sinerged Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I got Raw 780 and 74% percentile. Should I report this score? I think it might be helpful since I am not a CS major (though I have a master degree in applied computing) and I come from a pretty much unknown university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinerged Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Deckard Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 It seems that you have already answered this question yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinerged Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yeah, that's true. But my reasoning could be wrong. It's not like I'm an expert in admissions criteria for Top20 CS schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Deckard Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Neither am I, but I can't think of a reason not to submit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinerged Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 I've read some people claiming that anything below 85% can actually hurt your application. But maybe that's only a concern for the most prestigious schools and not really so for Top20 and below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Deckard Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I can think of at least one highly ranked school that doesn't want to see GRE scores at all. Of course, it varies from school to school, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinerged Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Well, that is kinda the point. Not sending subject test scores doesn't necessarily hurts you, but sending low scores might. I'm trying to figure out whether 74% is considered a low score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newms Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I don't think it will hurt you especially since you're not a CS undergrad. If you were applying to a top 10 CS university it might not be helpful, but otherwise I think it should help your apication. Good luck! Edited December 17, 2011 by newms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace589 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) From my research I gather that most public and private universities prefer a B- and higher in a sequence of CS undergrad courses or at least a 50th percentile on the CS subj test. Edited January 22, 2012 by ace589 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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