i am on to them now. i have it all figured out. it only took me an hour and a half of phone calls and automated answering systems.

the true test of the GRE general test isn't the test itself. they don't care if you are proficient in language or math.

the true test is whether or not you can successfully schedule the damn test.

operator 1 (reached after a labyrinth of automated messages assuring me of the ease of online registration. had i not thought of that? gee golly gee whiz. why don't i register online? well, bob, it's because the damn site doesn't work. that's why. because it just keeps asking me what country, over and over and over and over....) oh, where was i?

operator 1: have you taken the test in the last month?
me: no, only the subject test
operator 1: then you need to call 866 blah blah blah

grrr

automaton 1: if you are calling from the us, please hang up and call our 866 number (repeat ad nauseum)

ummm, that's the number i am calling.

call back original number. same result, bitchy operator.

call back second number. funny man with sense of humor who thinks i may kill him when he tells me to call the original number again, ask for someone who understands english and speak slowly.

hahha

finally. success. oh, and then it cost me $115. all for the pleasure of another ego tromping frolick in the world of the GREs.