<p>I was just wondering what type of Bio info. the Bio GRE tests on. Anyon have an idea? I APed out of gen Bio here, but am now a bit worried about whether I should have taken it or not (to prepare me for the GRE).</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Drew</p>
<p>It's not a terribly difficult test -- just covers molecular/cellular, organismal, and ecology/evolution at approximately the same level as an intro biology course. </p>
<p>It shouldn't matter if you've had a college course in the subject matter if you're willing to do a little test prep -- I had never taken an ecology/evolution course and I still got 98th percentile in that subsection.</p>
<p>awesome; thanks =)</p>
<p>Since you seem to know the ropes of Bio Grad admissions, what would you say competitive Bio and regular GRE scores are?</p>
<p>On the subject test, most of the top schools (UCSF in particular) will want to see about an 85+ or 90+ percentile score, but it's not the end of the world if you don't have it. The majority of schools to which I applied made the subject test optional, so you could choose not to send your score if it's not as good as you'd like it to be.</p>
<p>I've seen regular GRE scores all over the board. It's better to have higher ones (duh), but I think it's a little more important to get a good score on the quantitative section than on the verbal section.</p>
<p>I don't really think GRE scores are ever really going to get you in or keep you out of a school, unless they're really bad. (And of course the definition of "really bad" varies from school to school.)</p>
<p>Piece of advice: Sign up for the Bio GRE in August when the official test dates/locations come out. There are horror stories every year of people who sign up too late and end up having to take the test in different states, etc.</p>
<p>thanks for the grat advice =)</p>