GRE Preparation

The GRE Preparation exam evaluates your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.  The scores of this test are accepted in all institutions of higher education in the United States.  You can take this test as many times as you want, however it is crucial that you do well on your first or second exam because your final score is an average of all of the GRE exams you have taken.  The GRE test is comprised of six sections: two verbal reasoning sections, an analytical writing section and either a research or experimental section. 

The Verbal Reasoning portion evaluates your ability to comprehend English, your level of vocabulary and your critical reasoning skills.  This section has a total of twenty questions that must be completed within a thirty minute time limit.  There are 6 text completion questions in this section, four fill in the blanks and ten questions that measure your ability to read critically.

The Quantitative section assesses your problem solving abilities when dealing with algebra, geometry, basic arithmetic and data analysis.  This section has a time limit of thirty-five minutes and a total of twenty questions.  There are questions in which you are to make quantitative comparisons, questions pertaining to problem solving, problems where you are required to interpret data, multiple choice items and fill in the blank questions.   

The Analytical Writing section evaluates your ability to think critically, write analytically and the ability to provide effective and clear support to ideas.  There are two different types of essay that will be encountered in this section.  The first essay is an issue task in which you will have roughly thirty minutes to compose an essay related to a specific topic.  The second portion requires you to critique an argument and improve it.