December 8, 2008

GRE Test Taking Drops This Year, Unlike in Past Downturns

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By ELYSE ASHBURN and DAVID GLENN

The nonprofit organization that administers the Graduate Record Examinations is projecting that the number of tests given this year will dip—despite a slowing economy, which typically pushes people into graduate school.

The Educational Testing Service expects it will have given between 621,000 and 625,000 tests by the end of year, down from a record high of 633,000 in 2007. The drop, though slight, is

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