GRE Score Range Calculator
By HSB On August 15, 2008;
Do you want to know how much you can score in GRE, even before taking GRE Exam?
I have written about steps to improve GRE Score. But, having idea on how GRE Exam is scored will help students prepare in much better way. One of the blog reader scored 800 in GRE Math after getting some 11 questions wrong in ETS Powerprep practice test.
GRE – Time and Strategy
GRE Exam is all about strategy and timing. I have meet and spoke to so many students who took GRE and I was able to find a pattern, that will allow to estimate how much you can score in actual GRE Test. Wouldn’t it be nice to know the score range even before you take GRE test?
When Can I know GRE Score Range
You can find out how much you can score in GRE only 3 to 5 days before your actual GRE Test date. But, having an idea will help you to decide on which 4 universities to forward gre scores. That will save more than $100 during graduate school application GRE score forwarding.
GRE Score Calculator
- I have suggested to take ETS Powerprep exam only 1 week to 5 days before actual GRE exam. That’s the only source where the tests are scored using the same patten asgre exam is evaluated.
- You can take powerprep practice tesst many times. Only few questions will be repeated.
- With 2 gre practice test in ETS Powerprep, you can take more than 5 to 8 times. Make a note of scores you get in powerprep.
- Don’t take powerprep exam as yet another practice test. Make evey attempt to take it seriously and put your 100% effort to score more.
- For instance, you can score 400 in gre verbal section first test and score 500 in second gre practice test. So, if you take 8 powerprep gre practice test, then make a note of the score and save it in ascending order.
Test 1 – GRE Verbal 400
Test 2 – Verbal 410
Test 3 – Verbal 400
Test 8 – Verbal 450
Interpret GRE Score Table
- If all the scores for example are within the range of 400 to 450, then its very much lokely your GRE Score in actual test will not go more than 500.
- Lowest score you can expect is 350 to 380.
- Which implies, you can score anywhere from 380 to 430 in actual GRE exam. This applies to both GRE Verbal and Quantitative sections in actual exam.
How True is the above Said GRE Scores?
I have seen so many students who take powerprep and when they say the scores to me, I can very well say, how much they can expect to score in actual GRE CAT. Here are some examples of my formula to estimate your GRE scores
- Jones - Friend of mine from work, took GRE Exam yesterday. His score range in powerprep was 400 to 600 in Verbal, but majority of scores around 480. GRE quantitative, he was scoring around 740 to 780. In actual GRE Exam, he scored 490 in Verbal and 750 in quantitative section.
- Raghuram – Yes, that’s me. I was getting around 400 to 450 in Verbal, 750 to 780 in Maths and ended up getting within the above range.
- More Examples : I’m collecting details from more students who recently took GRE.
I scored more than Practice Test Range
Is that possible? To score more than that maximum score in Verbal and Quanititaive section. Yes, if you scoring 750 in Math section, you can score 800, but if you are getting 700 to 750 in GRE Practice test, it will be tough sk to score 800 out of 800. But, for Verbal I really doubt, you can increase the score overnight from 450 to 650+.
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HI Guys,
I have scored 730 in quant section and the amazing part is that my first and fourth questions were wrong. I made 5 mistakes in overall and was wondering if there anybody who properly understands the GRE CAT philosophy can understand why I scored relatively high with the mistake in first question.
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Cheers,
Turan
hi i m planning to take up GRE. i want to know what is fall year/summer in usa.tell me the correct month.so that i can schedule my gre exam accordingly to that intake in particular semester
i m having exams on 29th october.i.e. after few days..can u suggest me on which topic i should concentrate more.?.& if u r having any material helpful to me..plz send….
thanks in advance..
hi… Am having my gre exam 2marow, i mean oct 9th. so can plz tell me what are the thing i need to follow 2marow before exam.. and wht colleges should i prefer with a score of 1100+ score?
Hello,
I have GRE Score of 1030 and i have 3 years of experience in Project Management as a Project Lead. Is it advisable to go for MS in Project Management field ? My main criteria is to get a decent JOB in US in Project Management field so will it be worth to go for MS in Project Management ?
In case it is advisable then could you please suggest the Colleges for this course.
sir i have scored 1110 in gre – 450 verbal and 660 math. toefl score is 102. i want to do my masters in pharmaceutics or drug regulatory affairs or biotechnology.can you please suggest some universities where i can get admissions on basis of my gre score
hi i hav taken GRE my Score is 920.and ielts score is 6 band.can i get admission in USA university.would i face any visa problem.
plz reply me
hi..
i want to aplly for masters in pharmacy but my gre is 800 and tofel 105..can i get any i20.please suggest me some uni/
Retake GRE. 800 is very low score.
with ur score of gre and toefl which look promising i hope that u should look out university where u want, i mean u need to have clear idea regarding the the tution fees, accomodation and also see job prospect after completion of ur degree. so u can also look for scholarships in some program.
hey i dont no that u can get admission to the good pharmacy program but with ur toefl score being good u myt get scholarship in some university where gre is not mandatory.
Hi , I am planning to take the gre test in oct 09. Please tell me what is the minimum gre score( for quant and for verbal) that is required for getting through for MS-Indsutrial Eng- Logistics and distribution programe at University of Houston, texas.
please do help and also suggest some techinques to improve math score as i am facing some difficulty in this section.
thanks for replying.
to find rankings of university in nort est part pf usa what is the key..
pl let me know.
ALL the posts I see on various blogs/websites, they list universities for scores in this range: verbal 500-570; Math 700-780; Writing 4.5 – 6. Most frequent questions and requests I have received are for following range:
Verbal 350-420;
Math 700-780;
Writing 3.5-4.5.
I have tried to help my friends as much as I can with what I know (with about 60% success rate). What are your thoughts about such applicants? Most of these folks have 3.4-3.6 GPA (Not too bad I think.) So, how should one tackle that Verbal score issue? Do you think Verbal scores are a highly weighed when a student is trying to get into an Engineering program, in lets say University of Virginia?
Appreciate your comments and insight.
Sorry i forgot to write “PLEASE” in the last post.
Hi can you suggest on the toefl Ibt test, like how to prepare for the speaking and the listening sections , as a lot of rules have changed since CBT and a lot of funding opportunities depends on toefl ..hence it would be very helpful for students appearing for toefl IBT to get some expert suggestions before appearing for the test.
Thanks in advance
Hi, TOEFL these days is mostly recommended based on scholar ship basis.The speaking is the most important aspect. I suggest you to take over 3 to 4 English movies per day so that you can improve both your listening and speaking abilities. There are many websites which provide you current information regarding any topic. So just go with it daily and you can get a respectable score.The writing section has to be practiced based on the essay writing skills and it is a bit easy and no points should be repeated and the message or the point should be made strong and clear in the essay.Just go through lot of magazines and news papers for the recent issues going on the world and this could really survive you. I have done this and when exam is fast approaching, worked out some practice tests and i scored 118. you could follow this if you like and i am for sure you would score high