<p>I haven't taken my GRE subject test yet (I'm applying for bio phd programs) and most of the schools on my list don't require them although some say they "recommend" it. I was wondering if it would be possible to do this: only send my scores to schools when I get them if they are okay and to not send them if they are pretty bad? Will schools still be able to look at your scores and will they frown upon not so great GRE subject test scores? (I recently took a practice exam and it went pretty badly.)</p>
<p>As long as you've already sent your general test scores, your subject test scores will only be viewable by schools to which you choose to send your subject test scores.</p>
<p>Personally, I waited until I had my score in hand before I decided which schools to send it to. I was planning to send it only to those that require it if it had come out badly.</p>
<p>My experience was that they had you fill out four schools when you signed up for the subject test and unless you invalidated your test on test day, those schools received the score reports (before you do).</p>
<p>what's the average gre for harvard? </p>
<p>and seriously, it's like the sat. i'm reliving high school days. what IS the diference between getting admitted to grad school and ungrad school?</p>
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This question doesn't make sense, because graduate students are admitted to a program, not a school. It makes sense to ask "What is the average GRE score for Harvard's Molecular and Cellular Biology program?" or "What is the average GRE score for Harvard's East Asian Languages and Literatures program?" but the average GRE score for Harvard's graduate programs as a whole would not be useful to an applicant.</p>
<p>And the difference between being admitted to graduate school and being admitted to undergrad is that you want to portray yourself as a very lopsided future scholar in your specific discipline. Nobody cares if you're well-rounded anymore, or if you participated in ten extracurriculars. They just care that you want to study and research one particular topic for the next half-decade of your life (or more), so they rely heavily on measures that reflect your potential as a scholar rather than just measures that reflect how "smart" you are.</p>
<p>for letters and science: history, classics..</p>
<p>i thought so...they really don't care about extracurricular...good then. i didn't do much volunteer.</p>
<p>do departments look at ur application, or the school?</p>
<p>The departments look at your application.</p>
<p>In most cases, the school will review your application, but this largely happens after you've already been admitted by the program.</p>
<p>Elderpegasus - just as a data point, the University of Minnesota (while not a top 5 school in Classics, it is certainly top-20) is one of the very few schools that publish the GRE scores of their admit pools. The Minnesota data for Classics is here:</p>
<p>The</a> Graduate School : University of Minnesota : Program Reports</p>
<p>Last year the averages were 645 V, 653 Q, and 5.0 AW</p>
<p>I think you will find that is pretty typical for Classics and related fields and it matches with the anecdotal evidence from the post-bac program here at Penn.</p>
<p>i haven't taken gre yet. but i'll post the score when i take them which will be october.</p>