Whenever this happens, the specific circumstances are reviewed carefully, and a decision is made about how best to take corrective action that is the most fair to all concerned. Retaking the Subject Tests may help you in certain circumstances. If you have studied for a considerable period of time in your field since last taking a Subject Test, a retake may be advisable. However, unless your scores seem unusually low compared with other indicators of your ability, taking the GRE tests again is not likely to result in a substantial score increase. In fact, there is some chance that your scores may drop.
Institutions vary in their use of multiple scores.
They may average the scores, consider only the most recent score, or consider only the highest score reported. In October 2000, the GRE Program implemented a new review process of individual test performance for the computer-based GRE General Test. The purpose of the process is to analyze each test taker's performance data to identify instances where the score received may not accurately reflect the test taker's ability level. For more information, test takers can see Frequently Asked Questions About the Free Retest Policy and score users can see Frequently Asked Questions About Retest Scores . Cancellation of Scores by ETS ETS strives to report scores that accurately reflect the performance of every test taker.