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What Is GRE Score Select? Why Should You Care?

Christine SarikasDecember 25, 2016July 11, 2017GRE Logisticsets, explainers, gre score report, gre scores, rules and regulations

You may think that all your work is over once you’ve finished taking the GRE, but you still have to send your scores to schools you’re interested in. That’s where GRE Score Select (or ScoreSelect) comes into play.

What is GRE ScoreSelect? How does it work? How does it affect your grad school applications? GRE ScoreSelect has some key differences compared to other score reporting programs, and in this guide we’ll go over everything you need to know to become an expert on your GRE score choice options.

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34 Essential GRE Tips and Strategies

Ellen McCammonDecember 12, 2016July 18, 2017GRE Preppreparing for the gre, study tips, test day

With so much information out there about how to best approach the GRE, you may not be sure what’s the best way to really succeed.

Luckily, we’re here to help you separate the wheat from the chaff. We’ve identified over 30 critical GRE study tips for preparing for and taking the GRE to help you be smart and strategic at every step of the way! These essential GRE strategies will take you all the way through the essential foundations of preparation, all the way to test day success.

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Retaking the GRE: Should You Actually Do It?

Christine SarikasDecember 12, 2016July 11, 2017GRE General Info, GRE Prepexplainers, gre scores, preparing for the gre, retaking the gre

Going through all the effort of taking the GRE and then not getting the score you want is hard. You’re likely to be left with a lot of questions: Should I retake the GRE? Will I be able to raise my score? Will it make a difference for grad school admissions? Deciding whether or not to retake the GRE can be a challenging decision, but, luckily, we’re here to walk you through it.

In this guide, we’ll explain when you’ll be able to retake the GRE, what grad schools think of GRE retakes, the questions you should ask yourself when deciding whether to take the test again, and how to ensure you’ll get a higher score when retaking the GRE.

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The Ultimate GRE Study Guide: How to Max Your GRE Score

Christine SarikasDecember 12, 2016July 11, 2017GRE Prepgre format, gre practice, preparing for the gre, study tips

Preparing for the GRE can sometimes seem like an overwhelming undertaking. Where do you start? Do you need to buy special study resources? How do you study for the GRE?

This complete GRE study guide will demystify the prep process and walk you through exactly how to study for the GRE to reach your best score.

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How Long Are GRE Scores Good For? Why Do They Expire?

Ellen McCammonDecember 12, 2016July 18, 2017GRE Logisticsets, gre scores, rules and regulations, when to take the gre

Once you’ve taken the GRE, you probably don’t ever want to take it again. But unfortunately, GRE scores don’t last forever. So how long are GRE scores good for? What does it mean for scores to expire, and why do they? Get all the answers here.

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Who Takes the GRE? Should You Take It?

Christine SarikasDecember 12, 2016July 11, 2017GRE General Infoets, explainers, grad exams, graduate school

Are you thinking about taking the GRE but aren’t exactly sure what it is? Who takes the GRE? What is it used for?

For anyone wondering “should I take the GRE?”, read this guide to learn exactly why people take the GRE, who takes the test, and how to decide if you should take the exam.

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How to Get a GRE Fee Waiver: Simple 4-Step Guide

Christine SarikasDecember 12, 2016July 11, 2017GRE Logisticsexplainers, finances, gre cost, rules and regulations

Have you seen the cost of registering for the GRE and aren’t sure how you’re going to pay for it? Maybe you’ve heard that you might be able to get a GRE fee waiver. It’s true; there is a GRE Fee Reduction Program, but trying to understand how it works can be confusing.

This guide walks you through exactly what the program offers, who is eligible for it, and each step you need to take in order to receive a GRE voucher. We end with other tips for keeping the cost of the GRE to a minimum.

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What’s A Good GRE Writing Score? A Bad GRE Score?

Laura StaffaroniDecember 12, 2016December 20, 2017GRE Analytical Writinggre scores, percentiles

The GRE writing score is perhaps the most confusing part of your score report. What does it mean? Do schools care about it at all?

In this article, we’ll clarify all of that and explain how you can figure out what a good GRE Writing score is for you. We’ll go over percentiles for the GRE Writing as a whole as well as average and cut-off scores for grad programs and how you can use all this information to choose a target GRE Writing score.

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How Is the GRE Essay Scored?

Laura StaffaroniDecember 12, 2016January 29, 2024GRE Analytical Writingexplainers, gre scores

Your GRE Writing score is a kind of cyborg measurement that averages together both human and machine ratings and melds them into an Analytical Writing score on a scale of 0-6. But how does a human grade the essay? Is the computer grader trustworthy?

In this article, we’ll explain the details of the GRE essay scoring process and the rubrics used by the human graders to derive your two essay scores.

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328 Official GRE Essay Topics to Practice With

Laura StaffaroniDecember 12, 2016September 20, 2017GRE Analytical Writinggre format, gre practice, preparing for the gre, study tips

ETS has published the complete pool of 328 GRE essay topics which will ever appear on the Analytical Writing section of the test. While these collections of prompts provide unparalleled Analytical Writing practice, some test takers may find the sheer number of possible essay topics to be a bit overwhelming.

In this article, we’ve assembled over 60 official GRE essay topics for both the Issue and Argument tasks and used them to illustrate the 14 different kinds of GRE writing prompts you could see on test day. With this expert analysis, you’ll know how to tackle any GRE essay prompt that comes your way.

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