gre for international student

Aug 22, 2008 19:38

I'm thinking to apply to an anthropology program (PhD). Do you think around 1200 GRE (around 600 Verbal n 650 Quant) points is enough for an international student? I'm considering universities like Harvard, Yale, UPenn etc. Thanks for the help in advance.

international student, anthropology, harvard, gre

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blueyedangel143 August 22 2008, 15:18:18 UTC
Have you been told by each and every one of these schools that they do or do not provide full funding for international students? It seems odd that you are so confident about the funding issue but have no idea about general GRE ranges for these schools...I would seek advice from graduate admissions counselors and the anthro departments at each school to get the most accurate information. I am not in anthro so I do not know the standard for GREs in that specific area, but common sense is telling me that a 1250 may be a bit low for those schools...including your B List (Duke, Emory, etc.). Also, as an international student, you may be required to take the TESOL to gain admittance. I am unsure of how heavily they factor this into admissions for international students.

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philebus2 August 22 2008, 16:15:11 UTC
I don't know the GRE ranges because most of the schools don't publicize it, unlike the funding informations, which can be found on almost every university's homepage, and yes, most of the public universities don't give full funding for foreign students or only a limited amount.
So for example if a public university will admit 5 students, only a fraction of these could get full funding. Of course there are many scholarship or fellowship opportunities, but for most of them you have to be American citizen, as it is a public university. On the other hand in the case of private universities you don't get accepted without funding, and of course the nationality doesn't matter. But who knows, perhaps I'm wrong. :)
Anyways, under graduate admissions counselor you mean an adviser at my present university? (as we don't have any here, it's not so common outside the US)

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mallyns August 22 2008, 16:22:47 UTC
They do publish it you just need to know where to look. For Harvard its around 1500-1800 on the GRE. So to answer your question 1200 is not good enough. Sorry.

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philebus2 August 22 2008, 16:26:48 UTC
Where did you get that information? (Especially when the max GRE score is 1600 :))

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mallyns August 22 2008, 16:28:26 UTC
I missed typed ( as 800 is what they wanted) here is the numbers the breakdown.

Admissions Information 2006-2007
Number of Applications Received: 676
Number Admitted: 43
GRE Scores (Admitted Applicants)
Quantitative: 770 - 800
Average: 798
Analytical: 3.5 - 6
Average: 5.3

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philebus2 August 22 2008, 16:32:58 UTC
Thanks for the info. Is it for the anthropology department? How much was the average verbal score? Do you have it for other universities too?

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mallyns August 22 2008, 16:34:11 UTC
It is the gen admit scores. I don't have it for other uni's.

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philebus2 August 22 2008, 16:40:56 UTC
I think you shouldn't draw much conclusion from general scores. For example for the education department (Harvard) the average score for 2007 was 636/705 (Verb/Quant). And of course these scores are average not minimum.

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blueyedangel143 August 22 2008, 16:33:06 UTC
1800? I thought the max for verbal plus quant was 1600... Is this for the old version of the GRE?

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mallyns August 22 2008, 16:34:34 UTC
No I mistyped the info.

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bad answer blueyedangel143 October 14 2009, 20:37:52 UTC
you clearly don't know what you're talking about--an 1800 is not even possible on the scale.

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