<p>My son just scored 610/610 on the GRE, essay score coming later, and is looking at a number of 12 months Masters programs (MAT in some cases others in Urban Education) in Education to be certified as a Social Studies teacher.</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience with GRE scores at Harvard, Yale, Columbia Teachers College, Bard, or UPenn? He has a 3.8 and is a History major looking to teach Social Studies at the High School level.</p>
<p>He goes to Bard and has been told he is very likely to be admitted there but may choose to try somewhere else.</p>
<p>His Math score is really not important here and the 610 looks to be 87th percentile on the Verbal. He now admits he didn't prep for the test very much so the question is whether trying again after some serious studying to improve the Verbal is worth the effort.</p>
<p>Naturally it is no my effort so I say study<g>.... but I don't know how relevant getting a few more points will be.</g></p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Most (upper-tier) schools that I’ve seen say 80-90th percentile is a pretty competitive score. Anywhere in that range should keep him in consideration for education programs.</p>
<p>The verbal score is a crapshoot anyway. There’s a measure of luck involved. There’s no guarantee it’ll improve, even with studying.</p>
<p>He’s fine. </p>
<p>Harvard Ed posts their incoming grad stats on their website. I believe the average for the MEd was high 500s, low 600s, at least last year when I looked.</p>
<p>Thanks. I will look for that on the Harvard and other websites.</p>
<p>update…he got into Bard, Columbia TC, and Harvard. Picked Harvard. Hope there are high school teaching jobs in Social Studies when he comes out next year.</p>
<p>I agree. Summarizing from the discussion forums I have been participating, it seems that
most schools weigh the entire package, not any particular item. That means if you have a high GPA (at least 3.7 it seems), OR if you do very well on GRE, both verbal (since the average posted online is high 500’s for the master’s and low 600’s for the doctoral, I would assume that’s very competitive), and quantative (in the mid to high 700’s) your son should be fine.</p>
<p>I have a similar situtation as your son.</p>
<p>JC</p>
<p>Good luck to your son. Mine graduated from the Harvard Teacher Ed program in May. He enjoyed the coursework and his student teaching very much. He is still looking for a job now but has been getting interviews just no offers yet.</p>