GRE Biology

[vthuppil]

I took the GRE Biology subject test on Nov 4, 2006.

I got a score of 750 / 79 percentile. I am applying to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology programs in competitive schools like Princeton U. and Columbia U.

The test is "strongly recommended." My dilemma is, should I submit the scores? My GRE General Test is excellent (710 Verbal, 790 Quant, 6.0 Analytical) and my GPA is respectable 3.48 overall and 3.73 in major.

I have have some research experience with data and will be gaining field research experience as well over the coming months. And 79 percentile isn't bad, while it's not good either. Hence my dilemma over whether I should submit it or not.

[BioKid33]

vthuppil,

I got a 790 on the Biology test, which ended up being an 87%. I hope this is good enough, because it is already on it's way to all my schools...
(Stanford, UC-San Fran, Harvard, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, U of Washington, Seattle, Emory, U Penn, and Columbia). I hope our scores are "good"...but how are we supposed to know - who the hell are those other 20% of people who took this test and did better?

Let me know how you guys did and if you think 87% will be enough for some of these competitive schools...

Thanks!