Shorter GRE vs. GMAT Focus Content Differences
Summary
The GRE exam's recent changes have streamlined its content without altering the difficulty level, affecting both the analytical writing and quantitative sections, while maintaining a broad range of topics compared to the GMAT.
- The GRE has reduced its analytical writing section to one essay, focusing on analyzing an issue, while removing the analyze an argument essay.
- Quantitative section on the GRE remains diverse, incorporating various question types and content areas such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.
- Verbal section combines reading comprehension with critical reasoning and includes vocabulary-focused questions like text completion and sentence equivalence.
- 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 difficulty level.
- The GRE covers a broader range of content than the GMAT, including essay writing, geometry, and vocabulary, making it potentially more challenging to study for.
Chapters
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Analytical Writing Section Changes
00:22
Quantitative Section Overview
01:53
Verbal Section Composition
02:40
Content and Difficulty Level Insights
The GRE became 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
- Current GMAT (through Jan. 31, 2024) vs. GMAT Focus (starts Nov. 7, 2023)
This is the last lesson of the section
