GRE Required for Specializing?

[Papasmurf1234]

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Hello,

I tried searching for recent threads that touched on the subject of specialty programs requiring the GRE. What I have gathered in general, is that it is more of a formality rather than anything else and that 50 percentile is usually sufficient. I am starting dental school this august and I was wondering if anyone that is currently going through a specialization program or recently finished the program can give me some guidance or knowledge on whether or not I should take the GRE before starting school or whether I should wait.

Also, what programs require the GRE and is it only a select few or a majority of them? I can't seem to get a clear answer on this from what i've been reading.

Thank you.

 

[free99]

I'm new to the dental school game as well, but I seem to remember ortho programs being the only ones that required the GRE. If that's the case, seems to make sense to wait to take it (and save all the associated expenses) until you know whether or not you'd like to specialize in orthodontics. It appears as if there are age requirements on the exam at some institutions as well -- I looked up a couple programs randomly (Buffalo, UCSF, and Nova), all three required the GRE, but only Nova listed an age requirement (3 years) on the test.

 

[Papasmurf1234]

I'm new to the dental school game as well, but I seem to remember ortho programs being the only ones that required the GRE. If that's the case, seems to make sense to wait to take it (and save all the associated expenses) until you know whether or not you'd like to specialize in orthodontics. It appears as if there are age requirements on the exam at some institutions as well -- I looked up a couple programs randomly (Buffalo, UCSF, and Nova), all three required the GRE, but only Nova listed an age requirement (3 years) on the test.

Mmmm interesting. Thanks for the info. I've read on some post that perio/endo/ortho all require gre but that more schools don't require it than they do.
I thought GREs were valid for 5 years but I guess that depends on the school also.

 

[DentalMan123]

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