GRE Scores for Art History/ Museum Studies

[artselfie]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm graduating from my public ivy this spring, and looking at going into museum studies/ art history and curation. 

 

The schools I'm applying/ have applied to are:

 

Parsons The New School

Christie's Education

New York University (NYU)

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

Bard

CCNY

 

Any idea of what GRE scores would be v good for these grad schools?

 

I just got back from my GRE and I know I have 161 Verbal and 155 Quantitative (waiting on the writing portion) but this was just my practice exam without any studying. I was planning on studying a bit and taking it again in three weeks.

 

Can someone please tell me what GRE scores are considered very good for a museum studies/ art history/ curatorial studies/ curation/ design history program? Or at least what GRE scores the schools I'm applying to might be into?

 

Thank you so much!~

[grad_wannabe]

I would try to bring up the verbal a bit, up to at least 90th percentile (163+). But for those fields, your Statement of Purpose and writing sample will be far more influential. 

[RolandBlack1]

Your GRE scores are fine. Obviously the higher the better....but at a verbal of 161 schools know you are smart....and with an art history or museum studies program there is always a writing submission section on the application. So, if your writing submission and personal statement are good, you'll be fine.