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A Pursuit of Higher Education

If you are looking at this page, you are probably thinking about higher education beyond your baccalaureate degree to further your career aspirations. Regardless of your intended field of study and your degree progress, we personally commend you for your commitment to higher education. Pursuing a graduate degree is not the easiest of all things as a student, and the admissions process alone can be daunting. Fortunately, there are a multitude of test prep programs that offer academic assistance for the required aptitude tests. But then again, choosing an efficient test prep program is in itself another task that triggers anxiety. And to add another crucial variable to the mix is the fact that a revised edition of the GRE will roll out starting August 1, 2011. 

Prepare for the New GRE with dot Ed!

More class time, affordable tuition...

  • No test prep program has real-time proven results for the upcoming GRE.
  • We offer classes that meet three times a week, whereas other test prep centers offer only twice a week. The more exposure and guidance you receive from our instructors, the better your improvement can be.
  • For higher frequency in meeting time, we offer more affordable rates than what other test prep centers offer.

Who are our instructors?

  • Recent masters graduates in English Literature and Mathematics teach our GRE courses from MIT, NYU, and Columbia University.
  • Not all top-score test takers can teach, but our instructors are trained educators and have extensive field experience. We teach you how to tackle not just any one problem on the exam, but each overarching concept in detail so that you are properly prepared.

How will dot Ed prepare you for the New GRE?

  • Verbal sections - repeated drills on relevant reading comprehension passages, essential vocabulary, and writing techniques.
  • Quantitative sections - in-depth practice problems on all relevant algebra, geometry, probability, and statistics math topics.
  • Modeled problems are too weak to condition students to the style and format of the upcoming GRE. Mock exams will be based on the ETS review book with official test problems.

Accommodating class dates and times 

Monday - Wednesday - Friday Class

  • Classes run for three hours per session. 1.5 hours for the quantitative section; 1.5 hours for the verbal section. 
  • Choose between the morning section: 9:00AM ~ 12:00PM or the afternoon section: 1:00PM ~ 4:00PM.
  • Classes run for 8 weeks starting September 7 until October 31.
  • Bi-weekly mock exams and exam reviews on Fridays to chart student progress.

Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Class

  • Classes run for three hours per session. 1.5 hours for the quantitative section; 1.5 hours for the verbal section. 
  • Choose between the morning section: 9:00AM ~ 12:00PM or the afternoon section: 1:00PM ~ 4:00PM.
  • Classes run for 8 weeks starting September 6 until October 28.
  • Bi-weekly mock exams and exam reviews on Fridays to chart student progress.

What's Different About the New GRE?

New Questions

  • Antonyms and Analogies will no longer exist. You will not need to take memorize mountains upon mountains of vocabulary flashcards. However, essential vocabulary is still crucial for verbal reasoning sections.
  • Test Completion Questions will be added. You will need to select appropriate words or phrases in reading passage blanks based on your verbal reasoning skills.
  • Sentence Equivalence Questions will be added. You will need to complete sentences that have missing blanks without distorting its original meaning.
  • A New Approach to Reading Comprehension Questions - Multiple choice questions will ask that you select several correct answers instead of just one. The new reading comprehension questions may also prompt you to highlight lines within the passage as your answer.
  • More Focused Responses rather than generalization on the Analytical Section
  • Quantitative Sections will include prompt you to select either one or more than one answer choice. 
  • Numeric Keypad Entry for Quantitative Sections will be added.
  • Quantitative Comparison will be added. You will need to determine if one answer choice is larger than another, of equal value to the other, or if there is insufficient data provided to make an mathematical comparison.
  • Data Interpretation will be added. You will need to analyze graphs and charts to make inferences.
  • On-Screen Calculators will be available.


For more information and a sample of new question types, please visit the official ETS webpage

New Score Scale

  • Instead of the traditional 200-800 score scale with 10-point increments, the new GRE starting in August 1, 2011 will introduce a 130-170 score scale with 1-point increments. This is an effort by ETS to allow institutions to spot testing achievement disparities on a finer level. 
  • Analytical Section will not change. It will continue to have a score range of 0-6.

New Exam Time Length = 3 hrs and 45 min

  • Two Analytical Writing Sections - "Analyze an Issue" & "Analyze an Argument"  - 30 minutes each
  • Two Verbal Reasoning Sections - 30 minutes each
  • Two Quantitative Reasoning Sections - 35 minutes each
  • One Anonymous Unscored Verbal or Quantitative Section - variable time length
  • One Research Section at the end of exam - variable time length


Delayed Score Report (Aug. and Sept. 2011)

  • For those taking the new GRE in August and September 2011, ETS will report scores to respective institutions in early November
  • Test takers in October and onwards will have their scores reported faster with eventual score report stabilization within 10-15 days after exam.
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