来自ETS官方消息:
Princeton, N.J. (April 2, 2007) —ETS has cancelled plans to launch the revised Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test. The decision was made in consultation with the Executive Committee of the GRE Board.
关于取消9月份新GRE的理由,官方解释是:The primary reason for cancelling the launch of the revised GRE General Test was test taker access. Plans called for the revised test to be delivered over the new worldwide network of 3,200 Internet-based testing centers. Despite the network’s size, ETS officials did not believe that full access to the General Test for all students could be confidently assured. 主要是硬件不能到位,网考难以实现。
继新托福在中国一推再推,ETS又推迟了新GRE。不同在于新托福在美国还是准时推行,而新GRE是全球性的取消。幸好没有赶末班车匆忙报名。我的决定真明智。