Any way to avoid doing the GRE's

[ruatipoki]

Greetings all,

I am a mature student 33, I have 2 masters, an MA in IR and an MLitt in Security Studies, both upper 2.1 hons.

Is there any way that this will exempt me from doing the GRE's.

Much appreciated

[ruatipoki]

Apologies, this is in relation to a PhD application to a US university.

Specifically: Georgetown, GWU, SAIS, University of Virginia & University of Maryland

[IRmiester666]

NO. Get studying.

[anthropologygeek]

Go to a non US school and you don't need to take it but I have never heard of a phd program in the US not requiring it

[polisciphd]

Sorry, no exemption for age and/or previous graduate work at any of the schools you listed.

[APGradApplicant]

Wish I had better news but...you'll be taking the GREs. Actually the good news is that they'll probably enhance your admissions profile, since the math is pretty easy with just a little studying and because of your advanced degrees in social sciences I'd imagine that your analytical/writing skills are better than your average soon-to-be or recent college grad. Good luck!

[ruatipoki]

Wish I had better news but...you'll be taking the GREs. Actually the good news is that they'll probably enhance your admissions profile, since the math is pretty easy with just a little studying and because of your advanced degrees in social sciences I'd imagine that your analytical/writing skills are better than your average soon-to-be or recent college grad. Good luck!

[ruatipoki]

Thank you all for your reply's

I guess there's no escape. Strangely the maths are straight forward and I dont think the aw should be too bad but the Antonyms and comparisons are pretty tough and it looks tough to get over 500

[dant.gwyrdd]

Go to a non US school and you don't need to take it but I have never heard of a phd program in the US not requiring it

Some linguistics PhD programs don't require it. (Namely, MIT & UConn, I don't know if there are more.)

Edited September 7, 2010 by dant.gwyrdd

[A2011]

Greetings all,

I am a mature student 33, I have 2 masters, an MA in IR and an MLitt in Security Studies, both upper 2.1 hons.

Is there any way that this will exempt me from doing the GRE's.

Much appreciated

[A2011]

There are some schools that do not require the GRE. So far, the best one I know of that does not require it is Texas A&M's IR program so long as one's GPA is above a 3.0.

[ruatipoki]

Thank you very much for that

Ill look into it

There are some schools that do not require the GRE. So far, the best one I know of that does not require it is Texas A&M's IR program so long as one's GPA is above a 3.0.

[AuldReekie]

Thank you very much for that

Ill look into it

I remember looking at their website - pretty sure financial support for internationals is pretty awful!

[Zorah]

The New School - Urban Policy and Planning PhD does not require the GRE. Also, some schools will accept the Miller Analogies Test. I took that test and did pretty well for someone at my age -53.