Shorter GRE vs. GMAT Focus Content Differences
Summary
The GRE exam's recent changes have streamlined its content without altering the difficulty level, maintaining the same content types but with fewer questions, particularly in the Quant and Verbal sections.
- The Analytical Writing section now includes only the 'analyze an issue' essay, removing the 'analyze an argument' essay.
- Quant section remains diverse with problem solving, multiple choice, numeric entry, quantitative comparison, and data interpretation sets, covering arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.
- Verbal section encompasses reading comprehension (including elements akin to critical reasoning), text completion, and sentence equivalence, focusing on both vocabulary and sentence structure.
- No new content has been added to the GRE, aiming to make the exam more student-friendly by reducing its length rather than changing its fundamental content or difficulty level.
- The Shorter GRE covers a broader range of content compared to the GMAT Focus, including essay writing, geometry, and vocabulary, making it potentially more challenging to study for.
Chapters
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Analytical Writing Simplification
00:22
Quantitative Section Overview
01:54
Verbal Section Composition
02:40
Content and Difficulty Level Insights
The GRE is becoming shorter on September 22, 2023, and the new GMAT Focus edition will become available to take starting on November 7, 2023. This lesson looks at the difference in content topics between these new exams.
For more details about both new exams and which might be the best one for you to take, you can check out the full recording of this live stream on YouTube.
Also, for more information about the structural changes to both exams (ex: the new number of questions per section), please refer to these two lessons:
- The New, Shorter GRE on Sept 22, 2023
- New GMAT Focus Edition Can be Taken Starting November 7, 2023
