dhruvbird

I forgot top update this thread. I've taken my GRE subject test in CS and got a score of 850 (94%ile). I hope this adds value. Only time will tell I guess.

Hello Siddharth, Great score on the GRE!! I've just completed applying and I don't think all my scores have reached the universities. I'm not sure how many universities that I have applied to give out rolling admissions. Most of the places say that the admission decisions would be made around March/April. I too am applying first time, so I don't have much of an idea about these things :-) Regards, -Dhruv. update: I haven't applied to madisson, unc, ncsu, ohio SU, vtech, ufl, gatech or umich.

@CalmLogic & ic10503: Thanks for the wishes :-)

Hello, I just got my scores from the october exam. Score:850 %ile below: 94 total attempted: 65 correct: 60 incorrect: 5 raw score: 59 Is this score decent to apply in any of the top univs. or should it have been > 95%ile??

Does anyone know if scores are available on the phone now?

All the best to everyone!! Do well!!

Thanks! It seems that ETS is showing very old stats. Since it includes stats from 2004, there is a very high chance of dilution and there may in fact be a steady drop of people taking the test in CS on a year-on-year basis. We'll never know unless ETS releases some stats.

Yes, that's true :D I took the exam in Nepal, and there were just 3 people (including me) taking the CS test and 15 overall (taking any sort of subject GRE test). Well, then it seems that with the same score, you stand a greater chance of getting a higher %ile if you take the test in November as opposed to October. Does ETS release any other stats (like performance of a country?)

If ETS doesn't report how many people took the test then how did some people on this forum arrive at the conclusion that much fewer(100) people take the test in October as opposed to November(500)? What are the data points?

I am guessing this is just another way to make more money. I mean how much time does it take to have scores available online? Besides waiting is probably not an option for me since mailing anything to India takes at least 3 week and they won't use speed-post.

Actually, I'm a tad bit worried because I've been reading that due to the low participation on October (as opposed to November), it is very hard to get a good %ile. I can imagine if say there are only 50 people taking the test, every lower grade will result in a 2 %ile drop, which means that only 5 people will get 90%ile and above!! Does ETS do anything to mitigate this?

By mail do you mean email or snail mail? Also, if they are willing to give the score over phone, will they update it immediately online as well? Please do let us know how much you scored :)

q1. When will the scores for the october exam be available? q2. I was reading this thread and it seems that there is some variation between raw score to the %ile mapping on a year-on-year basis. http://www.www.urch.com/forums/gre-computer-science/78897-post-agre.html Please could some of the regular test takes try to give a rough estimate of what %ile to expect with a raw score of: 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 (added later) q3. Does ETS report how many people took the test in october? Regards, -Dhruv.

Count me in!! ;)