Subject GRE's

Graduate School
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<p>Okay, so I'm writing the Biology GRE's this Saturday and I have like one day to decide if I want to save $80 and risk sending my scores to four schools or forfit the $80 and see how they go. I haven't done the practice test from this year yet - but I did the one from the year before posted on the website before studying (14-15 weeks ago) and got 79%ile - mostly because the plant and comparative physiology stuff I never even touched in undergrad, but I've been studying and studying, so I should get a better score but sitting and doing this at home and doing it test-time are different things.</p>

<p>I'm planning to apply to probably 8-10 schools in the USA and probably UofT and McGill as back-up, but not too sure yet. I'm from UofT. My cGPA when applying will be 3.91 and 3.96 in the last two years. So, I'm not trying to offset a bad GPA. I am just worried if I do badly, it will have a negative impact on my application. Also - from experience, what is the sort of threshold for the subject GRE's if there is one (like with the general GREs) for the top schools (Columbia, Yale, UPenn, NYU, etc.). I'm applying for neuroscience.</p>

<p>What do most people do? Suggestions? Save $80 and risk it for 4 schools or not risk it at all?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Correct me if I am wrong, but you don’t have to designate who you want your subject scores sent to (though you certainly can if you like) because the subject scores will be included with the general scores that you will send off in the fall. I suppose you will fun into the same problem when you take the general, but at least at that point you will know what your subject is and can choose to have it included (no extra cost) or not.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I posted this before question before. When I take the general in the fall, do I pick another 4 schools, since with this selection I checked off to send both the general and the subject to the 4 schools I picked. (Since it is another $200?). The thing with the general is that it is required, so, I have to send those regardless.</p>