Plan GRE preparation around the requirements of your target graduate programs.
HND Academics helps you connect practice priorities with the time available before application deadlines.
Check each program's testing policy before starting GRE preparation. Requirements can differ even between departments at the same university.
Use practice work to identify which skills need attention. A test score is one part of an application and does not guarantee admission.
The test is administered on a computer
Focuses on your analytical and problem-solving ability
Confirm the accepted tests and score-submission deadlines with your target program.
Agree on study priorities and review them as the application calendar develops.
The current GRE General Test takes about 1 hour and 58 minutes and measures three main areas: Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning. The old four-hour format with two writing tasks is no longer the current GRE format.
The Analyze an Issue task asks test takers to write a clear, evidence-based analytical response to a stated issue.
Text Completion, Sentence Equivalence, and Reading Comprehension questions assess academic vocabulary, reading, and reasoning.
Quantitative Reasoning evaluates problem solving and quantitative reasoning in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning are each reported on a 130-170 scale, in 1-point increments. Analytical Writing is reported on a 0-6 scale, in half-point increments.
GRE results should be interpreted by section. Depending on the target graduate or business program, Verbal, Quant, and Analytical Writing goals should be set separately.
