coup Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I'm interested in applying to top MS math/stats programs. I did not study math in undergrad (studied business with just two first year math courses), but have had a couple years of work experience in stats and data science. I took the math subject GRE in hopes of demonstrating some mathematical ability since I do not have math courses on my transcript that can do that, but only got a 650 (49%). FWIW, I had a couple of months to study math in order to prep for the test while holding a full time job. My question is, would including this score strengthen or weaken my application? The mGRE is completely optional, and I got 170 on the math section of the general GRE, but of course my transcript is weak on math. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coup Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Bump. Would appreciate to hear thoughts on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statsphdapps Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Not that I'm an expert on this but from reading articles such as https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-the-Graduate-Admissions/235093 it sounds like admissions committees often use GRE scores to thin out the pile before carefully reading essays, transcripts etc. I don't know if it's worth running the risk of being filtered out before getting your application reviewed more carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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