TheChairman66

As someone currently near the completion of a social psychology program in Europe I feel like I might be able to provide insight on this subject. As stated by others, the GRE is largely a North American construct. Not only does it NOT factor into admissions at the (vast) majority of schools, most people have never even heard of it. In fact when I mentioned that I had to take a test for graduate admissions back in the US most of my professors thought I was joking. 
 
I think the issue here is that in your defensiveness about the quality of Canadian you made a blanket projection that the North American view of psychology (and academia) is universally applied everywhere. 

As someone currently near the completion of a social psychology program in Europe I feel like I might be able to provide insight on this subject. As stated by others, the GRE is largely a North American construct. Not only does it NOT factor into admissions at the (vast) majority of schools, most people have never even heard of it. In fact when I mentioned that I had to take a test for graduate admissions back in the US most of my professors thought I was joking. 
 
I think the issue here is that in your defensiveness about the quality of Canadian you made a blanket projection that the North American view of psychology (and academia) is universally applied everywhere.