A Shorter GRE® Test

A Shorter GRE® Test

On September 22, 2023, the GRE® General Test will be shortened from just under 4 hours to just under 2, and will report scores faster, helping you submit your applications sooner.

  • Be less than 2 hours long, making it the shortest test of general skills for admission to graduate and professional programs (shorter than GMAT® exam, the GMAT Focus and the LSAT®)!
  • Have 46 fewer Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning questions, helping reduce test-taking fatigue!
  • Have only one Analytical Writing essay (versus two in the current version)!
  • Measure the same skills and feature the same question types, so if you’ve already started prepping, you’re in GREat shape!

Learn more about the changes.