balsam88 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you get a GRE score that exceeds the minimum required by your school, yet your percentiles aren't great, does that matter a lot? I understand that GPA's/HCE's/LOR's matter more when it comes to an application.. I'm just a bit worried about my percentiles on the GRE :=Z: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balsam88 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you get a GRE score that exceeds the minimum required by your school, yet your percentiles aren't great, does that matter a lot? I understand that GPA's/HCE's/LOR's matter more when it comes to an application.. I'm just a bit worried about my percentiles on the GRE :=Z: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balsam88 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you get a GRE score that exceeds the minimum required by your school, yet your percentiles aren't great, does that matter a lot? I understand that GPA's/HCE's/LOR's matter more when it comes to an application.. I'm just a bit worried about my percentiles on the GRE :=Z: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohnson3604 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Congrats! You've taken the GRE and gotten above the cutoff percentile for your school of interest. Typically one test result (which you've met the requirement for) wouldn't dismiss the rest of your application. In fact, all the guidelines (if that's what they're called) that come along with the scoring for the GRE stress how the evaluator would be erroneous in looking at just a GRE result to determine....anything. Now that that exam is out of the way, you can go after enhancing aspects of your application that you can actually enhance :) Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohnson3604 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Congrats! You've taken the GRE and gotten above the cutoff percentile for your school of interest. Typically one test result (which you've met the requirement for) wouldn't dismiss the rest of your application. In fact, all the guidelines (if that's what they're called) that come along with the scoring for the GRE stress how the evaluator would be erroneous in looking at just a GRE result to determine....anything. Now that that exam is out of the way, you can go after enhancing aspects of your application that you can actually enhance :) Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohnson3604 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Congrats! You've taken the GRE and gotten above the cutoff percentile for your school of interest. Typically one test result (which you've met the requirement for) wouldn't dismiss the rest of your application. In fact, all the guidelines (if that's what they're called) that come along with the scoring for the GRE stress how the evaluator would be erroneous in looking at just a GRE result to determine....anything. Now that that exam is out of the way, you can go after enhancing aspects of your application that you can actually enhance :) Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Honestly, I think the GRE is the last thing I would worry about (as long as you made the cuttoff). A lot of schools don't even require it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Honestly, I think the GRE is the last thing I would worry about (as long as you made the cuttoff). A lot of schools don't even require it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I don't understand why PA schools can't just make Biology GRE a requirement. General GRE test is so stupid and has nothing to do with PA school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I don't understand why PA schools can't just make Biology GRE a requirement. General GRE test is so stupid and has nothing to do with PA school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I don't understand why PA schools can't just make Biology GRE a requirement. General GRE test is so stupid and has nothing to do with PA school. The GRE, as a test, absolutely has a role. It's suppose to help determine whether or not a student will do well in a graduate program, now whether or not it is a good test of that is a matter of personal opinion. Having 'nothing to do with PA school' is a bit of a stretch, don't you think? Those verbal and quantitative skills that are needed to perform well on the GRE are useful in almost any setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I don't understand why PA schools can't just make Biology GRE a requirement. General GRE test is so stupid and has nothing to do with PA school. The GRE, as a test, absolutely has a role. It's suppose to help determine whether or not a student will do well in a graduate program, now whether or not it is a good test of that is a matter of personal opinion. Having 'nothing to do with PA school' is a bit of a stretch, don't you think? Those verbal and quantitative skills that are needed to perform well on the GRE are useful in almost any setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkels Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Those verbal and quantitative skills that are needed to perform well on the GRE are useful in almost any setting. Except when one of the vocabulary words that pops up is an archaic farming tool. I had no idea what it was until I went home and looked it up. I was pretty upset that the probability of my success in grad school was judged by my knowledge of an archaic farming tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkels Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Those verbal and quantitative skills that are needed to perform well on the GRE are useful in almost any setting. Except when one of the vocabulary words that pops up is an archaic farming tool. I had no idea what it was until I went home and looked it up. I was pretty upset that the probability of my success in grad school was judged by my knowledge of an archaic farming tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorRRT Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I'm fairly certain on a previous thread someone pulled up a study which showed no correlation between GRE score and graduating a PA program; there's probably a reason schools don't put much stock in it. Honestly it's just one more hoop to have to jump through in order to get into a program. The only thing the GRE tests is how well you take standardized tests, and if you have the vocabulary of a linguistics pHD with the math skills of a 11th grader..