How to Send GRE Scores to Colleges?

The process of sending your GRE score to colleges is tricky.  After completing the Graduate Record Examination, you can send your score to 4 colleges or universities in the world. Note that, you do not need to pay any fees for sending your score.

GRE result is an important part of eligibility to pursue an MS program offered by foreign universities. There is a long list of GRE accepting universities in the world. It helps the universities to understand how ready you are to match the academic level of that university. When you pay the GRE registration fee, it allows you to send your score to up to 4 universities for free.

At the time of the test at GRE test centre, you can select all those universities where you want to share your score. This article is going to help those Indian students who are going to appear for GRE test and then want to know how to send their scores to their dream universities.

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Options to Share GRE Scores

You can share your score for free or by paying an additional amount. As mentioned earlier, your GRE fee covers the cost of four free reports. Students can use the "ScoreSelect" feature of ETS to send the score without paying anything.

After test day or sending scores to more than 4 universities, Additional Score Reports (ASRs) are required at USD 40 per recipient. Remember, with the ScoreSelect (FREE) option, you can send any GRE score (Most recent or any specific test) to the selected university.

Remember: You can send your GRE score to 4 universities only when you are at the exam centre just after the exam.

Process to Send GRE Scores to Colleges

So how does this process of sending scores actually work? Once you select a college to share your scores with, they are simply permitted to view your record. The colleges have access to the online scores database, and your scores become available to view once they decide to check them. So nothing is mailed to the schools immediately.

The colleges don’t check the scores until you submit the complete college application. They will verify your score if they consider admitting you.

So what is the best thing to do? Pick four colleges for no charge at the testing centre. These should be the shortlisted colleges you wish to get into. If you retake the GRE after some time, pick four different colleges this time. If you score higher, the new score will be considered valid. So once you send your college applications, you can use the GRE scores to a maximum of eight colleges.

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