Got my CS GRE Score

[sinerged]

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.

[sinerged]

Anyone?

[R Deckard]

It seems that you have already answered this question yourself.

[sinerged]

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.

[R Deckard]

Neither am I, but I can't think of a reason not to submit it.

[sinerged]

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

[R Deckard]

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.

[sinerged]

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.

[newms]

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

[ace589]

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