GRE^® General Test

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What is the GRE?

Where do I get a GRE bulletin?

Where and when can I take the GRE?

How do I register?

How do I prepare for GRE exams?

What do I do on the day of the test?

What about my scores?

The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) are required for applicants to many graduate-level programs in the United States and at international universities. The GRE is made up of the General Test, composed of verbal, quantitative, and analytical sections, and of Subject Tests on specific academic fields. Some universities require only the General Test while others will request applicants to take Subject Tests related to their planned area of study. The GRE Information and Registration Bulletin has additional information on these tests.

Where do I get a GRE bulletin?

AMIDEAST/Iraq maintains a supply of test bulletins in Erbil, Baghdad and Basra with all pertinent information about the GRE, including the registration form. Information on the exam content and registration procedures is also available on GRE Web site.

Where and when can I take the GRE?

The GRE exam is administered by AMIDEAST in Iraq in its paper-based format in Erbil and Baghdad on limited dates per year. Below are the GRE test locations/dates:

GRE General Test Locations/Centers:
BAGHDAD: The Babel Hotel (the TOEFL test center)
ERBIL: University of Kurdistan in Hawler UKH on Erbil’s30 Meter Street by Al-Sawaf Mosque, opposite Gilkand Family Park. Room number S16 on 2nd Floor

2008-2009 GRE General Test Dates:

Test-takers with access to the internet and an international credit card may register for the paper-based test at on the GRE Web site. The registration fee is $170. Note that for students registering at the web site, it is necessary to provide a postal address to which scores can be mailed from the United States.

Students may also register locally through AMIDEAST/Iraq and scores can be sent to Iraq through AMIDEAST, for pick-up by students in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil.

To register locally please visit:

• The AMIDEAST office in Erbil. Registration sessions are held every Thursday from 12noon to 4pm. The office is located in Erbil at the Ainkawa Neighborhood close to Italiano Restaurant. Local phone number 22 50 054.
• The AMIDEAST/Iraq representative in Baghdad at the Babel Hotel every Thursday and Saturday 10am to 3pm.
• The AMIDEAST/Iraq representative in Basra at the University of Basra/Bab Al-Zubair Compound at the Institution of Live Languages in the ITP TOEFL Test Center every Monday from 9am to 1pm..

Students will need to review and sign the local registration student agreement, complete a paper registration form, and pay the $220 fee in cash for the GRE General test ($170 for the test plus $50 for the location registration services that AMIDEAST provides).

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• REGISTRATION FOR THE GRE GENERAL TEST MUST BE DONE BY THE TEST-TAKER IN PERSON. NO ONE ELSE CAN REGISTER ON BEHALF OF THE TEST-TAKER, NO EXCEPTIONS!
• THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS REGARDING THE LOCAL REGISTRATION DEADLINES (Registration via AMIDEAST/Iraq).

In order to facilitate communication, we require all students using the local registration service to obtain an e-mail address. AMIDEAST/Iraq staff rely primarily on e-mail for communication with students about testing issues.

It is important for you to be familiar with the kinds of questions asked on the GRE. There are several ways to prepare.

• Visit the GRE website at www.gre.org
• Do the sample questions in the GRE bulletin
• Purchase GRE test preparation materials from AMIDEAST. Please iraq@amideast.org for more information.

Arrive at AMIDEAST or other assigned test center 30 minutes before the assigned test time. Check-in procedures take time. If you arrive late, you may not be admitted to the test, and you will forfeit your test fees.

• Bring photobearing identification, as described in the GRE registration bulletin.
• Bring your test confirmation information.

If you registered using AMIDEASTs local registration service, your scores will be mailed from ETS to AMIDEASTs headquarters in Washington, DC, and shipped via TNT to AMIDEAST/Iraq, where you can pick them up. Scores should be available for pick up in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil six to eight weeks after the test date. For students who registered through the GRE Web site, their official scores will be mailed five weeks after the test date, from the United States, to the postal address provided at the time of registration.

If you need score reports to be sent to additional institutions, please complete the form in the GRE bulletin and return it with payment to ETS. If paying by credit card, you may also call ETS at +1-609-771-7267 to order additional score reports. GRE scores are valid for five years from the date they are issued.

Questions about any missing score reports should be directed to Educational Testing Service (ETS), the nonprofit organization that develops GRE and issues score reports. An e-mail sent to the ETS customer service address gre-info@ets.org usually will receive a response in five to seven days. Test takers should wait at least eight weeks before contacting ETS about score reports. Score report problems are best avoided by careful preparation of the registration form.