New GRE question types (in the current GRE, not the new one in 8/2011)?

[Mikeden]

Hi everyone,

I heard some mixed information about the new GRE question types (typing in responses, as opposed to multiple choice, etc) - some say that those questions aren't included on the GRE, others say that they are included in the GRE but have no effect on your score and still others say that they do have an effect on your score and are few in number (not more than 2 in each section). Can anyone clear this up? Has anyone actually gotten any of the new question types on their actual test?

Thank you!

[cherubie]

I just took my GRE and I didn't see any of the new test questions. I didn't get an unidentified experimental section either. Whoever is telling you that those questions count probably haven't even taken the GREs yet, don't worry. If you're taking yours before Fall 2011, just concentrate on the current test questions. Even if you see them on the test, they're more than likely the "unidentified testing section".

[history_PhD]

i took the exam in October and November. I did not have any of the new questions, just identified experimental sections.