<p>Needless to say, this score is disappointing. The rest of my application is solid--I'll have six semesters of graduate level courses, my major GPA is 4.0, and my letters should be strong. </p>
<p>Is 47% an absolute killer even for middle-of-the-road programs?</p>
<p>Does anyone have a list of math programs not requiring the subject test?</p>
<p>I know someone who got into northwestern with a lower score than that. Keep your chin up.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply...was your friend funded?</p>
<p>I don't know about math specifically, but I have seen cases of people getting accepted at top PhD programs with funding with bad GRE subject test scores. The key was that other aspects of their applications were very strong.</p>
<p>I don't know... he didn't end up going to that school</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I got a 690 ~ 64% on the math subject test. Are there any schools I shouldn't bother applying to on this list: </p>
<p>U Michigan
U Penn
Rutgers
UC SD
Ohio State
U Washington
Johns Hopkins
Carniege Melon
Georgia Tech
Dartmouth
Northeastern
NC State
Virginia Tech
Clemson </p>
<p>I have a decent GPA and great recs at a top undergraduate program. </p>
<p>Advice? </p>
<p>Thanks,
Orangelights</p>
<p>Orangelights: You probably have a decent shot (maybe a coin flip?) at the top of your list, and a great shot at the middle of your list. Overall, I don't think you are being unrealistic with your list of schools given your credentials. </p>
<p>Tinyboss: 6 semesters of grad courses is impressive. I think your Math GRE all but eliminates you from the top 5, top 10 schools, but you have a great shot at the still great 10-30 ranked programs.</p>
<p>I think it's also important to emphasize that grad is not anything like undergrad. Your thesis adviser will play a key role in where you go after you have completed your PhD. A very well known geometer at UC-Irvine has gotten many of his students into higher ranked tenure track positions. Pick a school that has an 2-3 researchers that match your interests and actively take on students. That is more important than going to a school with a big name that does not match your interests or you have not thoroughly researched their faculty. For instance Caltech has a huge name but a really small faculty, something like 10-15 permanent members. Also, Cornell only has 2 or 3 geometry professors. These are things that are more important for your overall career and will ultimately be more important in academia.</p>
<p>Thanks SBUmathgrad,
I'll start churning out apps.</p>
<p>I am majoring in Mechanical engineering and applying for these schools:
Maryland College Park, Minnesota twins city, Michigan state university, Maryland baltimore. My GPA is 9.01/10. I took the GRE subject math since there is no GRE engineering available.My subject math score is 680/61%. I am worried about my score and wondered if I should submit my GRE math score.
Thanks.</p>