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A Graduate Record Examination; a standardized admission test. If you hope to be admitted to grad school in the US (and Canada, methinks), the GRE is mandatory
by lb1lf 6y ago
A Graduate Record Examination; a standardized admission test.
If you hope to be admitted to grad school in the US (and Canada, methinks), the GRE is mandatory at many, if not most, establishments.
- hughes 6y agoGREs are accepted by some Canadian graduate admissions departments, but generally not required.
- asdff 6y agoThe tide is starting to change although it is departmental specific. In biology, some of the best departments in the nation are waiving the GRE because wouldn't you know, being able to do high school algebra in a certain amount of time and having a wide nonscientific vocabulary are not good predictors of your ability as a scientist.
- anderspitman 6y agoA more cynical explanation is they're willing to take anyone's money.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoIf that were the case, they'd have to be also seeing fewer applicants, or opening up more spots for students. (Since I'm not familiar with what GP is referring to, I can't say if that's the case, but they would be much better indicators.)