PhD Educ. Quant. Policy Analysis, Research Methods?? Help!

[andony]

Hi everyone,

First of all - thanks so much for this great forum. I have read a lot of great posts and I'd be super happy if you could help me as well.

I'm interested in a PhD in Education, with a focus on measurement, research methodology, impact analysis, economics of education, development and / or quant. policy analysis. Yet, I'm sure I do not want to study in an Econ. department.

I have a question concerning the quantitative GRE score - I have asked in the education sub-section but decided I should rather ask here again. I know it's a "am I competitive"-bleg but please, please do comment - I've tried to find out more online but couldn't find any information.

What is a minimum quant. GRE score for these programs / concentrations? I know the scores for education programs and don't find them too crazy. However, how does this change for these more econ-y / maths-oriented programs / concentrations? Most econ departments from these schools ask for some ~166, and more on the ibt. What would be a min. quant. score for the programs below?

• SHIPS - Economics
  
• Harvard - Quant. Policy Analysis in Education
  
• NYU Steinhardt - Int. Education, Int. Development Education
  
• TC - Economics and Education
  
• UC Berkeley - Quant. methods and evaluation
  
• Penn - Policy Research Evaluation and Measurement
  
• MIT Urban Studies and Planning - Int.Development Group
  

Thanks a lot!!

[midnight]

I'm going to assume that the equivalent of 700 quant would make you competitive for the ed programs (only an assumption--I could very well be wrong), but given the math component of those fields and the highly competitive nature of the schools in general, you should obviously aim for as high as possible.

For a competitive pure econ program, I believe you need a very high quant score, nearly perfect.

Edited October 27, 2012 by midnight streetlight

[Quant_Liz_Lemon]

I'm applying to similar fields (quant psych); my programs wanted 75%ile and above for quant. I think that's 159+ in the new system.