GRE Retaking Policy

[serenity5x5]

What are the policies (if there are any) on retaking the GREs?

For example, do schools take the average of all your scores? Do they only take the most recent score? Or do some schools only accept your first score?

Thanks

[Bennet]

Schools receive every score you've gotten for the past five years. I'd assume they understand that students take it until they're happy with their score, so I'd hope they'd consider your best score, but they do see any others you have.

[schoolpsych_hopeful]

I may be wrong, but I think this varies from school to school. Some average the two (or more) scores, others accept the highest one. I would check with the departments you're planning on applying to and see what their policy is.