Received: from pewtrusts.com (pewtrusts.com [204.242.21.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id LAA23041 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:58:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from PEW-Message_Server by pewtrusts.com with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:07:55 -0500 Message-Id: Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 12:57:28 -0500 From: "Jonathon E. Mote" To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: getting into Ph.D. programs -Reply Amy, somewhere on the web (the exact url escapes me) I found a table that had the mean GRE scores for incoming grad students in 94 and 95 for a whole range of disciplines. If you do a hotbot or altavista search using the term "GRE scores," it should pull up the location (along with several others you'll have to sift through). Unfortunately, I can't recall from which schools they gathered the scores from or the exact mean scores for sociology. I think the mean scores were somewhere in the mid-600s range for each component of the GRE. Since the sample was of students that had been accepted, one way to interpret the figures is as the average "high" score needed to be accepted. But, as others have said, the GRE scores represent only aspect---albeit an important aspect in the minds of acceptance committees----on which your candidacy is judged, and there are always ways of getting around deficiencies in a person's record. Jonathon E. Mote jem@pewtrusts.com >>> A. LEISENRING 06/12/97 12:39pm >>> I'm curious as to what exactly constitutes "high" GRE scores. I'm completing my MA this summer and will be applying to PhD programs for the Fall of '98. I've taken the GREs several times and always get the same scores, regardless of how much I prepare for them. I feel as if I'm a very hard-working student and am upset at the thought I might not get into a program because of my GRE scores. Amy On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, wayne brekhus wrote: > Perhaps the only constant in graduate admissions is that GRE scores are > overvalued just about everywhere. Even though some department committees > know they're not especially accurate predictors of future success, they > still pretty much need a high incoming GRE average as this is one of the > main ways deans and administrators measure a program's "student quality." > > >