Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is the entrance test to get admission in any field other than management in the foreign institutions. The admission is dependent on the score of an applicant. A student has to score above the cut-off mark in order to get admission in the globally high ranking colleges. There is nothing like an official GRE syllabus. Applicants need to go through previous years’ question papers, solve them and get sufficient idea about what GRE is. A student will get to know about the pattern of question from solving a good number of question papers. Many changes have been introduced into the syllabus and question pattern of GRE over the years. In spite of those changes, it is important that applicants go through previous years’ question papers because GRE tests students’ analytical, problem solving capability and the accuracy of knowledge.
There are mainly four subjects which an applicant must study for the general papers in GRE. They are mathematics and other problems, reasoning, language and analytical questions. Each of these subjects must be given ample time while preparing for GRE because each of these carries similar marks. Mathematics and reasoning are the two scoring areas. Other subjects too must be considered seriously. GRE study material is very important in the preparation. The study materials could be university texts, model papers, specialized books or tutorial notes. Many standard tutorial notes are available in the markets that are very much helpful in the preparation of GRE.
Since GRE is a highly competitive test students must study very hard. A student must not strain his brain with too much of GRE material, but repetition of the study one has done may prove helpful. The preparation must take place in a guided fashion. The journey must begin with the simple things and then move on to complex things. Regular and systematic study is much more effective than mugging up at