<p>One person from Grad Cafe says:</p>
<p>“I had one school that ‘strongly recommended’ the Physics GRE. I scored 44% and 52%. I submitted both scores and got in … However, I think if a school doesn’t require a subject GRE score, that means they probably don’t really care. For the ‘strongly recommended’ school, I decided that I’d rather show that I took the test and tried my best (since I got two consistent scores) instead of avoiding it at all.”</p>
<p>Good point about showing the effort.</p>