GRE Score Reporting
GRE scores have to be reported to universities to consider applications for graduate school admission.
GRE scores can be reported to 4 universities for free at end of a GRE exam, if you decide to accept the scores.
I have written in previous post about reporting GRE scores to 4 universities. However, many students find it hard to forward GRE scores to additional universities.
You can spend $12 more and get faster GRE Score Reporting.
Use the universities list to find schools to apply or find schools based on average GRE exam cores.
GRE Score Reporting
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has very good guide that will help you to report GRE Scores with less effort.
However, if you don’t have an international credit card, then it will be difficult to send GRE score reports to universities and colleges of your choice.
It costs $20 for each additional school to forward GRE Scores. GRE exam fees include the score reporting to 4 schools.
So the best way to save $80 is to make use of that GRE score reporting at the end of a GRE exam. [How to Register for a GRE Exam.]
GRE General Test Scores Reporting Options
There are different ways to report GRE Scores to Universities. Time it takes for the universities to receive the score depend on computer-based or paper-based tests.
Computer-based General Test
Official Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical Writing scores will be sent to you and the universities within 10 to 15 days after you take the test.
If you take the GRE exam on January 10, scores will be sent between January 25 to January 30.
Paper Based GRE General Test
If you take this GRE exam on October 25, 2008, scores will be reported approximately by December 5, 2008.
Additional GRE Score Reports by Phone
Usually, students have to forward scores to more universities. In that case, students can use the phone service to forward GRE scores to up to 8 universities per phone call.
However, there is an additional fee of $12 per phone call, plus $20 to each university your scores will be forwarded.
GRE score reports from computer-based tests will be mailed within 10-15 days after the test date.
[How much does GRE Cost?]
- Reporting to 4 schools by phone, you will have to pay $12 + ($20 x 4).
- Forwarding GRE Scores to 10 schools, then 2 separate phone calls have to be made.
First, a phone call will cost $12+ (8×20), a second phone call will cost another $12+ $(2×20), and of course you will have to pay for international phone connection fee.
Additional GRE Score Report by Mail
If you want to save $12 in phone calls, then you use the snail mail for GRE score reporting. But it will take additional time for the universities to receive the scores.
You can use credit card, money order, or demand draft to pay for scores reported through snail mail.
It will take 10 days to send the scores to universities. Some schools get scores in CDs twice a month and some schools through SCORELINK used by ETS.
But your check or demand draft has to be cleared first before they can forward your GRE scores.
Online GRE Score Reporting
ETS has recently launched an online GRE score reporting option. You can read more about this online GRE Score Reporting here.
I took my gre test on 01/12/14. I got my marks on website by 10/12/2014. But my question is how much time will it take ets to sent my marks to institutions? Is thr any option for me to track the status of marks that is sent? Kindly suggest
hi Raghu
i did not receive my Gre scorecard till date which i took it on 20/09/2012…can u please or any1 in the blog suggest me ways to sort out the matter…
regards
karthik
currently in B.tech 3rd year .i wanted to know how much does it take to finally get accepted to a university after giving gre .Since right now I am preparing for gate , I am planning to give gre in 2014 May , i want to start MS right after my b.tech.
please need ur hlp badly
Hey! I’m going to be taking my GRE in about a week, but I will be applying for graduate admissions only for the Fall Semester of 2014! Does sending my scores make a difference since I’m not going to apply for this academic year?
I gave my exam on 21st but i dint send scores to respective universities. Now I want to send scores to universities but have to pay 25 $. They said can send free test scores but now I cant.
i just want to know how to get additional score card
please tell me the procedure of getting it..i mailed ets n they said i need to apply for new one.so i need the procedure.
Hey i wrote gre last saturday and got a score of 278 (130 v +148 q). Am i eligible to get admission in any university. I am planning for phd. I am a gold medalist in masters from India. I have 3 years of teaching experience as assistant proessor.
I gave my GRE on 29th November 2011. The online score report indicates that the scores have been sent to the institutions on 7th December 2011. But on the score section, it says the scores are “Absent or Not Available”. How is that possible? I have my doubts if the score has been reported even now. How can i be sure.
Please help out as soon as possible.
I have taken GRE second time on Jan 17th. I have applied to 4 universities. when i open my GRE account on ets site, the scores are reported to those 4 universities but still I didnt recieve my awa score. So how to know about what scores did those universities recieve???
i wrote my gre exam on november 16.But i didnt yet get my score card how can i get it plz tel me ?
hey you just post a complaint to ets.org regarding your queries.
with in 2 days you will get a reply.
i think this will surely help you out.
I gave GRE in august 2010 and scored 1240..Messed up quant with 670. Im giving GRE again in december but I am applying universities with my 1240 score. i wanted to know…by what date can you send your new GRE score to universities. do they accept the new GRE score after the deadlines mentioned on their websites.
Im planning for masters in health care management and want to apply for fall.Can u plz u plz let me know the details about living expences and what kind of part time jobs will we getting and can we earn enough to clear our semister fee and the living expences….i really dont have an idea about studying abroad so plz help me in this sort…..reply soon…
i am planning to take the gre but confused abt when to take it.im planning to go on to the fall entry 2011.so suggest me when to take gre.can u tell me wheather we can we can apply for universities by ourselves after getting the official score report.PLZ REPLY SOON.
i wrote g.r.e exam on 20 october 2009 till now i did not get my score card even when i enter my confirmation number on MY GRE ACCOUNT its not giving the information about my score plz reply
i lost my gre score card. what to do??? i need it as i am planning to apply to universities…… i had given gre on 22 sep 2008….. PLZZZ HELP ME
i wrote GRE on 7 august 2007,but till now i did'nt get my score card.
I have taken my GRE last but my score was not good so I want to take it again.So can you please tell me how is the evaluation done with score,will we get the second score only or both score.
"GRE TAKEN TWICE, BUT RECEIVED THE SAME SCORE CARD AGAIN. DID NOT RECEIVE THE SECOND ATTEMPT SCORE CARD"
Hi.. i have taken GRE "twice".. first in sep '08 and second in sep '09.. i scored 1060 anD mentioned 4 universities… the second time i scored 1130..
After i had taken the test for the second time, i received the score card, but it was the score card of the first attempt…
i applied for 3 univ's with my "first (1060)" score, and the 3 univ's that i applied, i did not mention them in the free reporting.
So when i received my score card after second attempt, It was the first attempt score card, but with the name of the 3 universities that i applied..
1. Why is this so?
2. When will i be receiving my score card for the second attempt?
3. Is this supposed to happen or a mistake?
The second time i have taken the test, i have mentioned 4 other univ's and applied for 1 univ from that 4….
Q: And what is "cumulative" score?
What happens after sending the GRE score report?Can you apply for admission one year after sending the GRE score report?
Re: kav's question
After you take the GRE and send your scores out, they're kept on file by those universities. You would need to check with each individual institution to see if they still have your score report. Some keep your records for as long as five years, some as little as six months.
Hi,
I just wanted to ask how long does GRE score last. I took the exam in 2006. Would this still be valid. Could I still request my score to be sent to universities?
GRE Scores are valid for 5 years from the date you took the exam. So, your scores are valid till 2011.
i wanted to ask if i appear for gre in jan 1st week 09. then by wht time can i report additional test scores to universities at the earliest…is there ant option to report scores after giving the exam as early as posible as the mail recieved takes more than a month….inorder not 2 surpass the deadlines….and is it ok to just send d score reorts via ets and not 2 send the photo copy of score card as i wont recieve it in time when i send d application packets….do reply asap…thanx