<p>I didnt do too well on the Biochemistry GRE. I thought I had but the scores clearly state otherwise. How badly will it affect my application and chances of getting into a good school if I dont send it in? I dont want to send in a bad score.. I've applied to UWisc-Madison, UMich PIBS, Columbia, Rockefeller, Weill Cornell, Northwestern, Duke, Casewestern and SUNY Stony Brook. I'm an international student. </p>
<p>Stats:
UG-Biochemistry (ironic i did really bad on the GRE?!!) Top 10 university in India, eqvt to 4.0 GPA acc to WES</a> Grade Conversion Guide which was used in the Duke application.
PG-Research Masters 12mths- Life Sciences- 3.5, Top 5 school in UK.
1.5 years research experience
GRE: 720V/ 800Q/ 5.0 AW</p>
<p>I would really appreciate if you could give me an honest opinion on what my chances are without the GRE subject score. Does it have a major impact if you dont send it in. Thanks!!</p>
<p>around the 60s.. but cell bio subscore was 84.. surprisingly the biochem subscore was the worst.. i dont want to send it in for fear of making a joke of myself..</p>
<p>If they are required, I would think that having an "incomplete" application would be worse than having bad GRE scores -although neither is good. Other people can probably give you a better idea, but in my mind they just throw out every incomplete application before reviewing all of the candidates. Not sure on this, though.</p>
<p>If they are optional, I probably wouldn't send them. Is there any way for them to know that you actually took the test?</p>
<p>Hm. I couldn't say. GRE and GPA are insufficient measures of admissions chances, as the most important component of an application is LORs and research experience.</p>
<p>As an international applicant, the subject GRE was your chance to show the admissions committee that your international schooling was as good as the universities in the USA. This is a common problem in international admissions because it is just so hard to be familiar with so many schools from all over the world. But since you didn't do so well on it, I would probably not send it. Hopefully your LORs are good enough for them to overlook a missing subject GRE.</p>
<p>I would suggest waiting for other advice though, since I am not exactly qualified to be giving it. :) If it helps any, I have a friend who has been admitted to a few top 5 programs without having taken the subject GREs. At some schools he was admitted to, the subject GREs were "strongly recommended." Not sure if this is an exception or the rule, but at least you know it IS possible to get into these universities without all of the "suggested" materials.</p>