By Yun Suh-young
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) introduced a revised Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test on Aug. 1, a significant change in the GRE's 60-year history, the ETS said Monday.
Allowing more freedom to the applicants in their test-taking strategies, test takers can move back and forth, edit or change answers, skip and return to questions, all within a section. The revised test focuses less on out-of-context vocabulary and emphasizes more real-world scenarios, the ETS said.
Students from Asia will particularly welcome the changes, according to ETS.
“The GRE revised General Test will now be offered all on computer, all in one day, for students in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, contrasting with the split-test format previously administered in those regions,” said ETS in its press release.
Test takers will be able to save money from the one-day test format, it added.
For added convenience, the test will also be administered more frequently in Asia.
In a limited time offer, those registering to take the GRE revised General Test in August or September 2011 will receive a 50-percent discount on their test fee.
To register for the GRE revised General Test, visit https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/register/.
For more information, visit www.ets.org/gre.