Taking the GRE to Impress Undergradute Adcoms

College Life
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<p>Here's a hypothetical:</p>

<p>Let's say you're considering to take the GRE (the standardized test for entrance into graduate programs) as a near-graduating community college student to impress undergraduate adcoms at more selective universities. You have a decent GPA with good ECs to accompany your academic work. You're a first generation URM as well. However, you want something to really impress adcoms with your applicant to increase your chances of admission at these selective universities.</p>

<p>You do well on the GRE, after much practice and studying.</p>

<p>Will this impress undergraduate adcoms or will it be deemed irrelevant?</p>

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<p>I would suspect that GRE scores will be irrelevant. The most important factors for admission will be your GPA, transcript and professor recommendations. I don’t recommend taking the GRE test at this time.</p>

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<p>Schools don’t like it when you send extra crap, anyway.</p>

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<p>^Well, mentioning it in your personal essay or “student resume” (as some colleges phrase it).</p>

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<p>Yeah but you’d have to follow it up with official scores since they cant just take your word for it and that equals something extra.</p>

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<p>Colleges are getting tons of applications these days. They won’t waste their time looking at something they don’t ask for.</p>

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<p>The GRE is pretty lame anyways. It isn’t nearly as important for graduate school admissions as the SAT is for undergraduate admissions.</p>