GRE Retake Prep · available now
Raise the GRE section holding you back without starting over.
A 30-question diagnostic spans Verbal (text completion, sentence equivalence, reading, critical reasoning) and Quant (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, data analysis, quantitative comparison). Daily drills then focus on your weakest areas before your next test window.
For applicants retaking within a few weeks or months who need a better Verbal or Quant score for their program.
One-time price, lifetime access, 30-day money-back guarantee. No subscription.
The exam, at a glance
- Score scale
- 130–170 per section
- Sections
- Verbal Reasoning · Quantitative Reasoning · Analytical Writing
- Format
- Shortened GRE General Test (under 2 hours) with section-level adaptivity.
Why a retake is winnable
- ETS lets you retake once every 21 days, up to five times in any rolling 12-month period.
- ScoreSelect lets you choose which scores schools see, so a retake carries little downside.
- Verbal and Quant are scored separately, and many retakers only need to move one of them.
What you get
- 800 original GRE-style practice questions across 13 topic areas, each with an explanation of the correct answer.
- A 30-question diagnostic that scores you topic by topic, so you see which areas cost you the most points.
- A study plan that ranks your weakest areas, and daily 20-question drills drawn from the top three.
- A review set of every question you have missed, plus a 100-question practice exam with a readiness score.
- A mistake-pattern report: how you do on the questions built around misreads, trap answers, careless slips and knowledge gaps, with a habit to practice for each.
GRE retake guides
- GRE Retake Policy: The 21-Day Rule, the Five-Test Limit, and Your Earlier Scores
The GRE retake rules in plain terms: the 21-day gap, the five-attempt limit, canceled scores, rescheduling, and what happens to the scores you already have.
- GRE ScoreSelect Explained: Choosing Which Scores Each School Sees
How GRE ScoreSelect works on test day and afterward, what a school's score report contains, what the reports cost, and when a program can still see everything.
- When to Retake the GRE: Working Backward From Your Deadlines
Plan a GRE retake date backward from your application deadlines: official score timing, delivery to schools, the 21-day rule, and realistic prep time.
- GRE Score Validity and Reporting: Five Years, Two Reports, and Percentile Ranks
GRE scores stay reportable for five years. Learn what your score report shows, what schools receive, how to send scores later, and how percentile ranks work.
- A 4-to-6-Week GRE Retake Study Plan Built Around Your Weaker Measure
A 4-6 week GRE retake plan: diagnose your last test, rebuild the weaker measure, drill by topic, then rehearse pacing on the current test format.
- The Shorter GRE: What Changed, and What It Means If You Took the Longer Test
The GRE got shorter in September 2023. Compare the old and new structure, timing, and writing task, and see what it means if your last test was the longer version.
- GRE Verbal Retake Strategy: Find What Cost You Points and Fix It
Retaking the GRE for a better Verbal score? Learn the three question types, how to find what actually cost you points, and how to build vocabulary that sticks.
- GRE Quant Retake Strategy: Rebuild the Topics That Cost You Points
A retaker's plan for GRE Quantitative Reasoning: the four content areas, how the on-screen calculator really works, and how to rebuild the topics that cost you.
- GRE Quantitative Comparison: How the Four Answers Work
How GRE Quantitative Comparison questions work, what each of the four fixed answers really means, and strategies shown through original worked examples.
- GRE Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence: Formats, Signals and Method
How GRE Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions are built, the signal words that unlock them, and a step-by-step method shown with original examples.
- GRE Reading Comprehension Strategy: Passages, Question Types and Traps
GRE Reading Comprehension for retakers: passage and question types, a reading method, and the wrong-answer patterns that cost points, with an original example.
- GRE Analytical Writing Retake Guide: The Issue Task, Scoring and Preparation
Retaking the GRE for a better writing score? The current Issue task, how the 0 to 6 scale and holistic scoring work, how schools view it, and how to prepare.
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