If you’re aiming for an Ivy League-level graduate education, your test scores are going to play a part in your acceptance. So where do you stand when it comes to GRE scores for the top universities? What are good GRE scores for grad schools? The GRE score range you’ll need for top universities will vary […]
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Chris Swimmer is an analyst at Magoosh who divides his time between marketing and research projects and helping folks out with their math hang ups while studying for the GRE and the GMAT.
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GRE Score Percentiles – What Does Your Score Mean for You? (2021 Update)
How does your score stack up? We’ll help you translate your GRE scores into GRE score percentiles for this year, and how they affect your chances of admission.

USC GRE Scores
When most people think about the University of Southern California, one thing comes to mind: football! But USC is a whole lot more than its elite sports programs. Found in sunny southern California (surprise!), the school is also the home of stellar graduate programs that deserve at least as much attention as its football team! […]

Columbia GRE Scores
Each year, Columbia’s urban campus beckons thousands of applicants to apply to their prestigious graduate school programs. There’s more than just the allure of Manhattan’s Upper West Side; this university is one of the most well-respected in the world. Like almost every other university in the U.S., the admissions committee uses the GRE as a […]

MIT GRE Scores
Applying to MIT? I’m going to say right off the bat, you’ve got an uphill battle to fight. Consistently ranked near the top of the elite school pile, MIT GRE scores are going to range from insane to ears-bleeding-as-your-brain-rockets-from-the-stratosphere high. There’s definitely a lot to consider when you apply to grad school, especially of the […]

Stanford GRE Scores
Want to know what GRE scores you’ll need to get into Stanford for graduate school? Our fully updated charts give you the Stanford GRE scores to aim for.

Princeton GRE Scores for All Programs
Not many schools’ names have become so synonymous with prestige that mere the utterance of their name elicits great awe and wonder from outsiders. Princeton, the fourth oldest college in the United States, is doubtlessly one of those awe-inspirers. They consistently place at the top of graduate program rankings across the board. In this post, […]

A Magoosher Takes the GRE
Let me start off by saying that while I may be a Magoosher named Chris, I’m not Chris Lele. That means I’m not some verbal fiend who devours vocabulary like manna from heaven. It also means that I haven’t memorized all of the prime numbers up to 1,000. Or 10,000. Or however many Lele knows. […]

GRE Scores for Business Schools
This post was updated in March 2017 to reflect the most recent information available. After a huge marketing push and an overhaul to their own graduate admissions test, the ETS has its GRE exam nipping at the heels of the GMAT for adcom acceptance. With purportedly over 1,000 MBA programs now accepting GRE scores for […]

GRE Scores for Arts and Humanities Programs
Okay, okay, I know that the arts and humanities encompasses quite a wide swath of concentrations, from studio art to philosophy, but that’s how the ETS likes to lump them into one group and so I guess there’s a common thread in there somewhere. For these programs, the importance of the GRE ranges from vital […]