GRE Test-Taking Strategies

Practice Book for the Paper-based

GRE revised General Test
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Second Edition
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Note to Test Takers: Keep this practice book until you receive your score report. This book contains important information about scoring.

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Table of Contents
Overview of the Paper-based GRE® revised General Test ........................................................ 3
Test Structure ......................................................... 3 Preparing for the GRE revised General Test .......... 4 Test-taking Strategies ............................................. 4 Breaks...................................................................... 5 Scoring and Score Reporting ................................. 5

Overview of the Paper-based GRE ® revised General Test
The GRE® revised General Test measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills—skills that have been developed over a long period of time and are not related to a specific field of study, but are important for all. The GRE revised General Test features question types that reflect the kind of thinking you will do and the skills you need to succeed in graduate and business school. This publication provides a comprehensive overview of each measure of the test to help you get ready for test day. It is designed to help you: • • • • understand what is being tested gain familiarity with the various question types review test-taking strategies become familiar with the calculator that will be distributed on test day • review scored Analytical Writing essay responses and reader commentary • understand scoring • practice taking the test If you are