jlee306 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I was checking my bank statement online and noticed ETS charged me $150 and not $140 for the GRE I took on Wednesday. So I went to their website, and sure enough, the price went up! What the crap! I don't know when this change took place, but I was unaware of it. I took the test the first time at the end of August and it was $140 then. Also, when I called the testing center to schedule an appointment almost two weeks ago, they told me it would be $140. I realize that it is only a $10 difference but it really gets on my nerves. The stupid GRE is just one big scam!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesethunder Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 it uscks if your international! like thats 150 american right?? good thing i booked my test for the 2nd time when i did! ahhh i paid another 200$ to get the same score bllehhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a fragrant plant Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 cost £110 in london plus a return flight from my city to the capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlan_amnell Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I'm so glad I'm done taking the GRE, ETS is out to make money any way they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee306 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 it uscks if your international! like thats 150 american right?? good thing i booked my test for the 2nd time when i did! ahhh i paid another 200$ to get the same score bllehhh Yeah, ETS really screws over international students...I really don't understand why there should be a price difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee306 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 cost £110 in london plus a return flight from my city to the capital. Is that the same as U.S. $110? I'm thinking it's different but I really don't know much about different currencies; I'm assuming that's more than U.S. $110. Did you have to fly to take the test? If so, that really does suck! I had to drive an hour and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee306 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 I'm so glad I'm done taking the GRE, ETS is out to make money any way they can. AMEN! They are out to make money any way they can...totally agree 100%! I'm not sure if I'm through taking the test or not, I haven't decided yet...but if I do take it again, the price better not change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLandis Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I had to pay $180 to take it in London. I was charged in dollars, not pounds, but in any case £110 is worth quite a bit more than $110! The Powerprep software they said would arrive 2 weeks after my booking did not arrive until after I had taken the test, over a month later. And I have been waiting almost a month for my scores to arrive. So as an international, I paid more for worse service! Gotta love ETS. Oh well, at least I didn't have to take an experimental section in my test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a fragrant plant Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I had to pay $180 to take it in London. I was charged in dollars, not pounds, but in any case £110 is worth quite a bit more than $110! The Powerprep software they said would arrive 2 weeks after my booking did not arrive until after I had taken the test, over a month later. And I have been waiting almost a month for my scores to arrive. So as an international, I paid more for worse service! Gotta love ETS. Oh well, at least I didn't have to take an experimental section in my test. Yep, price up again since August 2009. I just paid £180 to retake the damn GRE on the 12th; plus £60 return flight to London. I never received the powerprep software. In fact, I didn't know there was such thing until I bombed my first GRE.... JerryLandis: I didn't see an experimental section either. Is it because we're in London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a fragrant plant Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) Just so you know, $180 = 109.296254 British pounds Edited November 2, 2009 by peanuttheanthro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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