GRE Old vs New 2011 Pattern, Comparison of Verbal, Quant, AWA & Samples

                     I have recently written an article explaining 10 things to know about New GRE Pattern 2011 . On the same lines, let me try to do a side by side comparison of both the patterns New 2011 and Old GRE. It gives a bigger picture and birds view…The comparison also includes the links to GRE Test questions and material released by ETS for 2011 pattern recently.

Also, Check  New GRE 2011 Powerprep II download, Sample GRE 2011 Test

GRE Verbal Section Old vs New Pattern
	New GRE Pattern 2011	Current/Old GRE Pattern
Scores Range	130  —170	200  — 800
Types of Questions	Text completion Questions Sentence Equivalence Questions Reading Comprehension Questions. NO Antonyms NO Analogies	Analogies Antonyms Sentence Completions Reading Comprehension
Sample questions	GRE Verbal New Pattern 2011	GRE Verbal Old/Current Pattern
Score Increments	1 Point increments	10 point increments
Sections	2 Sections	1 section
Question per section	Approximately 20	Exactly 30
Time Allocated	30 Minute Per section, total will be 60 Minutes	30 Minutes
GRE Quantitative Reasoning Section Old vs New Pattern
	New GRE Pattern 2011	Current/Old GRE Pattern
Scores Range	130  —170	200  — 800
Types of Questions	Multiple Choice questions - Select One answer Choice -Select One or more answer choices Numeric Entry questions Quantitative comparison Questions	Quantitative Comparison Problem Solving Data Interpretation
Sample questions	GRE Quant Reasoning 2011	GRE Quant Old/Current Pattern
Score Increments	1 Point increments	10 point increments
Sections	2 Sections	1 section
Question per section	Approximately 20	Exactly 28
Time Allocated	35 Minute Per section, total will be 70  Minutes	45 Minutes
GRE Analytical Writing Section Old vs New Pattern
	New GRE Pattern 2011	Current/Old GRE Pattern
Scores Range	0—6	0—6
Types of Questions	2 Questions	2 Questions
Score Increments	0.5	0.5
Sections	One Section	No Section Concept
Question	2 Questions or Tasks - One Analyze and issue task -One Analyze an Argument Task	2 Questions or Tasks -One Issue task – Choose from two -1 Argument task- No choice.
Sample Questions	Analytical Writing GRE 2011	Analytical Writing GRE Old/Current
Time Allocated	30 Minutes per task Total 60 minutes for two tasks or questions	45 minutes for Issue task 30 minutes for Argument task
An unidentified Unscored section is same in both old or current and the new GRE pattern. This section may be included or may not be, it depends…if included, it will not counted towards part of your score An identified Research section is also the same case, it will be at the end of the test in both new and old/current GRE.