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Understanding Your GRE Subject Test Scores
The scoring process
Total Scaled Score
The number of questions you answered correctly on the entire test (total correct score) is converted to the total scaled score for score reporting. This conversion ensures that a scaled score reported for any edition of a GRE Subject Test is comparable to the same scaled score earned on any other edition of the test. Thus, equal scaled scores on a particular Subject Test indicate essentially equal levels of performance regardless of the test edition taken.
Percent Correct Scores in Content Areas
Beginning in September 2023, three percent correct scores will be reported on the GRE Physics Test and six percent correct scores will be reported on the GRE Psychology Test. These scores will range from 0 to 100 percent. Percent correct scores indicate the percentage of questions you answered correctly within a particular content area. Note that percent correct scores from one test edition cannot be compared with percent correct scores on other test editions because these scores are not equated.
Score interpretation resources
The following resources will help you gain a better understanding of what your scores mean and how we advise institutions to use them.
- Interpreting Your GRE® Scores (PDF) — Includes information to assist you in interpreting your GRE scores.
- Subject Tests Score Interpretive Data (PDF)— Includes summary statistics and percentile rank information for the Subject Test total scores and subscores.
- GRE® Guide to the Use of Scores (PDF)— Provides information for institutions about the appropriate use of GRE scores and interpretive data.