Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!aries!mcdonald
From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: What are good GRE scores, good grades,...
Message-ID: <1990Jul20.000254.13562@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 90 00:02:54 GMT
References: <2640005@hpsad.HP.COM>
Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News)
Reply-To: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
Organization: School of Chemical Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lines: 56

In article <2640005@hpsad.HP.COM> jsv@hpsad.HP.COM (Jeff Vetter) writes:
>
>Just exactly what are good grades, good GRE scores, etc?  I would like
>specific numbers for these quantities.
>
>I am in the process of applying to graduate school.  After speaking (esp.
>over the net) to numerous people, I am slightly confused on what is good,
>great, excellent, etc.
>
>My problem:  I do not want to send an application, and an application
>fee, to a school I have no chance of being admitted to.  With the proper 
>guidence, I can save myself time and money, not to mention the people I 
>ask to write my reccommendations.
>
>I have received information from several schools.  Only UC Berkeley was 
>kind enough to list the average GPA and average GRE score of those applying 
>and those admitted.  I found this information helpful because I now know
>what ranges they are looking for in incoming applicants.  This approach
>contrasted with the other phases such as "outstanding students", "highly
>qualified", "good GRE scores", "excellent grades", etc which do not really
>help anyone but the people collecting the application fee.
>
>
>>>>> Some questions:
>
>Where did you get your undergraduate degree?  degree?  GPA?
>
>
>How did you do on the GRE General?
>    M
>    V
>    A
>
>
>How did you do on the GRE Subject?  Which subject?
>
>
>Did you have any publications?  journal?
>
>
>Did you have any research or work experience in the field for which you were 
>applying?
>
>
>Where did you get accepted for graduate school?  Phd or MS?
>
>
>Can I use this information anonymously, if I post the results on the net?



You have not listed the most important things of all - sex and, most
important, race. Some schools, particularly Berkeley, weight race high enough
that little else counts if that is right.

Doug McDonald