Echoing Bill's point- I'd say ~600s on GREs are bare minimum- I know
some programs don't give you a second look if you don't score ~1350
combined quant/verbal (or whatever they're called now: and I think it
goes without saying that psych GREs are expected to be quite high if
required at all). My $.02.
Patrick
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Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D
Associate professor and chair of psychology
Drew university
Madison, NJ
On Mar 20, 2010, at 9:54 PM, "William Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
I think Karl has identified a crucial point. Students need to do
what they can in whatever way to connect their interests with the
interests of a particular and specifically identified faculty member
at the institution at which they are applying. That has generally
been the most successful approach that I have seen. That being said,
a few years back I had two students who were applying to graduate
school at the same time who both had near 800 scores on their GRE's
and all of the schools were scrambling to get either one of them.
There is a portfolio of the generally desirable student who doesn't
have to be specific in her interests. Really good GRE scores in my
opinion turn everyone toward the applicant. Of course these students
have good grades and good letters, but they don't have to be showing
research interests that match with potential faculty members.
Bill Scott
"Wuensch, Karl L" <[email protected]> 03/20/10 9:36 PM >>>
We get a lot of applications from students who have great
credentials but who apparently share no research interests with our
faculty. We tell prospective students up front that their
application will be rejected if they have not arranged for a member
of our faculty to sponsor the application, but many just go ahead
and apply without first arranging such sponsorship. I consider such
failure to follow instructions a fatal flaw for an applicant to
graduate school.
Cheers,
Karl W.
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