Will my scores arrive on time? Help!

[WBWhite17]

I recently fell in love with a masters of HR program and the next deadline is January 27. This is the 2nd of 3; First one was on Nov. 14 (I just learned of the program, and was convinced to look into an HR earlier this month as I'm majoring in sociology and minoring in HR), the third is in late April. I would like to apply by Jan 27 but that is a month prior to the deadline of the sociology MS/MA programs I am currently looking at (March 1 and March 15).

If I take the GRE on Dec 22 and again on Jan 12, will my scores arrive by the Jan 27 deadline? I initially planned to take the GRE on Dec 29 and Jan 27 but my interest in this MHR program has put me on a time crunch as far as the GRE is concerned.

The average GRE score for last year's class was 304. I'm quite stressed due to the fact that I'm not great at standardize testing however but my GPA is near par with the program accepted average (3.44 me, 3.50 avg.), my LORs should be very good, and I have plenty of extracurricular work as I will have presented at 3 regional academic conferences by the time I graduate in May, I'm currently working with a professor on a grant-funded research project and I am a student-athlete and co-captain in cross county, indoor and outdoor track.

I do not want to apply to the April deadline as I will need to make a decision on my March deadline schools and do want to risk waiting on a program I may not get into. I'm much more confident about the MS/MA sociology programs than I am the more competitive MHR program, although the MHR program is definitely my top choice.

Thanks in advance!
 

[CanadianBanjo]

I would check and see if the school receives the GRE scores electronically or by post. If the scores are received electronically, then they arrive almost instantaneously after your scores are posted online (10-15 days after test day). So if this is the case, then it sounds like you are A-OK.

[DBear]

11 hours ago, CanadianBanjo said:

I would check and see if the school receives the GRE scores electronically or by post. If the scores are received electronically, then they arrive almost instantaneously after your scores are posted online (10-15 days after test day). So if this is the case, then it sounds like you are A-OK.

Agreed. At least in my case, my scores were posted within or exactly in 10 days. Also, for a lot of schools, they allow you to post your unofficial report or just fill in your score on the application while they wait for official reports. If you're really nervous, you should check with the department, but at least from what I've seen, you should be okay

[CanadianBanjo]

DBear, for schools that allow you to fill in the unofficial report - do you know what this means for the AW?

[DBear]

The unofficial report I'm referring to is the pdf copy that becomes available once all your scores are in. That should be available in the 7-10day window, where as an official report sent directly to the school could take longer if it's being mailed