Submitting GRE scores - also w CSDCAS

[futureSpeechLP]

Hi all! 

I'm planning to take the GRE in a month (!!!) to be ready for grad apps in the fall. I'll take them again if i have to, but I'd really rather not. I've heard some confusing information about what exactly happens right after taking the GRE. What is the process for sending GRE grades to schools right after you take the test? Do I get to see my score Verbal/Quant and then decide or do I just send the grades with my fingers crossed? 

If I decide to take the GRE a second time, does CSDCAS report all the grades? Does it matter if I send a school two sets of GRE grades? How much is it to send after the test?

I'm applying to some schools that are a part of CSDCAS and some that aren't. 

Can you brilliant experienced people please tell me all the things I don't know about submitting my GRE grades - advice, tips, clarification?

thank you!! 

[Jolie717]

33 minutes ago, futureSpeechLP said:

Hi all! 

I'm planning to take the GRE in a month (!!!) to be ready for grad apps in the fall. I'll take them again if i have to, but I'd really rather not. I've heard some confusing information about what exactly happens right after taking the GRE. What is the process for sending GRE grades to schools right after you take the test? Do I get to see my score Verbal/Quant and then decide or do I just send the grades with my fingers crossed? 

If I decide to take the GRE a second time, does CSDCAS report all the grades? Does it matter if I send a school two sets of GRE grades? How much is it to send after the test?

I'm applying to some schools that are a part of CSDCAS and some that aren't. 

Can you brilliant experienced people please tell me all the things I don't know about submitting my GRE grades - advice, tips, clarification?

thank you!! 

For the computer format GRE you see your verbal and quant scores immediately after finishing the test, and you can decide then to send your scores to (I believe) three schools for free.  I was happy enough with mine that I sent my scores to two local schools.  The only risk you take here is if you bomb the written portion.

At a later date when I was filling out CSDCAS (and had my written scores already), I paid to have scores sent to CSDCAS and another school.  I'm not sure if you can select CSDCAS as a recipient when you first take the exam, but I don't see why not.  I just didn't want to risk sending my scores with an unknown written to the schools I felt were more competitive.

Edited to add: You can send multiple scores to schools, but I personally wouldn't recommend it.  Sending the scores wasn't too expensive, no more than transcripts, as I recall.  And again, I wouldn't send to CSDCAS (or any ultra-competitive schools) until you have your full score.  To me, it was worth the extra cost of sending later, as I would have retaken the exam if I wasn't happy enough w/ written.

Edited May 28, 2016 by Jolie717