Time Between GRE Exams

GRE General
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Just took my first official GRE exam yesterday and didn’t do very well. I was sick for several days before the exam and going into it. Being sick also impacted my sleep which was extremely sub-par leading into the exam. How soon is too soon to retake the test?

I was thinking immediately after the exam about rescheduling one for the end of December (12/30/22 specifically) which is only 6 weeks in between exams. However, I also want to note that I am moving cities in the next few days and will be working on MBA applications (5 in total for round 2) as well during this time in addition to my full time job. If I was being realistic and wanted to set myself up for the best chance to improve my scores I would say end of December could be too soon.

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I will say that you should plan according to when you need to submit them to your potential school. For example at-most the GRE score takes 10-15 to reflect back on your account if everything is alright from your end but sometimes ETS may flag your score for their internal screening and that may take additional time . Also, if you plan on sending your score report to additional schools after the test then it will take 5 working days to do so! So, these are the things you should keep in mind when planning for your next test !