Should I list my GRE scores/percentiles before official scores become available?

[suzzzanna]

I took the test on November 24 (was scheduled to take it much earlier, but tropical storm Sandy had other ideas and re-scheduled my appointment). I know my V and Q scores, but not my writing score.

Should I just leave that part blank in an application that's due tomorrow?

Should I report a writing score from a previous GRE I took (it was pretty decent last time, 5.0)?

Any wisdom would be appreciated.

[iowaguy]

My applications have asked for a test date along with the Q, V, and AW scores, i.e. all self-reported scores are from the same test date. I would personally leave the AW blank. If you put the 5.0 in there, and then your "official" scores come back something different, it could possibly look like you were trying to be shady. They'll soon see the official results with your AW score (and most schools don't put that much emphasis on it anyway...). If you are asked about why you left it blank, you can say that because of Sandy you had to take the GRE later than you had planned, and you didn't get your AW score in time to self-report it... That's just my opinion, YMMV.

[Switching Geertz]

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/scores/get

Scroll down to scores by phone. If your test has been scored, which you can tell by whether or not the score reports you requested after the test have a date sent rather than "pending" next to them, you can call ETS to get your scores over the phone for 12 bucks. It's obviously just a scheme to get more money. How they can have you scores available on an automated phone system but not viewable on your online account is beyond me, but that's the way it works. I would be very surprised if your scores weren't available, because I took the test on 11/29, and my scores became available this morning.

[suzzzanna]

Interesting. Yeah, my reports still show up as "pending" as of today. But thank you for the helpful tip. Hope others can use it!

[Switching Geertz]

That's strange. Well, keep checking. My score reports changed from pending to sent at 3am last night, so these things can happen at odd times. The phone line is open "6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time, seven days a week." If you can't get the scores in time, I'd put in your Q and V and leave AW blank. I agree with iowaguy. It'd look shady if your AW from that specific test came back different. I have actually asked this very question of the UNC Religious Studies grad program administrator (hello, fellow historian of religion!), and she said the same thing.