Here are some sample scores of actual GRE test takers that have been excerpted from their official test reports: Hence, if you screw your first section, the next section will be easy and therefore carry less weight and even if you get all questions correct on the easier second section, you will not be able to get a higher score. How much Does a Section Weigh?Ī Hard section weighs nearly 3 times as much as an easy section, which means that getting 7 questions correct on a hard section is equivalent to getting all questions correct on an easier section. So there is definitely be some room for error. And lastly if you score less than 8 questions correct on the first section, then the second section is of an Easy difficulty level.ĭo note that ETS keeps on tweaking their algorithm from time to time. If you score 8 or more but less than 13 questions correct on the first section, then the second section is a Medium difficulty level (same as the first section). And lastly, if you score less than 10 questions correct on the first section, then the second section is of an Easy difficulty level.įor Verbal: If you get approximately 13 or more questions correct on the first section, then the second section is a Hard difficulty level. If you score 10 or more but less than 15 questions correct on the first section, then the second section is a Medium difficulty level (same as the first section). How does the GRE Test Adapt?įor Quant: As a rough estimate, if you get 15 or more questions correct on the first section, then the second section is a Hard difficulty level. The very first math and the very first verbal section that you get on the GRE exam are of a Medium difficulty level. First let’s look at the approximate number of questions per section for each level of difficulty. Math and verbal sections are divided into 5 levels ranging from 1 to 5. What varies is the overall weight of the section. The questions within a section do not change.
Your performance on the first section will determine the difficulty level of the next section. Each section is static and the questions within a section carry equal points. GRE is based on the section adaptive algorithm. However, this does not mean that each question carries 1 point. In other words, you have 40 questions for math and 40 questions for the verbal sections and a difference of 40 points. The math and verbal sections are scored on a scale of 130-170 with a total of 20 questions on each section. On the GRE exam, there are 2 graded math sections, 2 graded verbal sections, and 2 graded analytical writing sections. But my score is a meager 154 – how is that possible?”
Hence, since the GRE scoring scale is 130-170 then 130+30=160 should have been my final score. This means I got a total of 30 questions correct out of 40.
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Recently a prospective GRE test taker asked me this question “I took the GRE test 1 on power prep software and got 11 out of 20 questions correct in the first quantitative section and 19/20 in next quantitative section.
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