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How to interpret your scores on the GRE


Moving forward to guide all aspirants, we are going to discuss about the scoring strategy today.

Scoring 

The Analytical Writing Section is scored on a scale of 0-6 in half point increments. The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections each have a scaled score within a range of 130-170 in one point increments. You cannot score lower than 130 or higher than 170 for either of the Verbal Reasoning or Quantitative Reasoning sections. 
The raw score (the number of questions you answered correctly) is converted to a scaled score through a process known as equating. The equating process accounts for minor variations in difficulty among the different test editions as well as the differences in difficulty introduced by the section-level adaptation. Thus a given scaled score for a particular measure reflects the same level of performance regardless of which second section was selected and when the test was taken.

Apart from the scaled scores, you will also receive a percentile rank. The percentile scores rates your performance relative to that of a large sample population of other GRE takers and will help the graduate schools to understand what your scales scores are worth. 

For percentile-to-score conversion, you can refer the following link: 

Cancellation of Scores
If at the end of the test, you feel that you have not given your best and that there is a chance for you to do well, you have the option of cancelling your score. The problem here is that cancellation will disregard the scores but you also won’t get to see them. 

Our suggestion would be, unless you believe that your performance was terribly affected by some unforeseen circumstances, not to cancel your score. You can always choose to re-appear for the exam. Also, ETS offers you a choice in deciding which score you want to send to the universities.

The ScoreSelect Option
The GRE General Test and the GRE Subject Tests both provide you with an option of sending only your best scores to the universities. You can choose the scores from the most recent test or from all the tests that you have taken in the past five years. 

For more on the ScoreSelect Option, go to :

Retaking the test
The computer-delivered GRE General test can be taken once every 21 days, up to five times within any continuous rolling 12-month period (365 days). You can register again based on the availability of dates and the test centers. The paper-delivered GRE test can be retaken as often as it is offered, around 2 times in a year (February and November).

Sending your scores
On the day of the test, you can send your scores to four universities/schools, free of cost. Any additional university that you would want to send your scores to, would entail a fee. 


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