<p>Hello, I've just recieved my GRE Biology score result from November. I got a 670/55% percentile score. I've heard anything above a 60% is considered good, but I don't know if my score is worth sending out. The programs I'm applying to (Evolutionary Bio) don't require the subject test, but some "highly/strongly recommend it"--essentially will this help or hurt my chances of being accepted into a school? My friend got 45% and is in the same boat--should it be sent out?</p>
<p>This might depend on how competitive the programs are you are applying to, but I would not send it, except if you have a strong Evolution/Ecology subscore. Basically, this score says that your knowledge of Biology is average, and you probably don’t want to appear as an average student. But keep in mind that I have basically no clue about this stuff, I am also applying and therefore just guessing.</p>
<p>Subject scores are also skewed A LOT by international students who tend to do really well on standardized tests…
I’ve been told this on multiple occasions, as well as to think twice before not sending material that is strongly recommended.</p>
<p>Correction: your score is a little above the average of people who took the GRE subject test. With few exceptions, only graduate school bound individuals are taking that exam and so he did slightly better than average amongst other candidates in his field. </p>
<p>If you have a high gpa from college, don’t send it. If you have a very low gpa, this might reassure admissions committees that you did learn the material pretty well.</p>
<p>I spoke to my PI and she basically said the same thing as one of you did above: if my bio gpa was low to send it but if it wasn’t then don’t so i’ve decided not to send it to the rest of the schools I’m applying to. (The first few received it before I knew what my grade was; I was banking on it being semi-decent.) Thanks for the advice!</p>