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About GRE Test

Stands for Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Conducted by the Testing Service (ETS) on behalf of the Graduate Record Examinations Board and the Council of Graduate Schools.
GRE exam scores are mandatory requirements for admission to graduate schools and universities abroad.
It is a common Graduate exam, which is taken by students globally, so forms a comprehensive and common basis for evaluation of ability, regardless of country.
There is no specific time for GRE. Students throughout the year can take it.
The onus is on the students to take the test well in time before applying for admission to any international college.
All-important cities of the world are venues for the GRE test. It is conducted everywhere around the globe and the students can apply at their nearest center.
The frequency of the test is twice a day on the five working days of the week-Monday through Friday.
In order to fix a date for taking the GRE test, Indian students can contact the Regional Registration Centre at Gurgaon.
The website www.gre.org is the site where students can register for the online
Indian students have the option to place a call for GRE registration to any Prometric center before 12.00 noon. This call has to be three days before the intended test date.
The GRE registration fee amounts to US $140 for the General test and $150 for subject test. The total GRE fee amounts to approx. Indian Rs 7000.
If the student wants to reschedule the date for his GRE test, he has to pay an additional US$ 40.
Any additional score report required necessitates a US$ 15 payment.
GRE Refund or GRE cancellation amount is US$60 and this request has to be placed a week before the intended date for the GRE exam.
The GRE registration standby fee is $35.
Important: The GRE test fee has to be paid in US dollars. No other currency is admissible.
GRE fee waivers can be availed for both the General and Subject tests. The criteria are financial constraints, which have to be specified in the request for GRE form. Students desiring a fee waiver have to contact the Central Financial Aid at 757-226-4125 and meet the eligibility conditions.
The GRE test is primarily a multiple-choice test. There are two parts of the exam
- General GRE Exam
- Subject GRE Exam- the subjects are 12 in number.
The student has access to his unofficial scores as soon as he completes the test. The official scores are sent to 4 universities free of cost as specified by the student. These are within 10-15 days of the date of the exam taken by the student.
The student can take the GRE test only once in a month and not more than 5 times in a year.