing. At the outset do not get
obsessed with knowing the changes in a fastidious way and defer your preparation. Also the old preparation material can be wisely used for the revised exam also.General changes in GRE revised
GRE revised exam schedule
Total of six sections plus one unscored or research sections.
1)one Analytical writing section-two tasks-30min per task.
2)Two verbal tsks- approximately 20 questions-30 min per section
3)Quantitative Reasoning – approximately 20 questions- 35 min per section
4)Experimental/unscored section- approximately 20 questions- approximately 30
min per section
NOTE
you can not identify the unscored section and never attempt to do that. You can know whether it is a verbal or quantitative. The subject with three sections contains the unscored section.Changes in verbal pattern of revised GRE
The new verbal section is designed to test the candidates comprehension abilities. It does not require us to cram the old word lists. Anology questions, Antonyms are completely removed. Reading comprehension passages are increased. Paragraphs with multiple blanks and choices for each blank are included. You need to fill all the blanks with choices of appropriate context. There are no partial credits for correctly answered blanks in the paragraphs. Sentence completion questions with two synonyms in the choices are included. You need to mark both the answers. No partial credits for this type of questions either. The reading comprehension questions are much fortified than previous test.Changes in quantitative reasoning of revissd GRE
There are not much changes in question patterns in quantitative reasoning questions. But the emphasis on geometry is decreased. Statistics are given more importance (mean,median,mode,percentiles,bell's curve). Onscreen calculator is included. Numeric entry questions are included. Multiple answers with no partial credits are included. Revised GRE scoring system and scales
Previously the scoring was on 1600 scale (800 verbal and 800 QR) with five points increment. But now the scales are changed. A total of 340 (170 each) with one point increments. It is said that the new system is more sensitive than the old system but I don't know how? I don't think it is a great change as both the scoring systems are proportional. The new scores are reported from mid-november. It seems ETS itself is not clear about the new scoring system.