{"id":2189,"date":"2023-04-02T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T23:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/careerpathways\/?page_id=2189"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:13:51","slug":"graduate-record-exam-gre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/careerpathways\/grad-school-advising\/graduate-record-exam-gre\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Record Exam (GRE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is one of the more popular exams for non-business or health related graduate programs.\u00a0 Some law and business schools will accept GRE scores however taking the GRE for these programs is less common than the LSAT and GMAT.<\/p>\n<p>The GRE is administered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/gre\/test-takers.html\">ETS<\/a>.\u00a0 ETS offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/gre\/score-users\/about\/general-test\/content-structure.html#:~:text=The%20GRE%20General%20Test%20measures,success%20in%20today's%20demanding%20programs.\">general test<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/gre\/score-users\/about\/subject-tests.html\">single subject tests<\/a> in Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. <em>The Chemistry test was discontinued April 2023 but is reportable for 5 years from test date).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The highest score on the GRE General Test is 340 (170 verbal reasoning, 170 quantitative reasoning).\u00a0 Additionally, you are scored separately for the analytical writing (0-6 points).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-MMAtYIUyhi\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-MMAtYIUyhi\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Format<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-MMAtYIUyhi\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-MMAtYIUyhi\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/gre\/test-takers\/general-test\/prepare\/content.html\">Breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-graduate-schools\/articles\/the-gmat-is-changing-heres-what-to-know\">Spring 2023 updates to format<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n       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href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/courses\/search\/?src=ukw&amp;q=gre\"><strong>Udemy<\/strong><\/a> offer free to very low cost prep resources.<\/p>\n<p>For profit test prep organizations include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/gre\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaplan<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/grad\/gre-test-prep\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Princeton Review<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testmasters.net\/GreOnline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TestMasters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gre.magoosh.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magoosh<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manhattan Prep<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gre.prepscholar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PrepScholar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            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