Submitting GRE Scores - Biostats

[bt27]

Hi all - I've noticed more than a few biostats programs (PhD and MS) are not accepting or have made GRE reporting optional for this cycle. I'm curious as to peoples' perspectives on a few things:

• For schools that state it's optional, do you think it would be a red flag to not report GRE scores? I'm worried my GRE scores may be on the weaker side, so I'm leaning towards not reporting them
• What is the standard cutoff for master's programs in biostats for tier 1 schools? Would you go ahead and submit scores if you had a quant score of 163 or higher?

[Casorati]

If it is optional, then not reporting it should not hurt your chances. For master's program, a 163 is more than sufficient.