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How long is the GRE? / How long does the GRE take?
The current GRE takes about 1 hour and 58 minutes from start to finish with no scheduled breaks. That's roughly half the length of the old format, which ran nearly four hours, and just over 15 minutes shorter than the GMAT.
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