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorRRT Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I'm fairly certain on a previous thread someone pulled up a study which showed no correlation between GRE score and graduating a PA program; there's probably a reason schools don't put much stock in it. Honestly it's just one more hoop to have to jump through in order to get into a program. The only thing the GRE tests is how well you take standardized tests, and if you have the vocabulary of a linguistics pHD with the math skills of a 11th grader..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles9708 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the GRE as long as you exceed the minimum is really a make it or break it thing. Most schools seem to recommend above a certain percentile and I would work on the other parts of your application now that more emphasis is placed on. Such as your personal statement and your supplemental application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles9708 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the GRE as long as you exceed the minimum is really a make it or break it thing. Most schools seem to recommend above a certain percentile and I would work on the other parts of your application now that more emphasis is placed on. Such as your personal statement and your supplemental application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Seijou, no GRE does not predict how well you will do. I had terrible SAT scores in HS and no college wanted me. One gave me a chance and I earned 3.6 GPA majoring in Bio and minorig in Chem. GRE is SAT, maybe a little harder...so no, it will not predict how well you will do in PA school. Now if GRE Bio was required, it would be a little more relevant to people with science background going into medicine, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Seijou, no GRE does not predict how well you will do. I had terrible SAT scores in HS and no college wanted me. One gave me a chance and I earned 3.6 GPA majoring in Bio and minorig in Chem. GRE is SAT, maybe a little harder...so no, it will not predict how well you will do in PA school. Now if GRE Bio was required, it would be a little more relevant to people with science background going into medicine, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 ugh, the gre. i could see it being effective in testing how well someone picks up a self study book to figure out how to hammer out answers to obscure questions, but if it successfully illuminates more than that, id be surprised. I tend to notice that most people feel this way about the GRE. However, I scored very poorly on the verbal GRE (330 out of 800 in the old scoring system) and that is absolutely reflective of English skills. I have to read a passage at least 4 or 5 times before I can absorb and understand it and my vocabulary is weak. I'm working towards these two things (over time... because it's difficult to just cram this stuff and learn in a manner where you can keep it for life). The skills that I personally needed to do well on the GRE are the same skills I want to improve, because I see their value in pretty much everything I do. I studied my *** off for the GRE (every day for 2 months to complete a thick prep book) and still only received a score that was right above the acceptable limits. What I noticed is that when these things come very easy to other people, then they don't study as much and they brush off things like the GRE (then they complain about how the GRE is stupid). So this is just my perspective and based on observations of friends who also took the test in preparation for graduate programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seijou Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 ugh, the gre. i could see it being effective in testing how well someone picks up a self study book to figure out how to hammer out answers to obscure questions, but if it successfully illuminates more than that, id be surprised. I tend to notice that most people feel this way about the GRE. However, I scored very poorly on the verbal GRE (330 out of 800 in the old scoring system) and that is absolutely reflective of English skills. I have to read a passage at least 4 or 5 times before I can absorb and understand it and my vocabulary is weak. I'm working towards these two things (over time... because it's difficult to just cram this stuff and learn in a manner where you can keep it for life). The skills that I personally needed to do well on the GRE are the same skills I want to improve, because I see their value in pretty much everything I do. I studied my *** off for the GRE (every day for 2 months to complete a thick prep book) and still only received a score that was right above the acceptable limits. What I noticed is that when these things come very easy to other people, then they don't study as much and they brush off things like the GRE (then they complain about how the GRE is stupid). So this is just my perspective and based on observations of friends who also took the test in preparation for graduate programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balsam88 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 I found the verbal section to be brutal, especially to someone who's English is not their first language! I'm just glad I made the cutoff score.. but still disappointed considering the time and effort I put into it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balsam88 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 I found the verbal section to be brutal, especially to someone who's English is not their first language! I'm just glad I made the cutoff score.. but still disappointed considering the time and effort I put into it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohnson3604 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Such a great early lesson. Sometimes in PA School you may study your tail off for an exam...then just pass. Then you kinda have to shake it off and start studying for the next exam. At least that's has been our experience here. Just some encouragement and a different perspective :) Best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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