<p>I am interested in Ph.D. chem or biochem. If I graduate with a B.S. from one of these areas, what universities don’t require the GRE if I have graduated from the same university?</p>
<p>As fas as I know if the university requires an applicant to submit GRE scores, there are no passes for their own undergraduates. In fact, many universities discourage their undergraduates from pursuing graduate studies at their school preferring that they broaden their scope by being somewhere else. I don’t know of any place that would give preferential treatment to their own undergraduates in the way you suggest.</p>
<p>In fact, many universities discourage their undergraduates from pursuing graduate studies at their school preferring that they broaden their scope by being somewhere else. </p>
<p>—How does this necessarily broaden one’s scope?</p>
<p>For example if you had studied in an undergraduate psychology program and availed yourself of multiple research opportunities and took classes from as many of the department’s faculty as possible, graduate school within the same psychology department would involve more of the same professors and research programs albeit in a more intense way. Going to another university exposes the student to a whole new faculty and different reserach programs and ideas. In addition contacts within the academic world are very important so having contact with many different professors increases the number of contacts you can make.</p>
<p>The GRE is not a terribly difficult test, you should do fine on it.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why would the school care if you want to pursue graduate studies at the same college…</p>