<p>I'm a senior in high school (I know, way too early to be thinking about this) wondering about testing to get into grad school. Specifically, I'm going into electrical engineering for undergrad, and expect to go into something similar for grad school. </p>
<p>I know I'd need to take the GRE. Would I also need GRE subject tests? Which subjects? (math and physics?) What level does the math GRE subject test go up to?</p>
<p>Are you able to retake GREs and GRE subject tests? (I've heard they are expensive though). If you retake, will schools see each time you took it or are you able to send only your highest? Do schools care if you retook and one of your previous scores was low?</p>
<p>In contrast to undergrad, the GRE really isn't a huge factor in graduate school acceptance. It's frequently used as a cutoff, particularly for top programs.</p>
<p>There are no GRE subject tests for electrical engineering. You're only expected to take a subject test for a subject you've majored in, and for majors which don't have a subject test, you don't have to take one.</p>
<p>You're allowed to re-take the GRE, although only once per calendar month. I'm fairly sure schools see all your scores if you do retake. I don't know of many people who retake, and certainly not more than once.</p>
<p>This</a> pdf contains some helpful information, although it's for CS rather than EE.</p>
<p>I took the GRE twice, once in 2004 and once in 2005, but only my recent scores showed up on my score report. However, I don't know if it had to do with my name change after the first test?</p>
<p>molliebatmit is right, as far as I can tell, about the GRE not being a major factor in selection for (at least humanities/social science) grad programs. Three of the four humanities programs I'm applying to don't even require GRE scores. Math and science may be different.</p>
<p>The company that administers the GRE sent me a score reorder sheet with my scores, with little boxes to check next to each set of scores as a way of deciding which scores should be sent. It looks like you can choose which scores to send. Also, the GRE is given electronically and you will be given your score on two of the three sections immediately after finishing (they take about a month to grade the writing section), and you choose which colleges to send those scores to after you see what the scores are.</p>
<p>I would be very careful about re-taking the GRE, though; it's $115 each time.</p>