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GRE

The acronym GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination. It is one of the most popular graduate admission tests, which is held multiple times a year at GRE test centers. The key areas of these tests look upon candidates’ analytical writing and verbal and quantitative abilities. The overall testing time for the GRE is three hours and forty-five minutes.

The exam fees for the GRE cost differently around the world.

  • In Australia, it takes 230 dollars.
  • China 231.30 Dollars,
  • India 213 Dollars,
  • Turkey: 255 Dollars,
  • Nepal 190 Dollars and
  • Other areas of the world: 205 dollars.

What are the steps of GREs?

The key points for taking GRE by each candidate who is going to study Bachelor's program abroad are mainly:

  1. Registration
  2. Prepare for the exam
  3. Register for your appointment
  4. Select the GRE date and time
  5. Verify your details
  6. Pay the GRE registration fees

For registration, you need to visit the ETS website online and create your account, fill in all your personal information as required, set up your username and password, register for an appointment, set the GRE date and time, and verify your details and receive your confirmation mail to specify exam center, date and time.

On the exam date, you will need to know your regional registration center. For Nepal, it is Suite 11-1 and 11-3 Level 11 Wisma UOA, Damansara 2, Number 6 Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

If you are preparing for the GRE test you need to know these things:

  1. Individually you have to diagnose yourself
  2. Make a perfect study plan
  3. Avoid doubts and get feedback
  4. Take 3-4 hours of full-length tests before you go to the actual GRE
  5. Improve your math and verbal reasoning skills
  6. You can also enroll in GRE Webinars if you are a test taker and most of all have a balanced study schedule

What are GRE score requirements abroad?

1. Graduate schools

The cutoffs of GRE test scores in some top Graduate schools are:

  • Verbal: 150 to 163
  • Quantitative: 157 to 167
  • Writing: 4.0 to 6.0

The graduate schools accepting lower GRE scores are

  1. Loyola University Chicago: 310
  2. Johns Hopkins University: 297
  3. University of Scranton: Most programs, no GRE required
  4. Walden University: No GRE for most programs
  5. Rochester Institute of Technology
  6. Liberty University
  7. Georgia State University
  8. California Southern University
  9. American University
  10. George Mason University

2. Universities

The average cut-off scores for GRE for Universities abroad in general are:

  • GRE Verbal reasoning: 149.97
  • Quantitative reasoning: 152.57
  • Analytical writing: 3.48 (0-6)

The list of top Universities accepting GRE scores for 2022 are:

  1. Lancaster University: 302
  2. Durham University: 319
  3. University of Birmingham: 316
  4. University of Bristol: 328
  5. Manchester University: 320
  6. University College London: 324
  7. University of Toronto: 320
  8. Dalhousie University: 300 and above
  9. James Cook University: No minimum score requirement
  10. University of Melbourne: 158
  11. Stanford University: 166-172

Universities giving GRE on a conditional basis are:

  1. Wichita State University
  2. University of Dayton
  3. University of Massachusetts
  4. University of Nebraska
  5. University of New Haven
  6. University of Oklahoma
  7. University of Idaho
  8. University of Rochester

What are the advantages/disadvantages of taking the GRE at home vs test centers:

The Pros:

  • You feel less nervous
  • Safety
  • More dates and time slots availability

The Cons:

  • Cannot use paper or notebooks for doing rough work
  • You cannot guarantee electricity and Wi-Fi sustainability unlike the test center
  • Under the eye of the proctor from start to finish—anything they find suspicious can result in the cancellation of the entire exam at any moment

Tips to raise GRE scores:

During the GRE preparation you can look up ways that can hike your GRE scores in the main exams:

Consider working with a GRE teacher who can help you find out the biggest opportunities areas.

  • Take stock of how you have been preparing/practicing for GRE
  • Make a study calendar and mark your studying events and follow the T precisely
  • Make a log of your errors each time you prepared and correct them and make no repeated errors again
  • Brush up your vocabulary words by making flashcards of each word you found difficult to comprehend
  • Take a practice test on a full basis
  • Pick up new words faster by decoding the message of the unfamiliar words

Language centers offering GRE preparations in Nepal are:

  1. Global AECC Nepal
  2. Global Reach Nepal
  3. Education Tree Global
  4. Universal Language and Computer Institute
  5. King’s Institute
  6. NIEC
  7. Ushashree International Education Foundation
  8. Grace International Group
  9. Edwise Foundation
  10. Oasej Institute
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