ctParent2006

My son just scored 610/610 on the GRE, essay score coming later, and is looking at a number of 12 months Masters programs (MAT in some cases others in Urban Education) in Education to be certified as a Social Studies teacher.

Does anyone have experience with GRE scores at Harvard, Yale, Columbia Teachers College, Bard, or UPenn? He has a 3.8 and is a History major looking to teach Social Studies at the High School level.

He goes to Bard and has been told he is very likely to be admitted there but may choose to try somewhere else.

His Math score is really not important here and the 610 looks to be 87th percentile on the Verbal. He now admits he didn't prep for the test very much so the question is whether trying again after some serious studying to improve the Verbal is worth the effort.

Naturally it is no my effort so I say study<g>.... but I don't know how relevant getting a few more points will be.

Thanks

somebodynew

Most (upper-tier) schools that I've seen say 80-90th percentile is a pretty competitive score. Anywhere in that range should keep him in consideration for education programs.

The verbal score is a crapshoot anyway. There's a measure of luck involved. There's no guarantee it'll improve, even with studying.

aroundthecorner

He's fine.

Harvard Ed posts their incoming grad stats on their website. I believe the average for the MEd was high 500s, low 600s, at least last year when I looked.

ctParent2006

Thanks. I will look for that on the Harvard and other websites.