Each GRE has either an unscored (experimental) section or a research section. The unscored section may appear at any point during the exam after the Analytical Writing task. It is not identified as an unscored section. If instead you are presented with a research section (as opposed to an unscored section), it will always be the final section of the exam, and it will be identified as such. The research section also is not scored.

The unscored/research section may be either a Verbal section or a Quantitative section. So, let’s say there is an unscored quantitative section on your exam. Since the unscored section is not identified as such, if you are presented with 3 Quantitative sections during the exam, you will not know which of the 3 sections is the unscored one. So, you must treat each section as one that will contribute to your score. Do your absolute best!

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