Do I need to take the GRE's to apply for an MPA at NYU Wagner and Baruch??

[SweetGal89]

With a 3.6 GPA so far with one semester to go, do i need to take my GRE's to go to NYU Wagner and Baruch's MPA Program

[pea-jay]

Officially neither school requires the GRE but if you want to improve your shot, you really need to take it. Plus neither school will consider you for scholarship/assistantships without at least one score. If you are coming straight from UG, it's probably even more important to take it.

[lily_]

Most programs list requirements for application, with a few clicks and a few minutes of research you can find out whether the GRE is required or not. Sometimes it's not required for admission, but they might use it to determine who receives funding. It's a good idea just to take either in your final years as an undergraduate or right after you graduate, because the skills required to score high are still fresh in your mind and as time passes sometimes those abilities fade. Maybe right now you're not thinking about applying to programs that don't require it, but it could save you a lot of time in the future if you change your mind and want to apply to ones that do. Best of luck!

[nyuwagnerhopeful]

Officially neither school requires the GRE but if you want to improve your shot, you really need to take it. Plus neither school will consider you for scholarship/assistantships without at least one score. If you are coming straight from UG, it's probably even more important to take it.

I got generous funding from Wagner without submitting a GRE score.

[pea-jay]

I got generous funding from Wagner without submitting a GRE score.

Wow, congratulations! My UG GPA was low enough it was recommended to me that I take it. It wasn't enough for any kind of decent funding but at least I got in to NYU. Baruch makes it clear on their application that a GRE is required for consideration for an assistantship.