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The New GRE: What Do I Need to Know?

Updated: Jan 28

Starting September, 2023, the GRE exam has been reduced to one hour and 58 minutes.


The New GRE test consists of the following:


1. Analytical Writing: (0-6 points, but it is not included in the GRE total score*) https://www.ets.org/gre/test-takers/general-test/prepare/content/analytical-writing.html

I. Issue Writing Task (30 minutes)


I. Section One: average difficulty (12 questions, 18 minutes)

II. Section Two: difficulty level adapted to test taker’s performance on Section One** (15 questions, 23 minutes)


I. Section One: average difficulty (12 questions, 21 minutes)

II. Section Two: difficulty level adapted to test taker’s performance on Section One** (15 questions, 26 minutes


Both the Argument Essay and the un-scored Experimental sections have been removed. The 10 minute break has also been eliminated.


Average GRE Scores (July 1, 2019 to July 30, 2022) https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/interpreting-gre-scores.pdf

  1. Verbal Reasoning: 150.94 (130-170)

  2. Quantitative Reasoning: 155.44 (130-170)

  3. Analytical Writing: 3.56 (0-6)



* The Analytical Writing section is not performance adapted, and the Analytical Writing score is not included in the GRE total score: https://www.ets.org/gre/test-takers/general-test/prepare/content/analytical-writing/scoring.html#accordion-06cf390d3c-item-d718e2bb0a


**GRE is computer adaptive (Section Level Adaptation) for Verbal Reasoning and Quantitive Reasoning. The difficulty level of the second section is dependent on the overall performance on the first section. The GRE total score (130-170) is based on the number of questions answered correctly and the difficulty level of the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections.  https://www.ets.org/gre/test-takers/general-test/prepare/test-structure.html





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