I also have seen some professional programs either not require the GRE (yes, some don't) or if they do, they'll let you take any of the advanced tests as a substitute. Basically what I was told (this was my experience) was that since I had so much work experience, the GRE/Other test was more of a "formality".
As a side note, I think these tests are remnants of industrial age thinking. They don't necessarily tell more than if the person is just good at taking tests (I know I'm going to get flamed here :). I know I do horrible on standardized tests, but did very well in school, and enjoyed the experience. There was an interesting talk by Sir Ken Robinson at TED that I think really lends itself to this conversation. The talk was about how our school system kills creativity. Just my 2 cents. David On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Elin Sjursen <[email protected]> wrote: > That said, any grad school in the US worth attending understand that > foreign students might not easily have access to the GRE test - and in some > cases they WILL wave this requirement. So I would recommend any student in > this situation not to let it be a barrier and waste another year waiting to > take it. Apply, and if questioned about it, be honest and explain why you > haven't taken it. > Best of luck! > Elin > > > > > On 18 Nov 2009, at 03:50, dave malouf wrote: > > GRE's are almost always required by graduate programs. It is usually >> required by accreditation bodies. So even non-academic programs like >> our Interactive Design & Game Development (which also might fit your >> needs, of which I'm not a professor) would require GRE's TOEFL and >> Portfolio. >> >> I can't imagine a school worth going to in the US that wouldn't >> require them. >> >> -- dave >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Posted from the new ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47423 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- "Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969" w: http://weatherdude.wordpress.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
