GRE General Test guide

Current GRE format, scoring, registration, and preparation for graduate admissions.

Overview

Questions: Current structure: 27 Verbal Reasoning questions, 27 Quantitative Reasoning questions, and one 30-minute Analyze an Issue task; section timing and format are defined by ETS.
Time: 118 minutes total; one 30-minute essay, two Verbal sections (18 and 23 minutes), two Quantitative sections (21 and 26 minutes)
Exam time
Format: Computer-delivered, section-level adaptive Verbal and Quantitative sections; question formats include single/multiple select and numeric entry; no individual-question adaptivity is claimed.
Computer-based
Pass mark: No universal pass score
Verbal and Quantitative scores range from 130 to 170; Analytical Writing ranges from 0 to 6 in half-point increments. Program expectations vary; ETS sets no universal pass cutoff.