The Uber-High GREs: 1580, 1590, 1600

14_of_spades
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:09:36 +0000

hey folks, i’m a newbie/lurker. just wondering here.

i’m a health professional planning on doing my PhD next year. the field i’m in, i expect admission won’t be a huge challenge since there are very few people in my area going after the PhD after their professional degree.

as part of my application, the general test GRE is required. my question is, for someone for whom gaining admission isn’t really going to be a “major” challenge (i.e. they would likely be offerred admission virtually irregardless of their GRE score), what benefit, if any, would arise if that person were to produce an outstanding GRE result? would they likely get more funding? are scholarships often determined by a GRE result? if a high score doesn’t lead to more funding - then does that mean taking the test is simply just another piece of red-tape that one has to pass through before starting their graduate studies?

thanks in advance.