| Benefit of Paper Based GRE Exam |
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| The benefit of paper based GRE exam is students have scope of going through the entire paper and altering answers as they wish. Hence, the scoring opportunity is more when one takes up the paper based GRE exam. |
| Benefit of Computer Based GRE Exam |
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| The number of times and number of locations in which this exam is conducted is more than paper based GRE exam. This makes computer based GRE exam more easy and convenient to apply for most candidates. |
| Points of Difference | Paper Based GRE Exam | Computer Based GRE Exam |
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| Report/Score | Marks of paper based GRE exam is conveyed after 6 weeks from the test taking day. | For computer based GRE exam test takers, scores of Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning are given out on the day of the exam (unofficially). Analytical and Writing score of computer based GRE exam is given out in 10-15 days from the test taking day. |
| Access and availability | Paper based GRE exam is conducted three times in an academic year. | This exam is conducted all through the year, over different locations across the globe. |
| Preparation tips | When preparing for paper based GRE exam, you can lend your entire focus on the core GRE syllabus and continue preparing. | When preparing for computer based GRE exam, its important to be familiar with the electronic machine, the exam pages, rules and formats. Online platforms like BenchPrep allows students to take demo computer based GRE exam. Its important to practice these when there is time in hand, for no technical glitches to happen on the GRE test day. |
| GRE Subject test | GRE Subject test is only conducted in paper format. | This form of GRE exam does not allow special subject based GRE exam. |
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