Sending All Scores

[Timshel]

I have a question about sending all of the scores to the schools I will be applying to this fall. I took the GRE 3 years ago before I got my Masters, and I am retaking it again tomorrow before I apply to PhD programs. When I signed up for the test online, I had to start a new account to register. When I registered, it didn't ask me if I've ever taken the test before. So, I guess my question is, when I send my scores tomorrow, how do they know to send all of my scores from the last 5 years? Do they just send all of the scores that they have listed for someone with my name and my birthday? Will I need to know any info about the previous time I took it? For the life of me, I can't find or remember any information about the last time I took it. I know I took it in 2008, either in January or February, and I know what my scores were, but that's it. I don't have the test number, the actual date, nothing. Is this going to be a problem? I just know that they say that they send all scores from the past 5 years, so I guess I'm just not sure how they will know what previous scores are mine.....

[runonsentence]

They won't know that both sets of scores are yours, unless you've used the same email address as the first time to create your account.

I had this same problem, and had to call the ETS and ask them to merge my accounts. I recommend doing this before you retake, so that your free reports have both sets of scores.

[Timshel]

This is exactly what I was afraid of. Was it a problem merging both accounts? I am afraid to call because I don't have any of the information from the first time I took the test. I remember the year, and around the time I took it, but that's it. I don't remember what email I used, I don't have the test number, and I don't remember what date I took it.

[YaHa]

Why don't you ask the school you got your Masters at to forward you the information?