Stuff You Should Already Know
From Opengre
This area contains all of the boring things that you should already know about the GRE and you can get by a simple google'ing "gre" or "ETS". The point of this site is to provide really good open information to anyone who needs it. But pro forma here are some basics on the GRE.
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[edit] About the GRE
[edit] Costs
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2009
- $140 General Test—U.S., U.S. Territories, and Puerto Rico - $195 General Test—China (including Hong Kong), Korea, and Taiwan. See Bulletin Supplement (PDF). - $170 General Test—All Other Locations - $ 25 Late Registration Fee - $ 50 Standby Testing (paper-based test only) - $ 50 Rescheduling Fee - $ 50 Changing Your Test Center - $ 12 Scores by phone - $ 20 Additional score report (ASR) requests–per recipient - $ 50 Question-and-Answer Review Service—Verbal & Quantitative Sections - $ 55 Score Review for Analytical Writing Measure - $ 30 Paper-Based Test Hand Scoring - $ 30 Score Reinstatement Fee
Fees are subject to change without notice. The above amounts are exclusive of any Value Added or similar taxes. Any tax is payable in addition to the amounts quoted.
[edit] Scaled Percentages from wikipedia as well
[edit] Scaled score percentiles
The percentiles of the current test are as follows:<ref>GRE: Guide to the Use of Scores 2007-08. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from Guide to the Use of Scores 2007-08.</ref>
| Scaled score | Verbal Reasoning % | Quantitative Reasoning % |
|---|---|---|
| 800 | 99 | 94 |
| 780 | 99 | 90 |
| 760 | 99 | 86 |
| 740 | 99 | 82 |
| 720 | 98 | 77 |
| 700 | 97 | 72 |
| 680 | 96 | 68 |
| 660 | 94 | 63 |
| 640 | 91 | 58 |
| 620 | 89 | 53 |
| 600 | 85 | 49 |
| 580 | 81 | 44 |
| 560 | 76 | 40 |
| 540 | 71 | 35 |
| 520 | 65 | 31 |
| 500 | 60 | 28 |
| 480 | 55 | 24 |
| 460 | 49 | 21 |
| 440 | 43 | 18 |
| 420 | 37 | 15 |
| 400 | 31 | 13 |
| 380 | 26 | 11 |
| 360 | 21 | 9 |
| 340 | 15 | 7 |
| 320 | 10 | 5 |
| 300 | 6 | 4 |
| 280 | 3 | 3 |
| 260 | 1 | 2 |
| 240 | 1 | 1 |
| 220 | 0 | 1 |
| 200 | 0 | 0 |
| mean | 465 | 584 |
| Analytical Writing score | Writing % |
|---|---|
| 6 | 96 |
| 5.5 | 88 |
| 5 | 73 |
| 4.5 | 54 |
| 4 | 33 |
| 3.5 | 18 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 1.5 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0 |
| mean | 4.1 |
Comparisons for "Intended Graduate Major" are "limited to those who earned their college degrees up to two years prior to the test date." ETS provides no score data for "non-traditional" students who have been out of school more than two years, although their own report "RR-99-16" indicated that 22% of all test takers in 1996 were over the age of 30.
[edit] Links for more basic information
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=0a51d2b54c0c5010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6236e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD#Computer_Based_General_Test_Content_and_Structure [http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=0a51d2b54c0c5010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6236e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD#Computer_Based_General_Test_Content_and_Structure | ETS site]
