Yes. The GRE must be taken within a five-year period prior to applying to veterinary school and must include the Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical Writing sections. Yes, you should retake the examination to improve your scores if they are not competitive. When you take the GRE multiple times, we consider the highest scores in each section for examinations taken within the five-year period.

If your GRE scores are less than 5 years old, they are still acceptable. If your GRE scores are 5 years old or older, you must retake the GRE. Be sure to specifically request that ETS Submit the GRE scores to UC Davis ELECTRONICALLY ONLY. A photo copy or paper version of the scores is not acceptable.

Consistent with the policy of the Educational Testing Service, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores taken more than 5 years prior to the date of application to the School of Education will not be accepted.

If your GRE scores are from within the 5 years prior to the application deadline, you do not need to retake the exams. If they are from more than 5 years prior to the deadline, you need to submit new scores. Temple University requires an official TOEFL score, so we need that before we could offer you admission to the MM&C program.

Because it takes up to 6 weeks for the department to receive GRE scores from the testing centers, you should FAX a copy of your test results to the department as soon as you receive them. (Please note that many times we do not receive the testing center copies. Therefore, all applicants are required to send copies of their scores to the department.) The GRE exam can be taken any time by computer testing.

The Graduate School requires an official copy of your GRE score from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). ETS does not keep scores that are 5 years old or older. If the ETS cannot send an official copy of your test score, then you will need to retake the GRE.

The policy of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) is to maintain GRE scores for a 5 year period only -- after the 5 years, the scores are purged from the ETS computer system. Therefore, if your scores are older than five years, you must discuss with us whether you should retake the test.

NOTE: Your email confirmation will have the subject line “CATGlobal Testing Network Confirmation.” If you forgot your password you can request an email reminder.

Eligibilities are valid for a period of 1 year from the date that the State approves your application. You may take this examination an unlimited number of times during this 1-year period.

For foreign applications, we require a TOEFL score of 600. While your GRE score is important, we have no specific cut-off for GRE scores, and consider the GRE score to be just one part of your overall application. All applicants must submit a GRE score to be considered for fellowships or graduate teaching assistantships.

The GRE exam must have been taken since the analytical writing score was offered (November 2002). GRE scores that do not include an analytical writing score will not be accepted.

If your TOEFL scores have expired, you must retake them. However, if you are currently a Purdue graduate student or you have graduated from a U.S. institution within the last two years, then there is no need to retake the TOEFL. If the Admissions Committee is still reviewing files, when your scores arrive your application may be reviewed. However, if your scores are not received by the February 1st deadline, all slots may be filled before your file is reviewed.

No, only the verbal and quantitative scores are required. We consider your best scores, regardless of how many times you take the exam.

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Although an applicant’s performance on the GRE is an important criterion for admission, we do not have minimum scores below which we will not admit. Admitted students’ scores average about 600 in each category. Please contact Roger Parks, Ph.D. programs director, to explain your situation. If you are granted a waiver of the TOEFL requirement, please make sure that your recommenders address your ability to communicate and to conduct research in English.

If you are an international student (and your medium of instruction for your undergraduate studies was NOT in English), you need a minimum TOEFL score of 550 paper based, 213 computer based, or 80 Internet based. This is a University Graduate Studies and Research requirement. Students that submit TOEFL scores lower than the minimum will be denied admission.

First we look at the applications on their individual merit. We look at all of the materials and try to arrive at an accurate portrait of the applicant that includes experience, the breadth of previous coursework and recommendations. We do see scores and GPAs in all ranges. In general, however, competitive GRE scores will be in the 600s for the verbal section, in the 600s for the quantitative section, and 5 or above (on a 6-point scale) for the writing section. Competitive GPAs will be 3.