Re: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

Although some will say otherwise, the purpose of the GRE is not entirely to see what you know. IT is partly to see if you are willing to put in the effort to raise your score. Honestly, if you took it once, raising your score 6 mo later or a year later is not that hard. IF you scored low in vocab

[ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

Well, lets examine the reasoning in this last post (for convenience -- parallels can be found in several posts in this thread). GREs don't work for some. Scrap them. So we establish the precedent that, if a measure does not always predict the ability of an applicant, it is worthless. Lets ap

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

I made mediocre scores on the GREs, and I normally do exceptionally well on standardized tests. The GREs struck me as a scam, from the noisy, crowded testing room (What other company would let parents stand around and watch?!) to the secretive subject topics. I had no idea that much of the math sec

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

As a graduate student who also took the (relatively new) computerized adaptive GRE (in 2008), I want to second Alex's point. The quantitative section tests the ability of students to use 'tricks' learned from expensive GRE preparation courses to solve math problems quickly. In other words, the test

Re: [ECOLOG-L] [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

This is an interesting discussion and, indeed, many struggle a bit with what to do with GRE scores. I served as director of our graduate program for a few years. We look at GRE scores in light of the other parts of the application. Examining the scores together with past course performance is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

Hello All, Of course they matter. They matter because they're part of the selective environment created by graduate admission committees. I'd like to ask the daring question, "How do admission committees evaluate their use of GRE scores for their admission decisions?". For this, I wo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

You can question the source, but here is one study on the subject: https://www.ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/publications/report/2005/hsiu Terry Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 4, 2014, at 8:39 PM, "Ganter, Philip" wrote: > > Well, lets examine the reasoning in this last post (for con

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

Hi all, Since I was chosen at random by Phil, I feel a reply may be warranted. My post was, indirectly, about what to do when the metrics at hand collide. Simply, take all else over GREs, for all the various reasons given in the chain (e.g., possible to learn the tricks instead of the subjects, he

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

After skimming the GRE "justification" document provided by the ETS link in the post below I couldn't help thinking that I've heard these arguments somewhere before, yes, yes, that's it "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" so maybe it's "GRE's don't keep people out of grad programs, people

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

I'd like to point out that, in addition to the report by ETS, the company that created GRE testing, there have been many data-based GRE validity studies published in peer-review journals. For instance: --- Edith L., Goldberg and George M. Alliger (1992): Assessing the validity of the GRE for s

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

The topic of the GRE is an incredibly large one with many varied opinions. Everyone has the right to have their own ideas on what makes a good student and how you gauge that in advance. However, we as the "deciders" must think about the impact on the future of the scientific community. We are selec

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